Smith & Nephew Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • 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 SN.?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

SN. 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/Revenue2.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA12.2x
PEG Ratio1.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SN.'s PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SN. vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyPEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average59.9x
CTEC ConvaTec Group
78.5x26.8%UK£4.5b
MDC Mediclinic International
21.9x10.7%UK£3.7b
IHC Inspiration Healthcare Group
111.3xn/aUK£30.3m
BIM bioMérieux
27.8x13.4%€10.7b
SN. Smith & Nephew
50.9x26.4%UK£9.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SN. is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (50.9x) compared to the peer average (59.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SN.'s PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Medical Equipment Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a27.8%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a27.8%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SN. is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (50.9x) compared to the European Medical Equipment industry average (26.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SN.'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.

SN. PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio50.9x
Fair PE Ratio58.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SN. is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (50.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58.6x).


Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: SN. (£10.39) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£17.93)

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


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 SN. forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£10.39
UK£14.39
+38.6%
8.8%UK£16.50UK£11.84n/a14
Sep ’24UK£10.65
UK£14.07
+32.1%
8.1%UK£16.23UK£11.65n/a15
Aug ’24UK£11.77
UK£14.06
+19.5%
10.6%UK£16.10UK£10.35n/a15
Jul ’24UK£12.68
UK£14.01
+10.5%
10.5%UK£15.90UK£10.41n/a15
Jun ’24UK£12.02
UK£14.26
+18.7%
11.6%UK£16.27UK£9.70n/a15
May ’24UK£13.15
UK£13.56
+3.2%
15.3%UK£16.21UK£8.23n/a16
Apr ’24UK£11.22
UK£12.87
+14.7%
14.8%UK£15.84UK£8.30n/a16
Mar ’24UK£11.98
UK£13.32
+11.2%
13.8%UK£15.86UK£8.55n/a15
Feb ’24UK£11.24
UK£12.90
+14.8%
15.7%UK£15.39UK£8.30n/a14
Jan ’24UK£11.10
UK£12.47
+12.4%
16.4%UK£15.43UK£8.32n/a14
Dec ’23UK£10.79
UK£12.65
+17.3%
16.0%UK£15.96UK£8.60n/a13
Nov ’23UK£10.24
UK£13.36
+30.6%
14.5%UK£16.60UK£8.95n/a13
Oct ’23UK£10.51
UK£14.32
+36.3%
14.5%UK£17.07UK£10.13n/a12
Sep ’23UK£10.17
UK£13.85
+36.3%
16.8%UK£18.11UK£9.38UK£10.6511
Aug ’23UK£10.40
UK£14.08
+35.4%
15.6%UK£17.81UK£9.23UK£11.7712
Jul ’23UK£11.51
UK£15.12
+31.4%
12.8%UK£18.36UK£10.77UK£12.6812
Jun ’23UK£12.69
UK£14.67
+15.6%
12.6%UK£17.62UK£10.34UK£12.0213
May ’23UK£13.03
UK£14.88
+14.2%
13.0%UK£18.23UK£10.36UK£13.1514
Apr ’23UK£12.14
UK£15.07
+24.2%
13.6%UK£18.54UK£10.39UK£11.2214
Mar ’23UK£13.08
UK£15.09
+15.4%
12.2%UK£18.77UK£10.23UK£11.9813
Feb ’23UK£12.57
UK£15.54
+23.6%
14.9%UK£20.31UK£10.25UK£11.2414
Jan ’23UK£12.94
UK£15.79
+22.1%
14.5%UK£20.55UK£10.38UK£11.1014
Dec ’22UK£12.40
UK£15.67
+26.4%
13.9%UK£20.31UK£10.26UK£10.7915
Nov ’22UK£12.80
UK£15.92
+24.4%
14.1%UK£19.56UK£9.96UK£10.2415
Oct ’22UK£12.82
UK£16.48
+28.6%
13.4%UK£19.90UK£10.42UK£10.5115
Sep ’22UK£14.14
UK£16.71
+18.3%
14.1%UK£20.53UK£10.36UK£10.1716

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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