Petrofac Limited

LSE:PFC Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£53.3m

Petrofac Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: PFC (£0.1) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£4.51)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for PFC. This is calculated by dividing PFC's market cap by their current revenue.
What is PFC's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.03x
SalesUS$2.51b
Market CapUS$66.96m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for PFC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.5x
GMS Gulf Marine Services
1.3x5.4%UK£163.2m
PRES Pressure Technologies
0.4x11.7%UK£14.5m
TGP Tekmar Group
0.2x1.3%UK£9.3m
WG. John Wood Group
0.1x3.2%UK£448.9m
PFC Petrofac
0.03x26.2%UK£53.3m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: PFC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0x) compared to the peer average (0.5x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does PFC's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Energy Services Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.8x6.1%
PFC Petrofac
 0.03x26.2%US$66.96m
PFC 0.0xIndustry Avg. 0.8xNo. of Companies11PS00.61.21.82.43+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.8x39.1%
PFC Petrofac
 0.03x130.6%US$66.96m
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: PFC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0x) compared to the European Energy Services industry average (0.8x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PFC'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.

PFC PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.03x
Fair PS Ratio0.2x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: PFC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x).

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 PFC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£0.10
UK£0.56
+448.2%
64.3%UK£0.92UK£0.20n/a2
Dec ’25UK£0.11
UK£0.56
+407.4%
64.3%UK£0.92UK£0.20n/a2
Nov ’25UK£0.13
UK£0.45
+261.5%
70.3%UK£0.90UK£0.20n/a3
Oct ’25UK£0.14
UK£0.45
+212.7%
71.7%UK£0.90UK£0.19n/a3
Sep ’25UK£0.15
UK£0.45
+202.4%
69.7%UK£0.90UK£0.20n/a3
Aug ’25UK£0.15
UK£0.45
+196.5%
69.7%UK£0.90UK£0.20n/a3
Jul ’25UK£0.13
UK£0.63
+391.7%
52.8%UK£1.00UK£0.20n/a5
Jun ’25n/a
UK£0.50
0%
70.0%UK£1.00UK£0.098n/a7
May ’25UK£0.10
UK£0.50
+373.3%
67.3%UK£1.02UK£0.10n/a8
Apr ’25UK£0.27
UK£0.59
+115.7%
53.4%UK£1.01UK£0.20n/a8
Mar ’25UK£0.25
UK£0.58
+130.0%
53.3%UK£0.99UK£0.20n/a8
Feb ’25UK£0.30
UK£0.58
+95.7%
53.3%UK£0.98UK£0.20n/a8
Jan ’25UK£0.37
UK£0.58
+55.0%
53.2%UK£0.98UK£0.20n/a8
Dec ’24UK£0.17
UK£0.86
+407.2%
10.2%UK£1.03UK£0.75UK£0.119
Nov ’24UK£0.48
UK£0.92
+91.2%
10.7%UK£1.08UK£0.79UK£0.1310
Oct ’24UK£0.76
UK£0.90
+18.2%
11.8%UK£1.06UK£0.76UK£0.149
Sep ’24UK£0.73
UK£0.88
+21.1%
14.2%UK£1.05UK£0.70UK£0.159
Aug ’24UK£0.79
UK£0.88
+11.2%
14.5%UK£1.04UK£0.70UK£0.159
Jul ’24UK£0.79
UK£0.99
+25.9%
38.4%UK£2.00UK£0.71UK£0.139
Jun ’24UK£0.71
UK£1.01
+42.1%
38.0%UK£2.01UK£0.69n/a9
May ’24UK£0.71
UK£1.15
+60.9%
39.6%UK£1.99UK£0.70UK£0.1010
Apr ’24UK£0.79
UK£1.26
+59.4%
35.1%UK£2.01UK£0.73UK£0.2710
Mar ’24UK£0.79
UK£1.29
+62.6%
35.6%UK£2.07UK£0.76UK£0.2510
Feb ’24UK£0.84
UK£1.38
+64.7%
34.9%UK£2.00UK£0.73UK£0.309
Jan ’24UK£0.70
UK£1.49
+112.8%
29.7%UK£2.06UK£0.76UK£0.379
Dec ’23UK£0.81
UK£1.65
+103.6%
17.7%UK£2.04UK£1.19UK£0.179

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but there are not enough analysts covering the stock to determine statistical confidence in agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 10:14
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 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

Petrofac Limited is covered by 48 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mark van der GeestABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Ben SnowArden Partners Plc.
James CrandellBarclays