Essentra plc

BATS-CHIXE:ESNTL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£238.8m

Essentra Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

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

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: ESNTL (£0.84) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (£1.2)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: ESNTL is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ESNTL. This is calculated by dividing ESNTL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ESNTL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio113.7x
EarningsUK£2.10m
Market CapUK£238.82m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for ESNTL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.4x
ZTF Zotefoams
8x2.58%UK£182.0m
VCT Victrex
19.4x17.93%UK£539.9m
TET Treatt
24.6x17.76%UK£124.6m
SLP Sylvania Platinum
9.6x41.94%UK£256.4m
ESNTL Essentra
113.7x55.33%UK£238.8m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ESNTL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (113.7x) compared to the peer average (15.4x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No. of Companies11PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ESNTL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (113.7x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (18x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ESNTL'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.

ESNTL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio113.7x
Fair PE Ratio29.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ESNTL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (113.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.4x).

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 ESNTL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£0.84
UK£1.69
+100.61%
39.25%UK£3.15UK£1.00n/a7
Apr ’27UK£0.91
UK£1.76
+92.83%
34.64%UK£3.15UK£1.30n/a7
Mar ’27UK£1.07
UK£1.83
+70.72%
34.64%UK£3.15UK£1.30n/a6
Feb ’27UK£1.01
UK£1.83
+80.86%
34.64%UK£3.15UK£1.30n/a6
Jan ’27UK£0.96
UK£1.91
+98.54%
30.30%UK£3.15UK£1.50n/a6
Dec ’26UK£0.98
UK£1.91
+94.30%
30.30%UK£3.15UK£1.50n/a6
Nov ’26UK£0.97
UK£1.99
+105.75%
28.89%UK£3.15UK£1.55n/a6
Oct ’26UK£1.08
UK£2.07
+91.71%
25.51%UK£3.15UK£1.70n/a6
Sep ’26UK£1.02
UK£2.07
+102.61%
25.51%UK£3.15UK£1.70n/a6
Aug ’26UK£1.03
UK£2.05
+99.03%
26.34%UK£3.15UK£1.60n/a6
Jul ’26UK£1.07
UK£2.05
+90.88%
26.34%UK£3.15UK£1.60n/a6
Jun ’26UK£0.96
UK£2.05
+112.88%
26.34%UK£3.15UK£1.60n/a6
May ’26UK£0.91
UK£2.06
+125.45%
26.03%UK£3.15UK£1.60n/a6
Apr ’26UK£1.01
UK£2.09
+107.42%
24.67%UK£3.15UK£1.70UK£0.916
Mar ’26UK£1.18
UK£2.03
+72.01%
24.39%UK£3.15UK£1.70UK£1.077
Feb ’26UK£1.24
UK£2.04
+64.75%
24.00%UK£3.15UK£1.70UK£1.017
Jan ’26UK£1.33
UK£2.16
+62.68%
20.67%UK£3.15UK£1.70UK£0.967
Dec ’25UK£1.44
UK£2.24
+55.35%
19.16%UK£3.15UK£1.85UK£0.986
Nov ’25UK£1.52
UK£2.24
+47.67%
19.16%UK£3.15UK£1.85UK£0.976
Oct ’25UK£1.50
UK£2.29
+52.37%
18.91%UK£3.15UK£1.85UK£1.086
Sep ’25UK£1.77
UK£2.63
+48.64%
12.86%UK£3.15UK£2.20UK£1.026
Aug ’25UK£1.69
UK£2.63
+55.82%
12.67%UK£3.15UK£2.20UK£1.036
Jul ’25UK£1.61
UK£2.65
+64.80%
12.42%UK£3.15UK£2.20UK£1.076
Jun ’25UK£1.64
UK£2.61
+58.59%
12.36%UK£3.15UK£2.20UK£0.967
May ’25UK£1.77
UK£2.61
+47.46%
12.36%UK£3.15UK£2.20UK£0.917
Apr ’25UK£1.76
UK£2.61
+48.13%
12.36%UK£3.15UK£2.20UK£1.017
UK£1.69
Fair Value
50.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
7
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/04/13 15:32
End of Day Share Price 2026/04/13 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Essentra plc is covered by 14 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James BaylissBerenberg
Calum BattersbyBerenberg
Michael O'BrienCanaccord Genuity