Aberdeen Group Plc

BATS-CHIXE:ABDNL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£3.0b

Aberdeen Group Valuation

Is ABDNL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ABDNL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
UK£1.17
Fair Value
42.9% overvalued intrinsic discount
14
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: ABDNL (£1.68) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£1.17)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ABDNL is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ABDNL?

Key metric: As ABDNL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ABDNL. This is calculated by dividing ABDNL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ABDNL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio12.6x
EarningsUK£237.00m
Market CapUK£2.99b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ABDNL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ABDNL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16x
EMG Man Group
8.8x9.56%UK£2.0b
RCP RIT Capital Partners
8.7xn/aUK£2.7b
BPT Bridgepoint Group
37.3x32.63%UK£2.4b
N91 Ninety One Group
9.2x2.69%UK£1.4b
ABDNL Aberdeen Group
12.6x-7.18%UK£3.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ABDNL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the peer average (16x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ABDNL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Capital Markets Industry?

8 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
PNIX Phoenix Digital Assets
1xn/aUS$29.49m
JIM Jarvis Securities
2.3xn/aUS$9.50m
IX. i(x) Net Zero
0.1xn/aUS$8.94m
BAF British & American Investment Trust
2.2xn/aUS$4.98m
No. of Companies12PE01224364860+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ABDNL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the UK Capital Markets industry average (12.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ABDNL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ABDNL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.6x
Fair PE Ratio11.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ABDNL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.4x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ABDNL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£1.68
UK£1.62
-3.75%
13.93%UK£2.20UK£1.30n/a14
May ’26UK£1.54
UK£1.60
+3.56%
14.95%UK£2.20UK£1.30n/a14
Apr ’26UK£1.55
UK£1.74
+12.26%
13.34%UK£2.20UK£1.35n/a14
Mar ’26UK£1.58
UK£1.51
-4.45%
16.28%UK£2.20UK£1.23n/a14
Feb ’26UK£1.55
UK£1.51
-2.27%
16.28%UK£2.20UK£1.23n/a14
Jan ’26UK£1.41
UK£1.58
+11.92%
17.31%UK£2.40UK£1.30n/a14
Dec ’25UK£1.41
UK£1.59
+12.38%
17.07%UK£2.40UK£1.30n/a14
Nov ’25UK£1.32
UK£1.59
+20.21%
17.04%UK£2.40UK£1.30n/a14
Oct ’25UK£1.59
UK£1.63
+2.50%
15.75%UK£2.40UK£1.42n/a14
Sep ’25UK£1.50
UK£1.63
+8.91%
15.72%UK£2.40UK£1.42n/a14
Aug ’25UK£1.70
UK£1.61
-4.97%
16.36%UK£2.40UK£1.40n/a14
Jul ’25UK£1.50
UK£1.59
+6.08%
17.43%UK£2.40UK£1.37n/a14
Jun ’25UK£1.56
UK£1.60
+2.97%
17.35%UK£2.40UK£1.37n/a14
May ’25UK£1.46
UK£1.60
+9.65%
17.80%UK£2.40UK£1.30UK£1.5414
Apr ’25UK£1.41
UK£1.66
+17.19%
16.26%UK£2.35UK£1.35UK£1.5514
Mar ’25UK£1.56
UK£1.70
+8.68%
15.30%UK£2.35UK£1.42UK£1.5814
Feb ’25UK£1.67
UK£1.74
+4.33%
13.08%UK£2.35UK£1.40UK£1.5514
Jan ’25UK£1.79
UK£1.70
-4.58%
15.99%UK£2.50UK£1.40UK£1.4114
Dec ’24UK£1.64
UK£1.70
+3.24%
16.26%UK£2.50UK£1.40UK£1.4114
Nov ’24UK£1.57
UK£1.71
+9.10%
15.58%UK£2.50UK£1.40UK£1.3214
Oct ’24UK£1.56
UK£1.83
+17.56%
17.15%UK£2.72UK£1.40UK£1.5915
Sep ’24UK£1.65
UK£1.84
+11.39%
16.61%UK£2.72UK£1.40UK£1.5016
Aug ’24UK£2.28
UK£2.01
-11.65%
13.68%UK£2.76UK£1.55UK£1.7015
Jul ’24UK£2.18
UK£1.97
-9.81%
13.20%UK£2.61UK£1.45UK£1.5015
Jun ’24UK£1.99
UK£1.97
-0.79%
13.45%UK£2.61UK£1.45UK£1.5615
May ’24UK£2.13
UK£1.97
-7.32%
13.51%UK£2.61UK£1.45UK£1.4615
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 14 Analysts
UK£1.62
Fair Value
3.7% overvalued intrinsic discount
14
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/16 16:53
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/16 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Aberdeen Group Plc is covered by 40 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andrew BroadfieldBarclays
Michael SandersonBarclays
Michael SandersonBarclays