Chr. Hansen Holding A/S

BATS-CHIXE:CHRC Stock Report

Market Cap: DKK 72.3b

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Chr. Hansen Holding Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

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

Below Fair Value: CHRC (DKK554.2) is trading above our estimate of fair value (DKK209.4)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CHRC. This is calculated by dividing CHRC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CHRC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio42.8x
Earnings€227.00m
Market Cap€9.71b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CHRC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average28.8x
CRDA Croda International
28.7x15.2%UK£4.7b
JMAT Johnson Matthey
4.2x-24.7%UK£2.2b
VCT Victrex
53.4x29.3%UK£918.3m
ELM Elementis
n/a96.5%UK£830.0m
CHRC Chr. Hansen Holding
42.8xn/aDKK 72.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CHRC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.8x) compared to the peer average (24.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CHRC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No. of Companies12PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CHRC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.8x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (12.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CHRC'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.

CHRC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio42.8x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CHRC's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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 CHRC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
DKK 543.91
0%
7.7%DKK 619.79DKK 484.78n/a7
Dec ’25n/a
DKK 543.91
0%
7.7%DKK 619.79DKK 484.78n/a7
Nov ’25n/a
DKK 543.91
0%
7.7%DKK 619.79DKK 484.78n/a7
Oct ’25n/a
DKK 543.91
0%
7.7%DKK 619.79DKK 484.78n/a7
Sep ’25n/a
DKK 543.91
0%
7.7%DKK 619.79DKK 484.78n/a7
Aug ’25n/a
DKK 543.91
0%
7.7%DKK 619.79DKK 484.78n/a7
Jul ’25n/a
DKK 543.91
0%
7.7%DKK 619.79DKK 484.78n/a7
Jun ’25n/a
DKK 543.91
0%
7.7%DKK 619.79DKK 484.78n/a7
May ’25n/a
DKK 543.91
0%
7.7%DKK 619.79DKK 484.78n/a7
Apr ’25n/a
DKK 543.91
0%
7.7%DKK 619.79DKK 484.78n/a7
Mar ’25n/a
DKK 543.91
0%
7.7%DKK 619.79DKK 484.78n/a7
Feb ’25DKK 554.20
DKK 543.91
-1.9%
7.7%DKK 619.79DKK 484.78n/a7
Jan ’25n/a
DKK 539.96
0%
6.4%DKK 620.32DKK 485.19n/a9
Dec ’24DKK 546.00
DKK 536.24
-1.8%
6.5%DKK 619.97DKK 484.92n/a9
Nov ’24n/a
DKK 521.19
0%
13.3%DKK 640.94DKK 421.48n/a9
Oct ’24n/a
DKK 528.15
0%
12.6%DKK 640.16DKK 420.96n/a9
Sep ’24n/a
DKK 531.45
0%
10.8%DKK 640.24DKK 460.35n/a10
Aug ’24n/a
DKK 534.51
0%
11.0%DKK 639.74DKK 460.14n/a10
Jul ’24n/a
DKK 537.20
0%
10.3%DKK 639.25DKK 459.80n/a10
Jun ’24DKK 518.80
DKK 536.46
+3.4%
10.3%DKK 639.41DKK 459.92n/a10
May ’24DKK 550.80
DKK 536.88
-2.5%
10.3%DKK 640.81DKK 460.06n/a10
Apr ’24DKK 515.20
DKK 530.14
+2.9%
12.3%DKK 640.70DKK 450.74n/a9
Mar ’24DKK 496.30
DKK 528.99
+6.6%
11.7%DKK 639.66DKK 450.01n/a10
Feb ’24DKK 508.10
DKK 513.00
+1.0%
10.6%DKK 619.78DKK 449.67DKK 554.2010
Jan ’24DKK 501.70
DKK 513.77
+2.4%
11.4%DKK 620.31DKK 424.91n/a11
Dec ’23DKK 450.30
DKK 459.23
+2.0%
11.0%DKK 550.42DKK 380.06DKK 546.0012

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/02/01 13:09
End of Day Share Price 2024/01/30 00:00
Earnings2023/08/31
Annual Earnings2023/08/31

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.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S is covered by 29 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Michael Vitfell-RasmussenABG Sundal Collier
Alexander SloaneBarclays
James TargettBerenberg