Ithaca Energy plc

LSE:ITH Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£3.1b

Ithaca Energy Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

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

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: ITH (£1.89) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (£4.51)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: ITH is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As ITH is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for ITH. This is calculated by dividing ITH's market cap by their current revenue.
What is ITH's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.5x
SalesUS$2.90b
Market CapUS$4.26b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for ITH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.4x
HBR Harbour Energy
0.5x-5.04%UK£3.7b
SEPL Seplat Energy
1.3x6.92%UK£2.4b
ENOG Energean
1.7x9.24%UK£1.6b
SQZ Serica Energy
2x28.30%UK£837.7m
ITH Ithaca Energy
1.5x-2.21%UK£3.1b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ITH is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the peer average (1.4x).

Historical Price to Sales Ratio

Historical Price to Sales Ratio compares a stock's price to its sales over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

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

19 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BP. BP
0.5x1.42%US$96.76b
ROSN Rosneft Oil
0.1xn/aUS$21.03b
HBR Harbour Energy
0.5x-5.04%US$5.00b
ENQ EnQuest
0.3x-5.93%US$389.98m
ITH 1.5xIndustry Avg. 2.4xNo. of Companies19PS02.85.68.411.214+
19 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ITH is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the UK Oil and Gas industry average (2.4x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ITH'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.

ITH PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.5x
Fair PS Ratio1.5x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ITH is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x).

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 ITH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£1.89
UK£1.82
-3.58%
29.93%UK£2.59UK£1.00n/a6
Feb ’27UK£1.84
UK£1.83
-0.29%
29.74%UK£2.53UK£0.97n/a6
Jan ’27UK£1.66
UK£1.85
+11.76%
29.49%UK£2.55UK£0.98n/a6
Dec ’26UK£1.76
UK£1.93
+9.61%
29.01%UK£2.59UK£1.00n/a6
Nov ’26UK£2.18
UK£1.73
-20.61%
23.39%UK£2.19UK£1.00n/a6
Oct ’26UK£1.99
UK£1.60
-19.85%
21.99%UK£2.00UK£1.00n/a6
Sep ’26UK£2.38
UK£1.60
-32.77%
21.99%UK£2.00UK£1.00n/a6
Aug ’26UK£1.69
UK£1.54
-9.15%
20.15%UK£2.02UK£1.00n/a6
Jul ’26UK£1.55
UK£1.48
-4.74%
20.50%UK£1.97UK£0.94n/a7
Jun ’26UK£1.43
UK£1.40
-1.85%
16.42%UK£1.70UK£0.96n/a7
May ’26UK£1.32
UK£1.45
+9.69%
15.70%UK£1.71UK£1.01n/a8
Apr ’26UK£1.62
UK£1.35
-16.50%
17.60%UK£1.68UK£1.00n/a8
Mar ’26UK£1.43
UK£1.37
-4.25%
14.55%UK£1.69UK£1.12n/a8
Feb ’26UK£1.26
UK£1.38
+10.08%
14.24%UK£1.71UK£1.13UK£1.848
Jan ’26UK£1.10
UK£1.38
+25.23%
13.90%UK£1.69UK£1.19UK£1.667
Dec ’25UK£1.04
UK£1.40
+34.60%
14.75%UK£1.76UK£1.20UK£1.767
Nov ’25UK£0.99
UK£1.42
+43.74%
15.09%UK£1.76UK£1.13UK£2.187
Oct ’25UK£1.08
UK£1.44
+34.18%
23.28%UK£2.09UK£1.10UK£1.996
Sep ’25UK£1.29
UK£1.51
+16.72%
20.63%UK£2.14UK£1.12UK£2.386
Aug ’25UK£1.30
UK£1.55
+19.01%
19.60%UK£2.16UK£1.16UK£1.696
Jul ’25UK£1.23
UK£1.55
+25.56%
19.60%UK£2.16UK£1.16UK£1.556
Jun ’25UK£1.34
UK£1.61
+20.14%
16.93%UK£2.15UK£1.40UK£1.435
May ’25UK£1.18
UK£1.63
+37.84%
16.19%UK£2.13UK£1.41UK£1.325
Apr ’25UK£1.33
UK£1.81
+35.95%
13.77%UK£2.11UK£1.56UK£1.625
Mar ’25UK£1.42
UK£1.79
+26.06%
11.52%UK£2.11UK£1.56UK£1.438
Feb ’25UK£1.36
UK£1.84
+35.39%
11.96%UK£2.10UK£1.55UK£1.268
UK£1.82
Fair Value
3.7% overvalued intrinsic discount
6
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 Analysis2026/02/15 00:30
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/13 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
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

Ithaca Energy plc is covered by 20 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
Matthew CooperBarclays
Lydia RainforthBarclays
James HosieBarclays