Beazley Valuation

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

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

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

Below Fair Value: BEZL (£7.46) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£29.68)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

BEZL 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/Revenue1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA2.7x
PEG Ratio-0.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for BEZL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.2x
HSX Hiscox
6.3x-2.4%UK£3.5b
ADM Admiral Group
18.5x11.5%UK£7.4b
LRE Lancashire Holdings
5.6x-7.2%UK£1.6b
DLG Direct Line Insurance Group
6.6x7.7%UK£2.0b
BEZL Beazley
4.5x-17.0%UK£4.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BEZL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.5x) compared to the peer average (9.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BEZL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Insurance Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a18.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a18.6%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BEZL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.5x) compared to the European Insurance industry average (11.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BEZL'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.

BEZL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio4.5x
Fair PE Ratio7.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BEZL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.6x).


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 BEZL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£7.46
UK£9.34
+25.3%
8.3%UK£10.40UK£7.89n/a14
Nov ’25UK£7.76
UK£9.24
+19.1%
8.6%UK£10.47UK£7.79n/a14
Oct ’25UK£7.56
UK£8.78
+16.1%
10.3%UK£10.20UK£6.79n/a16
Sep ’25UK£7.47
UK£8.56
+14.6%
10.9%UK£9.92UK£6.84n/a16
Aug ’25UK£6.65
UK£8.42
+26.6%
12.1%UK£10.13UK£6.73n/a16
Jul ’25UK£6.88
UK£8.44
+22.7%
10.6%UK£9.93UK£6.62n/a16
Jun ’25UK£6.92
UK£8.23
+19.0%
10.9%UK£9.83UK£6.53n/a16
May ’25UK£6.58
UK£8.39
+27.6%
10.6%UK£10.05UK£6.67n/a16
Apr ’25UK£6.65
UK£8.13
+22.3%
10.2%UK£9.83UK£6.60n/a16
Mar ’25UK£6.68
UK£7.81
+16.9%
9.0%UK£9.17UK£6.15n/a16
Feb ’25UK£5.51
UK£7.74
+40.4%
9.2%UK£8.78UK£5.96n/a15
Jan ’25UK£5.24
UK£7.65
+46.1%
9.9%UK£8.82UK£5.99n/a16
Dec ’24UK£5.40
UK£7.58
+40.6%
9.9%UK£8.78UK£5.96n/a16
Nov ’24UK£5.23
UK£7.90
+51.1%
10.9%UK£9.85UK£6.23UK£7.7616
Oct ’24UK£5.52
UK£7.88
+43.0%
10.3%UK£9.79UK£6.20UK£7.5616
Sep ’24UK£5.50
UK£7.76
+41.2%
10.7%UK£9.44UK£6.00UK£7.4716
Aug ’24UK£5.23
UK£7.70
+47.4%
11.8%UK£9.32UK£5.80UK£6.6517
Jul ’24UK£5.89
UK£7.67
+30.2%
12.2%UK£9.29UK£5.86UK£6.8817
Jun ’24UK£6.20
UK£7.87
+27.0%
12.0%UK£9.39UK£6.03UK£6.9217
May ’24UK£5.94
UK£7.64
+28.7%
11.5%UK£9.21UK£5.93UK£6.5817
Apr ’24UK£6.02
UK£7.75
+28.8%
10.8%UK£9.13UK£6.26UK£6.6517
Mar ’24UK£6.79
UK£7.84
+15.5%
9.6%UK£9.16UK£6.41UK£6.6817
Feb ’24UK£6.61
UK£7.57
+14.6%
10.4%UK£8.82UK£6.23UK£5.5117
Jan ’24UK£6.78
UK£7.18
+6.0%
12.9%UK£8.91UK£5.26UK£5.2417
Dec ’23UK£6.68
UK£7.17
+7.4%
12.7%UK£8.93UK£5.28UK£5.4017
Nov ’23UK£6.30
UK£6.84
+8.5%
11.6%UK£8.35UK£5.48UK£5.2318

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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