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Craneware Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Analyst Forecast

Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CRW 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/Revenue4.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA17.9x
PEG Ratio4.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CRW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyPEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average41x
EMIS EMIS Group
26.2x4.4%UK£868.7m
INS Instem
30.7x24.6%UK£144.2m
COG Cambridge Cognition Holdings
81.4x5.6%UK£31.1m
AMS Advanced Medical Solutions Group
25.7x7.8%UK£525.0m
CRW Craneware
78.6x13.2%UK£545.6m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CRW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (78.6x) compared to the peer average (41x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CRW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Healthcare Services Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a12.3%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CRW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (78.6x) compared to the European Healthcare Services industry average (33.5x)


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CRW'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.

CRW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio78.6x
Fair PE Ratio42.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CRW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (78.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.4x).


Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CRW when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CRW (£15.6) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£10.31)

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


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 CRW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£15.90
UK£25.24
+58.7%
6.9%UK£27.82UK£23.01n/a4
May ’24UK£13.50
UK£25.77
+90.9%
8.1%UK£28.64UK£22.84n/a4
Apr ’24UK£11.50
UK£25.77
+124.1%
8.1%UK£28.64UK£22.84n/a4
Mar ’24UK£14.40
UK£26.28
+82.5%
11.6%UK£31.09UK£22.95n/a4
Feb ’24UK£14.30
UK£26.28
+83.8%
11.6%UK£31.09UK£22.95n/a4
Jan ’24UK£18.15
UK£28.08
+54.7%
10.4%UK£31.20UK£24.18n/a3
Dec ’23UK£21.95
UK£28.08
+27.9%
10.4%UK£31.20UK£24.18n/a3
Nov ’23UK£18.65
UK£28.39
+52.3%
9.6%UK£31.09UK£24.67n/a3
Oct ’23UK£19.30
UK£29.10
+50.8%
7.6%UK£31.20UK£26.04n/a3
Sep ’23UK£15.90
UK£28.92
+81.9%
14.2%UK£32.42UK£23.14n/a3
Aug ’23UK£18.75
UK£28.95
+54.4%
14.2%UK£32.51UK£23.20n/a3
Jul ’23UK£16.15
UK£32.58
+101.8%
7.5%UK£34.82UK£29.20n/a3
Jun ’23UK£13.80
UK£29.51
+113.8%
15.2%UK£34.00UK£22.59UK£14.304
May ’23UK£17.13
UK£27.77
+62.1%
14.3%UK£32.58UK£21.64UK£13.505
Apr ’23UK£16.90
UK£27.54
+63.0%
14.0%UK£32.25UK£21.70UK£11.505
Mar ’23UK£17.15
UK£29.11
+69.7%
18.7%UK£36.37UK£21.12UK£14.405
Feb ’23UK£19.50
UK£29.11
+49.3%
18.7%UK£36.37UK£21.12UK£14.305
Jan ’23UK£24.25
UK£30.00
+23.7%
18.3%UK£37.14UK£21.61UK£18.155
Dec ’22UK£24.80
UK£29.80
+20.2%
17.2%UK£36.64UK£22.30UK£21.955
Nov ’22UK£23.20
UK£28.69
+23.7%
18.3%UK£36.68UK£21.82UK£18.655
Oct ’22UK£24.20
UK£28.69
+18.6%
18.3%UK£36.68UK£21.82UK£19.305
Sep ’22UK£24.20
UK£28.09
+16.1%
19.8%UK£36.63UK£21.62UK£15.905
Aug ’22UK£22.15
UK£29.79
+34.5%
17.1%UK£36.73UK£24.72UK£18.754
Jul ’22UK£21.50
UK£25.31
+17.7%
34.6%UK£36.65UK£11.60UK£16.155
Jun ’22UK£23.00
UK£22.71
-1.3%
27.3%UK£30.06UK£11.76UK£13.805

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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