Cranswick plc

LSE:CWK Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£2.7b

Cranswick Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

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

Below Fair Value: CWK (£50.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£61.87)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CWK is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CWK. This is calculated by dividing CWK's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CWK's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio24x
EarningsUK£113.10m
Market CapUK£2.71b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CWK vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17.6x
TATE Tate & Lyle
21.2x19.3%UK£3.3b
PFD Premier Foods
14.8x6.3%UK£1.6b
GNC Greencore Group
16.6x10.7%UK£867.1m
HFG Hilton Food Group
17.8x10.5%UK£825.3m
CWK Cranswick
24x8.0%UK£2.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CWK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24x) compared to the peer average (17.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CWK's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Food Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CWK 24.0xIndustry Avg. 13.5xNo. of Companies17PE0816243240+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CWK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24x) compared to the European Food industry average (13.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CWK'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.

CWK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24x
Fair PE Ratio17.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CWK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.3x).

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 CWK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£50.50
UK£52.82
+4.6%
5.1%UK£56.74UK£47.00n/a11
Nov ’25UK£50.90
UK£52.01
+2.2%
6.0%UK£56.74UK£46.50n/a11
Oct ’25UK£50.90
UK£51.08
+0.4%
5.6%UK£56.74UK£46.50n/a11
Sep ’25UK£48.20
UK£49.29
+2.3%
4.7%UK£53.12UK£45.00n/a11
Aug ’25UK£47.50
UK£49.29
+3.8%
4.7%UK£53.12UK£45.00n/a11
Jul ’25UK£44.40
UK£48.75
+9.8%
4.9%UK£53.12UK£45.00n/a11
Jun ’25UK£44.45
UK£48.43
+9.0%
5.1%UK£53.12UK£45.00n/a11
May ’25UK£43.05
UK£45.88
+6.6%
7.3%UK£49.50UK£38.00n/a11
Apr ’25UK£40.96
UK£45.70
+11.6%
7.0%UK£49.21UK£38.00n/a11
Mar ’25UK£39.04
UK£44.24
+13.3%
9.0%UK£49.21UK£36.70n/a10
Feb ’25UK£41.12
UK£44.24
+7.6%
9.0%UK£49.21UK£36.70n/a10
Jan ’25UK£38.08
UK£42.85
+12.5%
7.9%UK£46.94UK£36.70n/a9
Dec ’24UK£39.00
UK£42.13
+8.0%
7.7%UK£46.94UK£36.70n/a9
Nov ’24UK£36.26
UK£40.33
+11.2%
7.2%UK£46.20UK£36.60UK£50.909
Oct ’24UK£35.52
UK£40.33
+13.6%
7.2%UK£46.20UK£36.60UK£50.909
Sep ’24UK£33.60
UK£40.33
+20.0%
7.2%UK£46.20UK£36.60UK£48.209
Aug ’24UK£33.48
UK£39.64
+18.4%
5.1%UK£42.50UK£36.60UK£47.509
Jul ’24UK£32.46
UK£37.37
+15.1%
13.7%UK£41.00UK£23.50UK£44.409
Jun ’24UK£33.38
UK£36.70
+9.9%
14.0%UK£41.00UK£23.50UK£44.459
May ’24UK£32.10
UK£38.35
+19.5%
6.0%UK£41.00UK£34.00UK£43.058
Apr ’24UK£30.04
UK£38.35
+27.7%
6.0%UK£41.00UK£34.00UK£40.968
Mar ’24UK£30.82
UK£38.29
+24.2%
5.8%UK£41.00UK£34.00UK£39.048
Feb ’24UK£31.40
UK£38.52
+22.7%
5.7%UK£41.00UK£34.00UK£41.129
Jan ’24UK£30.78
UK£38.52
+25.1%
5.7%UK£41.00UK£34.00UK£38.089
Dec ’23UK£30.88
UK£38.03
+23.1%
7.7%UK£41.00UK£32.30UK£39.009
Nov ’23UK£30.40
UK£38.29
+26.0%
7.1%UK£41.00UK£32.30UK£36.268

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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