Ibstock Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: IBSTL (£1.56) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£2.21)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

IBSTL 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/Revenue1.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA8x
PEG Ratio1.1x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for IBSTL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average33.8x
MSLH Marshalls
40.7x28.5%UK£756.9m
FORT Forterra
25.9x26.2%UK£331.0m
BREE Breedon Group
12.6x9.4%UK£1.3b
SRC SigmaRoc
56x50.1%UK£758.1m
IBSTL Ibstock
28.9x26.4%UK£608.1m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IBSTL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.9x) compared to the peer average (33.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IBSTL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Basic Materials Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a21.8%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a21.8%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IBSTL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.9x) compared to the European Basic Materials industry average (11.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IBSTL'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.

IBSTL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio28.9x
Fair PE Ratio21x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IBSTL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x).


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 IBSTL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£1.56
UK£1.64
+5.1%
11.2%UK£2.00UK£1.43n/a8
Jun ’25UK£1.60
UK£1.62
+1.2%
12.0%UK£2.00UK£1.40n/a8
May ’25UK£1.47
UK£1.62
+10.2%
12.3%UK£2.00UK£1.40n/a8
Apr ’25UK£1.51
UK£1.62
+7.2%
12.3%UK£2.00UK£1.40n/a8
Mar ’25UK£1.63
UK£1.57
-4.2%
12.4%UK£2.00UK£1.35n/a8
Feb ’25UK£1.51
UK£1.57
+3.5%
12.4%UK£2.00UK£1.35n/a8
Jan ’25UK£1.52
UK£1.57
+3.5%
14.6%UK£2.00UK£1.30n/a8
Dec ’24UK£1.32
UK£1.53
+15.9%
16.8%UK£2.00UK£1.27n/a8
Nov ’24UK£1.23
UK£1.57
+27.4%
20.5%UK£2.25UK£1.27n/a8
Oct ’24UK£1.43
UK£1.83
+28.1%
14.7%UK£2.30UK£1.50n/a9
Sep ’24UK£1.48
UK£1.85
+25.1%
15.1%UK£2.30UK£1.50n/a9
Aug ’24UK£1.51
UK£1.82
+20.5%
16.9%UK£2.35UK£1.45n/a10
Jul ’24UK£1.40
UK£1.87
+33.6%
17.2%UK£2.35UK£1.50n/a10
Jun ’24UK£1.62
UK£1.90
+17.4%
15.4%UK£2.35UK£1.55UK£1.6010
May ’24UK£1.70
UK£1.90
+11.6%
15.7%UK£2.35UK£1.50UK£1.4710
Apr ’24UK£1.74
UK£1.89
+8.6%
16.8%UK£2.35UK£1.50UK£1.519
Mar ’24UK£1.67
UK£1.77
+6.4%
14.5%UK£2.30UK£1.40UK£1.639
Feb ’24UK£1.70
UK£1.77
+4.2%
14.5%UK£2.30UK£1.40UK£1.519
Jan ’24UK£1.54
UK£1.83
+18.9%
15.1%UK£2.30UK£1.40UK£1.528
Dec ’23UK£1.61
UK£1.90
+17.8%
12.3%UK£2.30UK£1.58UK£1.327
Nov ’23UK£1.55
UK£1.94
+24.7%
12.4%UK£2.30UK£1.58UK£1.238
Oct ’23UK£1.65
UK£2.18
+32.3%
13.3%UK£2.65UK£1.80UK£1.438
Sep ’23UK£1.85
UK£2.21
+19.6%
12.0%UK£2.65UK£1.82UK£1.488
Aug ’23UK£2.07
UK£2.24
+8.1%
11.9%UK£2.65UK£1.82UK£1.519
Jul ’23UK£1.62
UK£2.24
+38.1%
13.0%UK£2.65UK£1.86UK£1.409
Jun ’23UK£1.87
UK£2.27
+21.6%
11.6%UK£2.65UK£1.86UK£1.6210

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


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