St. James's Place plc

BATS-CHIXE:STJL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£2.6b

St. James's Place Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: STJL (£4.85) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£15)

Significantly Below Fair Value: STJL is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

STJL key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenuen/a
Enterprise Value/EBITDAn/a
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does STJL's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for STJL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average6.4x
CLDN Caledonia Investments
11.3xn/aUK£1.9b
PHLL Petershill Partners
5.2x2.2%UK£2.3b
ABDN abrdn
1.9x-3.2%UK£2.8b
ASHM Ashmore Group
7.3x1.4%UK£1.3b
STJL St. James's Place
0.1x-97.0%UK£2.6b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: STJL is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the peer average (6.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a18.8%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a18.8%
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: STJL is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the UK Capital Markets industry average (3.1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

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

STJL PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.1x
Fair PS Ratio0.5x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: STJL is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.5x).


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 STJL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£4.85
UK£7.09
+46.2%
33.9%UK£14.00UK£4.50n/a14
May ’25UK£4.36
UK£7.20
+65.0%
32.6%UK£14.00UK£5.00n/a14
Apr ’25UK£4.63
UK£7.19
+55.2%
32.8%UK£14.00UK£5.00n/a14
Mar ’25UK£5.11
UK£7.97
+55.9%
28.6%UK£14.00UK£5.00n/a14
Feb ’25UK£6.45
UK£9.12
+41.5%
19.6%UK£14.00UK£6.53n/a15
Jan ’25UK£6.85
UK£9.96
+45.5%
32.6%UK£18.00UK£6.60n/a15
Dec ’24UK£6.60
UK£9.95
+50.9%
32.7%UK£18.00UK£6.60n/a15
Nov ’24UK£6.43
UK£10.15
+58.0%
32.6%UK£18.00UK£6.60n/a15
Oct ’24UK£8.33
UK£12.73
+52.9%
17.8%UK£19.50UK£9.90n/a16
Sep ’24UK£8.83
UK£12.77
+44.6%
17.8%UK£19.50UK£9.90n/a16
Aug ’24UK£9.18
UK£13.19
+43.7%
16.7%UK£19.50UK£9.90n/a16
Jul ’24UK£10.83
UK£14.46
+33.6%
12.6%UK£19.50UK£11.59n/a17
Jun ’24UK£11.28
UK£14.42
+27.9%
12.6%UK£19.50UK£11.59n/a17
May ’24UK£12.07
UK£14.41
+19.4%
12.5%UK£19.50UK£11.59UK£4.3616
Apr ’24UK£12.12
UK£14.56
+20.1%
12.1%UK£19.50UK£12.00UK£4.6316
Mar ’24UK£12.81
UK£14.37
+12.2%
13.4%UK£19.50UK£11.53UK£5.1116
Feb ’24UK£12.35
UK£14.00
+13.4%
14.4%UK£19.50UK£11.53UK£6.4516
Jan ’24UK£11.03
UK£13.74
+24.6%
16.0%UK£19.50UK£10.20UK£6.8517
Dec ’23UK£11.65
UK£13.66
+17.3%
15.5%UK£19.50UK£10.20UK£6.6017
Nov ’23UK£10.73
UK£13.85
+29.1%
16.5%UK£19.50UK£10.20UK£6.4316
Oct ’23UK£10.36
UK£15.41
+48.8%
16.4%UK£21.68UK£11.62UK£8.3316
Sep ’23UK£10.47
UK£15.30
+46.2%
16.0%UK£21.68UK£11.62UK£8.8316
Aug ’23UK£12.22
UK£15.33
+25.4%
16.0%UK£21.68UK£11.62UK£9.1816
Jul ’23UK£10.91
UK£16.52
+51.5%
14.7%UK£22.00UK£12.05UK£10.8315
Jun ’23UK£12.43
UK£17.29
+39.2%
12.0%UK£22.00UK£14.85UK£11.2815
May ’23UK£12.96
UK£17.20
+32.7%
12.6%UK£22.00UK£14.20UK£12.0715

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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