Phoenix Group Holdings plc

LSE:PHNX Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£5.0b

Phoenix Group Holdings Valuation

Is PHNX 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-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: PHNX (£5.05) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£5.89)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PHNX is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As PHNX is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for PHNX. This is calculated by dividing PHNX's market cap by their current revenue.
What is PHNX's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.2x
SalesUK£25.21b
Market CapUK£5.04b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does PHNX's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for PHNX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.1x
LGEN Legal & General Group
1.1x7.3%UK£13.2b
JUST Just Group
0.5x21.7%UK£1.7b
PRU Prudential
2x21.0%UK£16.9b
CSN Chesnara
0.9xn/aUK£387.3m
PHNX Phoenix Group Holdings
0.2x-27.6%UK£5.0b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: PHNX is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the peer average (1.1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does PHNX's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Insurance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
RQIH R&Q Insurance Holdings
0.001xn/aUS$360.20k
No more companies available in this PS range
PHNX 0.2xIndustry Avg. 1.1xNo. of Companies3PS00.61.21.82.43+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: PHNX is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the European Insurance industry average (1.1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PHNX's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PHNX PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.2x
Fair PS Ratio0.5x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: PHNX is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.5x).

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 PHNX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£5.05
UK£5.94
+17.7%
12.1%UK£7.43UK£5.00n/a14
Dec ’25UK£5.14
UK£5.94
+15.6%
11.9%UK£7.43UK£5.10n/a14
Nov ’25UK£5.01
UK£5.95
+18.7%
11.8%UK£7.43UK£5.10n/a14
Oct ’25UK£5.60
UK£5.99
+7.1%
10.9%UK£7.43UK£5.10n/a14
Sep ’25UK£5.66
UK£6.05
+6.9%
11.5%UK£7.43UK£5.00n/a13
Aug ’25UK£5.43
UK£6.00
+10.5%
11.6%UK£7.43UK£5.00n/a14
Jul ’25UK£5.33
UK£6.02
+13.0%
12.0%UK£7.43UK£5.00n/a14
Jun ’25UK£4.96
UK£6.04
+21.6%
11.5%UK£7.43UK£5.00n/a14
May ’25UK£4.85
UK£6.02
+24.0%
11.3%UK£7.43UK£5.00n/a14
Apr ’25UK£5.53
UK£6.04
+9.3%
13.6%UK£7.43UK£4.45n/a14
Mar ’25UK£5.02
UK£5.98
+19.1%
13.9%UK£7.43UK£4.45n/a14
Feb ’25UK£5.02
UK£5.98
+19.1%
14.2%UK£7.43UK£4.35n/a14
Jan ’25UK£5.35
UK£5.81
+8.6%
14.9%UK£7.43UK£4.15n/a13
Dec ’24UK£4.70
UK£5.84
+24.3%
15.2%UK£7.43UK£4.00UK£5.1413
Nov ’24UK£4.57
UK£6.04
+32.2%
13.8%UK£7.43UK£4.30UK£5.0113
Oct ’24UK£4.82
UK£6.52
+35.2%
12.0%UK£7.55UK£5.00UK£5.6014
Sep ’24UK£5.20
UK£6.69
+28.5%
9.9%UK£7.70UK£5.60UK£5.6614
Aug ’24UK£5.45
UK£6.92
+27.0%
8.6%UK£8.00UK£5.80UK£5.4314
Jul ’24UK£5.32
UK£7.06
+32.8%
8.5%UK£8.30UK£6.27UK£5.3315
Jun ’24UK£5.55
UK£7.13
+28.5%
9.1%UK£8.30UK£6.27UK£4.9615
May ’24UK£5.92
UK£7.16
+21.0%
8.7%UK£8.30UK£6.27UK£4.8515
Apr ’24UK£5.46
UK£7.11
+30.1%
9.0%UK£8.30UK£6.27UK£5.5316
Mar ’24UK£6.38
UK£7.27
+14.0%
9.6%UK£8.60UK£6.35UK£5.0216
Feb ’24UK£6.37
UK£7.29
+14.4%
9.7%UK£8.60UK£6.35UK£5.0216
Jan ’24UK£6.09
UK£7.26
+19.3%
9.5%UK£8.60UK£6.35UK£5.3517
Dec ’23UK£5.91
UK£7.32
+23.9%
9.5%UK£8.40UK£6.15UK£4.7016

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 03:29
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Phoenix Group Holdings plc is covered by 27 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andrew BroadfieldBarclays
Larissa van DeventerBarclays
Trevor MossBerenberg