Diageo Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: DGE (£27.59) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£39.71)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

DGE key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue4.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA14.2x
PEG Ratio3.8x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for DGE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17.1x
CCR C&C Group
27.5x25.4%UK£641.3m
ABF Associated British Foods
17x5.9%UK£20.1b
CCH Coca-Cola HBC
17.1x10.3%UK£9.3b
IMB Imperial Brands
6.7x0.01%UK£15.6b
DGE Diageo
18x4.8%UK£61.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DGE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x) compared to the peer average (17.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a6.4%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a6.4%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DGE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x) compared to the European Beverage industry average (18.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DGE'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.

DGE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18x
Fair PE Ratio26.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DGE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.4x).


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 DGE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£27.76
UK£30.53
+10.0%
12.3%UK£36.26UK£23.78n/a22
Apr ’25UK£29.26
UK£30.04
+2.7%
12.1%UK£35.48UK£23.83n/a21
Mar ’25UK£29.64
UK£30.80
+3.9%
13.4%UK£41.05UK£24.02n/a23
Feb ’25UK£29.05
UK£30.47
+4.9%
13.3%UK£40.65UK£23.65n/a23
Jan ’25UK£28.56
UK£32.19
+12.7%
13.7%UK£41.04UK£24.70n/a24
Dec ’24UK£28.16
UK£32.56
+15.6%
13.0%UK£40.78UK£24.49n/a24
Nov ’24UK£31.37
UK£37.08
+18.2%
12.1%UK£46.38UK£29.47n/a25
Oct ’24UK£30.34
UK£37.54
+23.7%
11.7%UK£46.24UK£30.29n/a24
Sep ’24UK£32.00
UK£37.58
+17.5%
10.0%UK£44.80UK£29.56n/a24
Aug ’24UK£34.08
UK£37.40
+9.8%
11.3%UK£47.14UK£29.13n/a23
Jul ’24UK£33.79
UK£37.86
+12.0%
11.7%UK£47.64UK£26.24n/a23
Jun ’24UK£33.45
UK£39.43
+17.9%
12.5%UK£48.52UK£26.47n/a23
May ’24UK£36.22
UK£39.75
+9.7%
12.4%UK£49.02UK£26.12n/a23
Apr ’24UK£36.14
UK£40.02
+10.7%
12.8%UK£51.18UK£26.26UK£29.2623
Mar ’24UK£35.21
UK£41.07
+16.7%
12.8%UK£52.54UK£27.26UK£29.6425
Feb ’24UK£35.46
UK£40.19
+13.4%
13.2%UK£51.03UK£26.47UK£29.0525
Jan ’24UK£36.50
UK£42.33
+16.0%
13.0%UK£51.52UK£28.67UK£28.5625
Dec ’23UK£38.46
UK£40.59
+5.5%
12.9%UK£48.94UK£28.21UK£28.1625
Nov ’23UK£36.11
UK£42.56
+17.9%
12.9%UK£52.25UK£30.12UK£31.3725
Oct ’23UK£37.98
UK£45.20
+19.0%
14.0%UK£59.16UK£30.93UK£30.3425
Sep ’23UK£37.34
UK£44.80
+20.0%
12.8%UK£57.25UK£31.53UK£32.0025
Aug ’23UK£39.06
UK£42.09
+7.8%
12.9%UK£53.91UK£29.68UK£34.0824
Jul ’23UK£35.08
UK£41.60
+18.6%
11.2%UK£50.54UK£30.27UK£33.7923
Jun ’23UK£36.22
UK£42.90
+18.4%
11.4%UK£47.76UK£29.12UK£33.4523
May ’23UK£40.19
UK£43.38
+7.9%
11.2%UK£48.18UK£29.37UK£36.2223
Apr ’23UK£38.70
UK£41.90
+8.3%
11.7%UK£49.37UK£28.06UK£36.1423

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


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