Diversified Energy Company PLC

LSE:DEC Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£640.2m

Diversified Energy Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: DEC (£12.48) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£58.21)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DEC. This is calculated by dividing DEC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DEC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio5.7x
EarningsUS$143.09m
Market CapUS$812.58m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for DEC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.6x
SQZ Serica Energy
5.6x-18.3%UK£505.6m
SEPL Seplat Energy
18x13.4%UK£1.2b
TLW Tullow Oil
23.1x28.4%UK£296.9m
ITH Ithaca Energy
19.7x-10.1%UK£1.7b
DEC Diversified Energy
5.7x2.4%UK£640.2m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DEC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.7x) compared to the peer average (16.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DEC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Oil and Gas Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ROSN Rosneft Oil
1.5xn/aUS$21.03b
INDI Indus Gas
1xn/aUS$19.97m
No more companies available in this PE range
DEC 5.7xIndustry Avg. 9.3xNo. of Companies4PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DEC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.7x) compared to the UK Oil and Gas industry average (9.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DEC'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.

DEC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio5.7x
Fair PE Ratio11.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DEC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.5x).

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 DEC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£12.48
UK£22.66
+81.6%
32.4%UK£29.98UK£9.07n/a5
Dec ’25UK£12.78
UK£22.55
+76.4%
32.6%UK£30.01UK£9.00n/a5
Nov ’25UK£9.30
UK£22.02
+136.8%
31.4%UK£30.28UK£9.30n/a5
Oct ’25UK£8.55
UK£19.79
+131.6%
36.7%UK£29.33UK£9.02n/a6
Sep ’25UK£9.05
UK£20.08
+122.0%
35.4%UK£29.60UK£9.97n/a6
Aug ’25UK£12.07
UK£20.70
+71.5%
36.1%UK£30.01UK£10.10n/a6
Jul ’25UK£10.66
UK£23.05
+116.3%
37.8%UK£36.32UK£10.17n/a7
Jun ’25UK£11.75
UK£23.04
+96.1%
37.8%UK£36.25UK£10.15n/a7
May ’25UK£10.81
UK£24.05
+122.5%
37.2%UK£36.84UK£10.21n/a7
Apr ’25UK£9.48
UK£24.18
+155.0%
35.8%UK£35.92UK£9.95n/a7
Mar ’25UK£9.57
UK£25.13
+162.6%
37.2%UK£36.37UK£10.01n/a7
Feb ’25UK£9.05
UK£26.98
+198.3%
34.8%UK£36.17UK£11.97n/a7
Jan ’25UK£11.15
UK£30.04
+169.4%
21.1%UK£36.09UK£15.37n/a7
Dec ’24UK£13.01
UK£30.20
+132.1%
20.5%UK£35.24UK£15.64UK£12.787
Nov ’24UK£13.41
UK£30.91
+130.5%
22.2%UK£36.02UK£15.97UK£9.306
Oct ’24UK£16.13
UK£31.83
+97.3%
17.2%UK£35.98UK£20.00UK£8.556
Sep ’24UK£17.62
UK£31.53
+79.0%
16.3%UK£37.17UK£20.02UK£9.057
Aug ’24UK£18.75
UK£30.58
+63.1%
16.2%UK£35.77UK£19.63UK£12.077
Jul ’24UK£17.68
UK£31.35
+77.3%
13.4%UK£35.00UK£21.74UK£10.667
Jun ’24UK£17.43
UK£31.71
+81.9%
13.3%UK£35.51UK£22.05UK£11.757
May ’24UK£18.94
UK£30.83
+62.8%
13.0%UK£35.03UK£22.00UK£10.818
Apr ’24UK£18.92
UK£32.27
+70.6%
6.8%UK£35.12UK£28.29UK£9.488
Mar ’24UK£20.64
UK£32.91
+59.5%
7.0%UK£36.05UK£29.04UK£9.577
Feb ’24UK£22.16
UK£32.66
+47.4%
7.6%UK£35.83UK£28.20UK£9.058
Jan ’24UK£23.28
UK£34.45
+48.0%
8.7%UK£41.83UK£31.77UK£11.158
Dec ’23UK£25.18
UK£34.51
+37.0%
8.8%UK£42.02UK£31.92UK£13.018

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 08:59
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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

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Analyst Sources

Diversified Energy Company PLC is covered by 15 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David BuxtonCavendish
James McCormackCavendish
William JanelaCredit Suisse