YouGov Valuation

Is YOU 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-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 YOU when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: YOU (£4.32) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£11.84)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for YOU. This is calculated by dividing YOU's market cap by their current revenue.
What is YOU's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.5x
SalesUK£335.30m
Market CapUK£504.43m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for YOU vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.7x
NFG Next 15 Group
0.6x-10.5%UK£418.2m
NEXN Nexxen International
1.8x8.8%UK£507.7m
SFOR S4 Capital
0.2x0.2%UK£221.7m
TIG Team Internet Group
0.3x0.7%UK£202.7m
YOU YouGov
1.5x8.5%UK£504.4m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: YOU is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the peer average (0.7x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does YOU's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Media Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
TMG Mission Group
0.09x-41.9%US$21.09m
JWNG Jaywing
0.08xn/aUS$2.05m
BONH Bonhill Group
0.04xn/aUS$681.51k
No more companies available in this PS range
YOU 1.5xIndustry Avg. 0.7xNo. of Companies10PS00.81.62.43.24+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: YOU is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the UK Media industry average (0.7x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is YOU'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.

YOU PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.5x
Fair PS Ratio2.8x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: YOU is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.8x).


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 YOU forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£4.32
UK£6.75
+56.2%
18.1%UK£8.10UK£4.70n/a6
Nov ’25UK£4.59
UK£6.75
+47.1%
18.1%UK£8.10UK£4.70n/a6
Oct ’25UK£4.32
UK£6.89
+59.5%
18.3%UK£8.50UK£4.95n/a6
Sep ’25UK£4.99
UK£6.58
+31.9%
25.8%UK£8.50UK£3.70n/a6
Aug ’25UK£4.61
UK£6.85
+48.6%
45.3%UK£12.00UK£3.70n/a6
Jul ’25UK£4.20
UK£8.30
+97.6%
51.9%UK£15.00UK£3.70n/a6
Jun ’25UK£9.82
UK£12.81
+30.5%
13.3%UK£15.00UK£9.60n/a7
May ’25UK£8.76
UK£13.35
+52.4%
8.8%UK£15.00UK£11.65n/a6
Apr ’25UK£10.00
UK£13.68
+36.8%
6.6%UK£15.00UK£12.00n/a6
Mar ’25UK£11.40
UK£13.55
+18.9%
6.9%UK£15.00UK£12.00n/a6
Feb ’25UK£12.05
UK£13.32
+10.5%
5.1%UK£14.20UK£12.00n/a6
Jan ’25UK£11.80
UK£13.10
+11.0%
5.8%UK£14.20UK£12.00n/a6
Dec ’24UK£10.00
UK£13.10
+31.0%
5.8%UK£14.20UK£12.00n/a6
Nov ’24UK£8.70
UK£13.10
+50.6%
5.8%UK£14.20UK£12.00UK£4.596
Oct ’24UK£7.50
UK£13.46
+79.4%
11.8%UK£16.40UK£11.55UK£4.326
Sep ’24UK£8.70
UK£13.46
+54.7%
11.8%UK£16.40UK£11.55UK£4.996
Aug ’24UK£9.76
UK£13.88
+42.2%
9.7%UK£16.40UK£12.00UK£4.616
Jul ’24UK£10.00
UK£13.60
+36.0%
11.2%UK£16.40UK£12.00UK£4.206
Jun ’24UK£9.80
UK£13.60
+38.8%
11.2%UK£16.40UK£12.00UK£9.826
May ’24UK£8.50
UK£13.60
+60.0%
11.2%UK£16.40UK£12.00UK£8.766
Apr ’24UK£9.10
UK£13.60
+49.5%
11.2%UK£16.40UK£12.00UK£10.006
Mar ’24UK£9.20
UK£13.30
+44.6%
11.9%UK£16.40UK£12.00UK£11.406
Feb ’24UK£9.58
UK£13.30
+38.8%
11.9%UK£16.40UK£12.00UK£12.056
Jan ’24UK£10.20
UK£13.80
+35.3%
12.0%UK£16.40UK£12.00UK£11.805
Dec ’23UK£9.90
UK£13.80
+39.4%
12.0%UK£16.40UK£12.00UK£10.005
Nov ’23UK£9.04
UK£13.80
+52.7%
12.0%UK£16.40UK£12.00UK£8.705

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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