Lancashire Holdings Limited

BATS-CHIXE:LREL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.5b

Lancashire Holdings Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

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

Below Fair Value: LREL (£6.11) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£30.03)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As LREL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LREL. This is calculated by dividing LREL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LREL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio5.1x
EarningsUS$363.10m
Market CapUS$1.86b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for LREL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average7.1x
DLG Direct Line Insurance Group
6.7x8.0%UK£2.0b
BEZ Beazley
4.5x-17.0%UK£4.6b
HSX Hiscox
6.2x-2.4%UK£3.5b
SBRE Sabre Insurance Group
11.2x13.7%UK£327.4m
LREL Lancashire Holdings
5.1x-7.2%UK£1.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LREL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.1x) compared to the peer average (7.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No. of Companies13PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LREL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.1x) compared to the European Insurance industry average (11.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LREL'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.

LREL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio5.1x
Fair PE Ratio8.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LREL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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