South32 Valuation

Is S32L undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of S32L when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
UK£3.42
Fair Value
50.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
14
Number of Analysts


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for S32L?

Key metric:

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for S32L. This is calculated by dividing S32L's market cap by their current revenue.
What is S32L's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.7x
SalesUS$5.59b
Market CapUS$9.44b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does S32L's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for S32L vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1x
AAL Anglo American
1.2x0.8%UK£28.9b
GLEN Glencore
0.2x-0.3%UK£42.6b
RIO Rio Tinto Group
1.8x0.3%UK£83.1b
KMR Kenmare Resources
0.9x5.4%UK£268.6m
S32L South32
1.7x9.1%UK£15.1b


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does S32L's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Metals and Mining Industry?

12 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GLEN Glencore
0.2x-0.3%US$53.03b
EVR EVRAZ
0.1x-8.5%US$1.42b
PDL Petra Diamonds
0.2x3.1%US$66.47m
POG Petropavlovsk
0.07x3.6%US$56.91m
No. of Companies12PS012345+
12 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is S32L'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.

S32L PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.7x
Fair PS Ratio2.6x


Analyst Price Targets

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

Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 14 Analysts
UK£1.91
Fair Value
11.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
14
Number of Analysts


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/31 12:00
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/06/30

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

South32 Limited is covered by 48 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ayan GhoshAvior Capital Markets
Russell WrightBarclay Pearce Capital Pty Limited
Izak RossouwBarclays