Carr's Group plc

LSE:CARR Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£113.3m

Carr's Group Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: CARR (£1.2) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£4.38)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for CARR. This is calculated by dividing CARR's market cap by their current revenue.
What is CARR's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.5x
SalesUK£75.70m
Market CapUK£113.32m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for CARR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.8x
WYN Wynnstay Group
0.1x-3.5%UK£70.3m
CAM Camellia
0.5x4.8%UK£135.6m
AEP Anglo-Eastern Plantations
0.9xn/aUK£256.7m
MPE M.P. Evans Group
1.9x3.0%UK£496.1m
CARR Carr's Group
1.5x19.4%UK£113.3m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: CARR is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the peer average (0.8x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does CARR's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Food Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
MHPC MHP
0.2xn/aUS$526.63m
WYN Wynnstay Group
0.1x-3.5%US$88.38m
RGD Real Good Food
0.04xn/aUS$1.84m
UKR Ukrproduct Group
0.03xn/aUS$1.25m
CARR 1.5xIndustry Avg. 0.8xNo. of Companies5PS00.81.62.43.24+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: CARR is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the UK Food industry average (0.8x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CARR'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.

CARR PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.5x
Fair PS Ratio0.6x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: CARR is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x).

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 CARR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£1.20
UK£1.90
+58.3%
5.3%UK£2.00UK£1.80n/a2
Nov ’25UK£1.07
UK£1.66
+54.7%
21.5%UK£2.00UK£1.17n/a3
Oct ’25UK£1.34
UK£1.66
+23.5%
21.5%UK£2.00UK£1.17n/a3
Sep ’25UK£1.25
UK£1.66
+32.9%
21.5%UK£2.00UK£1.17n/a3
Aug ’25UK£1.37
UK£1.66
+21.2%
21.5%UK£2.00UK£1.17n/a3
Jul ’25UK£1.45
UK£1.66
+14.1%
21.5%UK£2.00UK£1.17n/a3
Jun ’25UK£1.33
UK£1.66
+24.4%
21.5%UK£2.00UK£1.17n/a3
May ’25UK£1.37
UK£1.58
+15.5%
26.4%UK£2.00UK£1.17n/a2

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 Analysis2024/12/22 07:30
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/08/31
Annual Earnings2024/08/31

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.

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Analyst Sources

Carr's Group plc is covered by 9 analysts. 4 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
Michael CliftonCavendish
Peter AshworthCharles Stanley Securities