Diageo (LSE:DGE): Has the Share Price Slide Created a Long-Term Value Opportunity?

Diageo (LSE:DGE) has quietly slid over the past year, with the share price down roughly 34% year to date and almost 50% over three years. This has prompted fresh questions about long term value.

See our latest analysis for Diageo.

That slide reflects a reset in expectations after slower growth in key markets and concerns about consumer spending, with the 1 year total shareholder return of around negative 34% signalling that momentum has clearly faded for now.

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With Diageo now trading at a sizeable discount to analyst targets despite still growing revenues and profits, is the market overreacting to short term headwinds, or simply pricing in a weaker long term growth runway?

Most Popular Narrative Narrative: 22.8% Undervalued

With the narrative fair value sitting meaningfully above Diageo’s last close at £16.64, the valuation case leans on a powerful profitability and mix shift story.

Diageo is intensifying its focus on premiumization and category expansion (notably in tequila and ready-to-drink beverages) to capture rising consumer affluence and elevated brand preferences in both emerging and developed markets, supporting future revenue growth and gross margin expansion.

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If you want to see the financial engine behind that upgrade in margins and mix, and how muted headline growth still supports a higher valuation multiple, explore the full narrative for the precise assumptions driving that discounted cash flow.

Result: Fair Value of $21.57 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, slowing alcohol consumption trends, along with persistent macro pressure on premium spirits demand, could easily derail those optimistic margin and valuation assumptions.

Find out about the key risks to this Diageo narrative.

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