HarbourVest Global Private Equity Ltd.

LSE:HVPE Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.9b

HarbourVest Global Private Equity Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • 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 HVPE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HVPE (£25.4) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£11.89)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HVPE. This is calculated by dividing HVPE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HVPE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio24.6x
EarningsUS$96.88m
Market CapUS$2.39b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

Insufficient data to calculate this valuation analysis check
The above table shows the PE ratio for HVPE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Averagen/a
HVPE HarbourVest Global Private Equity
24.6xn/aUK£1.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: Insufficient data to calculate HVPE's Price-To-Earnings Ratio vs. peers for valuation analysis.


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
PNIX Phoenix Digital Assets
1.3xn/aUS$35.95m
IX. i(x) Net Zero
0.1xn/aUS$8.94m
APQ APQ Global
0.5xn/aUS$6.40m
MAFL Mineral & Financial Investments
2.4xn/aUS$5.93m
No more companies available in this PE range
HVPE 24.6xIndustry Avg. 11.6xNo. of Companies16PE01020304050+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HVPE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.6x) compared to the UK Capital Markets industry average (11.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HVPE'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.

HVPE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.6x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate HVPE's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


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 HVPE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£25.40
UK£28.96
+14.0%
4.6%UK£30.29UK£27.63n/a2
Dec ’25UK£24.70
UK£28.96
+17.2%
4.6%UK£30.29UK£27.63n/a2
Nov ’25UK£22.20
UK£28.96
+30.4%
4.6%UK£30.29UK£27.63n/a2
Oct ’25UK£24.00
UK£28.96
+20.7%
4.6%UK£30.29UK£27.63n/a2
Sep ’25UK£24.70
UK£29.87
+20.9%
5.6%UK£31.55UK£28.20n/a2
Aug ’25UK£26.25
UK£29.87
+13.8%
5.6%UK£31.55UK£28.20n/a2

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 03:35
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/07/31
Annual Earnings2024/01/31

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 here.

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Analyst Sources

HarbourVest Global Private Equity Ltd. is covered by 1 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Conor FinnBarclays