A.G. BARR p.l.c.

LSE:BAG Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£675.2m

A.G. BARR Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: BAG (£6.07) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£11.02)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BAG. This is calculated by dividing BAG's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BAG's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio18.7x
EarningsUK£36.20m
Market CapUK£675.20m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for BAG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.3x
FEVR Fevertree Drinks
35.7x29.9%UK£781.0m
NICL Nichols
25.3x12.0%UK£474.9m
BVIC Britvic
25.7x17.4%UK£3.2b
CCH Coca-Cola HBC
18.6x12.6%UK£9.8b
BAG A.G. BARR
18.7x15.5%UK£675.2m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BAG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.7x) compared to the peer average (26.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BAG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Beverage Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BAG 18.7xIndustry Avg. 17.9xNo. of Companies7PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BAG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.7x) compared to the European Beverage industry average (17.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BAG'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.

BAG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.7x
Fair PE Ratio17.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BAG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.8x).

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 BAG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£6.07
UK£7.22
+18.9%
11.5%UK£8.00UK£5.22n/a8
Dec ’25UK£6.18
UK£7.22
+16.7%
11.5%UK£8.00UK£5.22n/a8
Nov ’25UK£6.23
UK£7.10
+14.0%
11.7%UK£7.90UK£5.22n/a7
Oct ’25UK£6.24
UK£7.00
+12.2%
11.7%UK£7.90UK£5.22n/a8
Sep ’25UK£6.66
UK£6.77
+1.6%
11.3%UK£7.90UK£5.22n/a7
Aug ’25UK£6.40
UK£6.75
+5.5%
11.3%UK£7.90UK£5.22n/a7
Jul ’25UK£5.95
UK£6.50
+9.3%
8.9%UK£7.00UK£5.22n/a7
Jun ’25UK£6.23
UK£6.50
+4.4%
8.9%UK£7.00UK£5.22n/a7
May ’25UK£5.65
UK£6.50
+15.1%
8.9%UK£7.00UK£5.22n/a7
Apr ’25UK£5.82
UK£6.30
+8.3%
8.1%UK£6.85UK£5.22n/a7
Mar ’25UK£5.28
UK£6.18
+17.1%
8.6%UK£6.85UK£5.17n/a7
Feb ’25UK£5.74
UK£6.05
+5.4%
8.0%UK£6.85UK£5.17n/a8
Jan ’25UK£5.13
UK£5.97
+16.4%
6.5%UK£6.65UK£5.17n/a8
Dec ’24UK£4.84
UK£5.97
+23.4%
6.5%UK£6.65UK£5.17UK£6.188
Nov ’24UK£4.93
UK£5.95
+20.9%
7.1%UK£6.65UK£5.17UK£6.237
Oct ’24UK£4.91
UK£5.95
+21.2%
7.1%UK£6.65UK£5.17UK£6.247
Sep ’24UK£4.87
UK£5.95
+22.3%
7.2%UK£6.65UK£5.17UK£6.667
Aug ’24UK£4.83
UK£5.91
+22.4%
7.5%UK£6.65UK£5.17UK£6.407
Jul ’24UK£4.70
UK£5.91
+25.8%
7.5%UK£6.65UK£5.17UK£5.957
Jun ’24UK£5.06
UK£5.99
+18.3%
7.3%UK£6.65UK£5.17UK£6.236
May ’24UK£5.03
UK£6.15
+22.3%
4.4%UK£6.65UK£5.90UK£5.655
Apr ’24UK£5.04
UK£6.15
+22.0%
4.4%UK£6.65UK£5.90UK£5.825
Mar ’24UK£5.50
UK£6.00
+9.1%
6.8%UK£6.65UK£5.17UK£5.287
Feb ’24UK£5.42
UK£5.99
+10.5%
7.2%UK£6.65UK£5.17UK£5.746
Jan ’24UK£5.33
UK£5.85
+9.8%
8.7%UK£6.65UK£5.17UK£5.136
Dec ’23UK£5.04
UK£5.77
+14.5%
9.0%UK£6.65UK£5.17UK£4.846

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 Analysis2024/12/22 11:14
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/07/27
Annual Earnings2024/01/28

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

A.G. BARR p.l.c. is covered by 23 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mandeep SanghaBarclays
Simon HalesBarclays
Robert ChantryBerenberg