Hargreaves Lansdown Valuation

Is HL. 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-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 HL. when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HL. (£7.36) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£11.33)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

HL. 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/Revenue3.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA7.7x
PEG Ratio3.8x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HL.'s PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HL. vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13x
EMG Man Group
15.2x17.2%UK£2.8b
PHLL Petershill Partners
8.9x18.0%UK£2.3b
SDR Schroders
14.1x9.1%UK£5.5b
ICG Intermediate Capital Group
13.8x7.5%UK£5.7b
HL. Hargreaves Lansdown
11.6x3.0%UK£3.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HL. is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the peer average (13x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a16.1%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a16.1%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HL. is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the UK Capital Markets industry average (15x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HL.'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.

HL. PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.6x
Fair PE Ratio15x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HL. is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15x).


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 HL. forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£7.36
UK£9.25
+25.6%
27.0%UK£15.00UK£6.00n/a18
Apr ’25UK£7.36
UK£9.22
+25.2%
27.5%UK£15.00UK£6.00n/a18
Mar ’25UK£7.38
UK£9.22
+24.9%
27.5%UK£15.00UK£6.00n/a18
Feb ’25UK£7.58
UK£9.63
+27.0%
32.2%UK£17.00UK£6.00n/a18
Jan ’25UK£7.34
UK£9.64
+31.3%
32.5%UK£17.00UK£6.00n/a18
Dec ’24UK£7.12
UK£9.66
+35.6%
32.2%UK£17.00UK£6.00n/a18
Nov ’24UK£7.10
UK£9.97
+40.3%
30.1%UK£17.00UK£6.00n/a17
Oct ’24UK£7.73
UK£10.25
+32.6%
29.9%UK£17.25UK£6.60n/a18
Sep ’24UK£7.66
UK£9.96
+30.0%
28.2%UK£16.50UK£6.50n/a19
Aug ’24UK£8.40
UK£10.10
+20.3%
26.5%UK£16.50UK£7.00n/a19
Jul ’24UK£8.16
UK£10.02
+22.8%
27.5%UK£16.79UK£7.00n/a19
Jun ’24UK£8.05
UK£10.15
+26.0%
27.3%UK£16.79UK£7.00n/a18
May ’24UK£8.03
UK£10.19
+26.9%
26.7%UK£16.79UK£7.00n/a18
Apr ’24UK£7.99
UK£10.07
+25.9%
26.8%UK£16.79UK£6.61UK£7.3620
Mar ’24UK£8.36
UK£10.14
+21.2%
26.2%UK£16.79UK£6.61UK£7.3820
Feb ’24UK£8.82
UK£10.31
+16.8%
22.8%UK£16.50UK£7.80UK£7.5819
Jan ’24UK£8.56
UK£10.34
+20.8%
22.2%UK£16.50UK£7.80UK£7.3420
Dec ’23UK£8.53
UK£10.39
+21.9%
22.0%UK£16.50UK£7.80UK£7.1220
Nov ’23UK£7.90
UK£10.66
+34.9%
24.8%UK£16.50UK£7.80UK£7.1020
Oct ’23UK£8.67
UK£10.53
+21.4%
23.1%UK£16.50UK£7.70UK£7.7317
Sep ’23UK£7.85
UK£11.20
+42.6%
26.5%UK£16.95UK£7.70UK£7.6619
Aug ’23UK£8.47
UK£10.90
+28.8%
28.7%UK£16.95UK£6.90UK£8.4019
Jul ’23UK£7.77
UK£11.77
+51.5%
25.9%UK£17.12UK£6.90UK£8.1618
Jun ’23UK£8.38
UK£12.04
+43.6%
23.7%UK£17.12UK£8.20UK£8.0518
May ’23UK£9.17
UK£13.71
+49.5%
22.8%UK£20.07UK£8.20UK£8.0318
Apr ’23UK£9.85
UK£13.95
+41.6%
22.6%UK£20.50UK£8.20UK£7.9917

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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