Synthomer plc

BATS-CHIXE:SYNTL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£259.1m

Synthomer Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

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

Below Fair Value: SYNTL (£1.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£3.05)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for SYNTL. This is calculated by dividing SYNTL's market cap by their current revenue.
What is SYNTL's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.1x
SalesUK£1.97b
Market CapUK£259.09m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for SYNTL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.7x
TET Treatt
2x6.0%UK£309.2m
ELM Elementis
1.4x3.4%UK£822.9m
VCT Victrex
3.2x4.5%UK£933.9m
JMAT Johnson Matthey
0.2x-32.7%UK£2.2b
SYNTL Synthomer
0.1x5.0%UK£259.1m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: SYNTL is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the peer average (1.7x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does SYNTL's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Chemicals Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a-3.2%
SYNTL Synthomer
 0.1x5.0%US$325.17m
JMAT Johnson Matthey
0.2x-32.7%US$2.81b
SYNT Synthomer
0.1x5.0%US$325.16m
No. of Companies8PS01.22.43.64.86+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.8%
SYNTL Synthomer
 0.1x86.1%US$325.17m
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: SYNTL is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the UK Chemicals industry average (1.2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SYNTL'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.

SYNTL PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.1x
Fair PS Ratio0.6x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: SYNTL is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x).

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 SYNTL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£1.60
UK£2.58
+61.5%
19.8%UK£3.66UK£1.85n/a10
Dec ’25UK£1.69
UK£2.60
+53.8%
18.9%UK£3.66UK£2.00n/a10
Nov ’25UK£1.85
UK£2.67
+44.1%
23.2%UK£4.10UK£2.05n/a10
Oct ’25UK£2.15
UK£2.99
+39.4%
17.6%UK£4.10UK£2.30n/a10
Sep ’25UK£2.44
UK£3.00
+22.8%
18.0%UK£4.16UK£2.30n/a10
Aug ’25UK£2.58
UK£3.07
+19.0%
17.4%UK£4.16UK£2.50n/a10
Jul ’25UK£2.71
UK£3.05
+12.5%
19.7%UK£4.16UK£2.20n/a10
Jun ’25UK£2.95
UK£3.03
+2.7%
20.3%UK£4.16UK£2.20n/a10
May ’25UK£2.62
UK£2.75
+5.0%
26.5%UK£4.16UK£1.55n/a10
Apr ’25UK£2.58
UK£2.75
+6.6%
26.5%UK£4.16UK£1.55n/a10
Mar ’25UK£1.53
UK£7.63
+397.5%
146.2%UK£38.00UK£1.30n/a10
Feb ’25UK£1.46
UK£7.75
+429.8%
143.3%UK£38.00UK£1.30n/a10
Jan ’25UK£1.89
UK£19.94
+955.0%
81.3%UK£46.00UK£2.30n/a10
Dec ’24UK£1.81
UK£20.14
+1,010.3%
81.8%UK£46.00UK£2.30UK£1.6910
Nov ’24UK£1.96
UK£23.37
+1,092.4%
53.6%UK£43.00UK£4.00UK£1.857
Oct ’24UK£2.27
UK£25.58
+1,026.7%
33.3%UK£40.00UK£16.00UK£2.158
Sep ’24UK£12.52
UK£25.69
+105.2%
39.4%UK£45.00UK£15.00UK£2.4411
Aug ’24UK£16.80
UK£27.72
+65.0%
36.5%UK£45.00UK£15.00UK£2.5812
Jul ’24UK£14.54
UK£32.78
+125.5%
21.4%UK£45.00UK£20.00UK£2.7112
Jun ’24UK£18.12
UK£33.22
+83.3%
22.4%UK£45.00UK£20.00UK£2.9512
May ’24UK£23.56
UK£32.66
+38.6%
22.9%UK£45.00UK£20.00UK£2.6213
Apr ’24UK£23.42
UK£38.76
+65.5%
42.9%UK£92.00UK£20.00UK£2.5814
Mar ’24UK£29.84
UK£39.58
+32.7%
42.5%UK£92.00UK£24.00UK£1.5313
Feb ’24UK£30.90
UK£38.77
+25.5%
43.9%UK£92.00UK£24.00UK£1.4613
Jan ’24UK£28.86
UK£42.00
+45.5%
51.5%UK£92.00UK£22.00UK£1.8913
Dec ’23UK£26.30
UK£44.79
+70.3%
46.5%UK£92.00UK£22.00UK£1.8114

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 Analysis2024/12/26 10:56
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 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

Synthomer plc is covered by 24 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Robert BateBarclays
James StewartBarclays
Sebastian BrayBerenberg