C&C Group plc

LSE:CCR Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£561.3m

C&C Group Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: CCR (£1.47) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£1.3)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CCR is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for CCR. This is calculated by dividing CCR's market cap by their current revenue.
What is CCR's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.4x
Sales€1.65b
Market Cap€675.75m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for CCR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average2.8x
CDGP Chapel Down Group
3.7xn/aUK£60.9m
ART Artisanal Spirits
1.2x8.8%UK£28.9m
GUS Gusbourne
3.6xn/aUK£25.3m
NICL Nichols
2.7x3.6%UK£463.9m
CCR C&C Group
0.4x4.2%UK£561.3m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: CCR is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the peer average (2.8x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does CCR's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Beverage Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CCR 0.4xIndustry Avg. 1.3xNo. of Companies9PS00.81.62.43.24+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: CCR is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the European Beverage industry average (1.3x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CCR'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.

CCR PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.4x
Fair PS Ratio0.6x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: CCR is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) 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 CCR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£1.47
UK£2.02
+36.8%
24.9%UK£3.01UK£1.65n/a5
Nov ’25UK£1.48
UK£2.02
+36.2%
24.9%UK£3.01UK£1.65n/a5
Oct ’25UK£1.60
UK£2.00
+24.5%
25.1%UK£2.99UK£1.65n/a5
Sep ’25UK£1.56
UK£2.08
+32.9%
23.9%UK£3.04UK£1.68n/a5
Aug ’25UK£1.59
UK£2.08
+30.9%
22.7%UK£2.99UK£1.65n/a5
Jul ’25UK£1.57
UK£2.08
+32.7%
22.8%UK£3.00UK£1.65n/a5
Jun ’25UK£1.70
UK£2.05
+20.5%
25.0%UK£3.00UK£1.45n/a5
May ’25UK£1.66
UK£2.04
+22.6%
25.2%UK£2.99UK£1.44n/a5
Apr ’25UK£1.64
UK£2.04
+24.4%
25.3%UK£2.99UK£1.44n/a5
Mar ’25UK£1.47
UK£2.03
+38.0%
25.3%UK£2.99UK£1.44n/a5
Feb ’25UK£1.51
UK£2.03
+35.1%
25.5%UK£3.00UK£1.45n/a5
Jan ’25UK£1.53
UK£1.94
+27.1%
29.0%UK£3.00UK£1.39n/a5
Dec ’24UK£1.35
UK£1.95
+44.7%
28.7%UK£3.00UK£1.40n/a5
Nov ’24UK£1.38
UK£2.09
+51.3%
26.0%UK£3.00UK£1.65UK£1.484
Oct ’24UK£1.39
UK£2.10
+50.9%
26.1%UK£3.02UK£1.66UK£1.604
Sep ’24UK£1.35
UK£2.07
+53.9%
26.5%UK£3.00UK£1.65UK£1.564
Aug ’24UK£1.41
UK£2.07
+47.1%
26.5%UK£3.00UK£1.65UK£1.594
Jul ’24UK£1.25
UK£2.06
+64.7%
25.9%UK£2.96UK£1.63UK£1.574
Jun ’24UK£1.43
UK£2.06
+44.4%
25.9%UK£2.96UK£1.63UK£1.704
May ’24UK£1.56
UK£1.93
+23.4%
2.6%UK£2.00UK£1.89UK£1.663
Apr ’24UK£1.57
UK£1.93
+22.9%
2.6%UK£2.00UK£1.89UK£1.643
Mar ’24UK£1.48
UK£2.24
+50.9%
17.2%UK£2.88UK£1.90UK£1.474
Feb ’24UK£1.60
UK£2.24
+39.9%
17.2%UK£2.88UK£1.90UK£1.514
Jan ’24UK£1.75
UK£2.46
+40.1%
12.5%UK£2.88UK£2.07UK£1.534
Dec ’23UK£1.83
UK£2.46
+34.0%
12.5%UK£2.88UK£2.07UK£1.354
Nov ’23UK£1.66
UK£2.45
+48.1%
12.3%UK£2.86UK£2.07UK£1.384

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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