Publicis Groupe S.A.

BATS-CHIXE:PUBP Stock Report

Market Cap: €25.5b

Publicis Groupe Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: PUBP (€101.63) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€211.15)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

PUBP 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/Revenue1.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA10.9x
PEG Ratio3.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for PUBP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average28.8x
WPP WPP
41.5x22.2%UK£8.4b
INF Informa
35.4x22.5%UK£11.1b
FOUR 4imprint Group
17.4x5.4%UK£1.5b
YOU YouGov
20.8x29.8%UK£471.7m
PUBP Publicis Groupe
17.4x5.2%€25.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PUBP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.4x) compared to the peer average (28.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PUBP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Media Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a17.5%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PUBP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.4x) compared to the European Media industry average (14.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PUBP'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.

PUBP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17.4x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate PUBP's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


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 PUBP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€101.63
€112.87
+11.1%
8.0%€130.00€98.00n/a15
Oct ’25€97.56
€112.13
+14.9%
8.0%€125.00€98.00n/a15
Sep ’25€98.64
€111.93
+13.5%
8.0%€125.00€98.00n/a15
Aug ’25€97.54
€111.93
+14.8%
8.0%€125.00€98.00n/a15
Jul ’25€97.64
€109.20
+11.8%
7.9%€123.00€92.00n/a15
Jun ’25€103.43
€108.90
+5.3%
8.9%€123.00€85.00n/a16
May ’25€102.50
€108.63
+6.0%
8.8%€123.00€85.00n/a16
Apr ’25n/a
€105.19
0%
9.4%€120.00€85.00n/a16
Mar ’25€98.44
€102.27
+3.9%
11.5%€117.00€72.00n/a16
Feb ’25€93.21
€96.07
+3.1%
12.2%€110.00€72.00n/a16
Jan ’25n/a
€87.39
0%
8.9%€102.00€72.00n/a16
Dec ’24€77.54
€87.31
+12.6%
8.5%€100.00€72.00n/a17
Nov ’24€72.00
€87.71
+21.8%
8.2%€100.00€72.00n/a16
Oct ’24€71.14
€86.39
+21.4%
7.9%€100.00€72.00€97.5616
Sep ’24n/a
€86.74
0%
7.9%€100.00€72.00€98.6417
Aug ’24€74.52
€86.56
+16.2%
8.3%€100.00€72.00€97.5417
Jul ’24€73.92
€83.30
+12.7%
10.2%€100.00€67.00€97.6419
Jun ’24€69.08
€83.03
+20.2%
9.7%€95.00€67.00€103.4319
May ’24€73.15
€82.82
+13.2%
9.7%€95.00€67.00€102.5019
Apr ’24€72.04
€81.77
+13.5%
10.2%€95.00€67.00n/a19
Mar ’24€75.61
€80.98
+7.1%
9.8%€95.00€65.00€98.4419
Feb ’24€66.29
€70.71
+6.7%
12.6%€95.00€53.00€93.2120
Jan ’24€59.19
€68.75
+16.1%
13.0%€95.00€53.00n/a21
Dec ’23€63.47
€68.36
+7.7%
12.9%€95.00€50.00€77.5421
Nov ’23€57.73
€67.58
+17.1%
13.3%€95.00€50.00€72.0021
Oct ’23€48.57
€63.41
+30.6%
17.2%€90.00€40.00€71.1420

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


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