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

AOL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.4x) compared to the peer average (22.5x).

How does AOL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Specialty Retail Industry?

AOL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.4x) compared to the UK Specialty Retail industry average (17x).

What is AOL'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.

AOL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.5x).

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

AOL (£1.06) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] (£1.25)

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

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

AO World (BATS-CHIXE:AOL) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

AOL Stock Overview

Engages in the online retailing of domestic appliances and ancillary services in the United Kingdom and Germany. More details

AOL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	1/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 15.8% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 10.77% per year

Earnings grew by 298.4% over the past year

Risk Analysis

No risks detected for AOL from our risk checks.

AO World plc Competitors

Currys

LSE:CURY

UK£836.3m

Moonpig Group

LSE:MOON

UK£847.6m

Lookers

LSE:LOOK

UK£503.2m

Wickes Group

LSE:WIX

UK£359.7m

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for AO World
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£1.06
52 Week High	UK£1.20
52 Week Low	UK£0.81
Beta	1.09
11 Month Change	-1.12%
3 Month Change	-8.49%
1 Year Change	23.87%
33 Year Change	-2.85%
5 Year Change	24.53%
Change since IPO	-70.87%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	AOL	GB Specialty Retail	GB Market
7D	0.8%	-0.8%	0.7%
1Y	23.9%	-5.5%	6.1%

Return vs Industry: AOL exceeded the UK Specialty Retail industry which returned -5.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: AOL exceeded the UK Market which returned 6.1% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is AOL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
AOL volatility
AOL Average Weekly Movement	3.2%
Specialty Retail Industry Average Movement	4.5%
Market Average Movement	4.7%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.4%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.6%

Stable Share Price: AOL has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: AOL's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2000	2,842	John Roberts	www.ao-world.com

AO World plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the online retailing of domestic appliances and ancillary services in the United Kingdom and Germany. It retails fridge and freezers; laundry products; dishwashers; and audiovisual equipment, as well as computing, mobile, gaming, and smart home technology products. The company provides logistics and transport services.

AO World plc Fundamentals Summary

How do AO World's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
AOL fundamental statistics
Market cap	UK£601.92m
Earnings (TTM)	UK£24.70m
Revenue (TTM)	UK£1.04b

24.4x

P/E Ratio

0.6x

P/S Ratio

Is AOL overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
AOL income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£1.04b
Cost of Revenue	UK£796.00m
Gross Profit	UK£243.30m
Other Expenses	UK£218.60m
Earnings	UK£24.70m

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Nov 26, 2024

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.043
Gross Margin	23.41%
Net Profit Margin	2.38%
Debt/Equity Ratio	1.5%

How did AOL perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

AOL Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

AO World plc Competitors

LSE:CURY

UK£836.3m

LSE:MOON

UK£847.6m

LSE:LOOK

UK£503.2m

LSE:WIX

UK£359.7m

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

AO World plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Nov 26, 2024

AO World plc (LSE:AO.) agreed to acquire musicMagpie plc (AIM:MMAG) from a group of shareholders for £9.8 million.

AO World plc (LSE:AO.) agreed to acquire musicMagpie plc (AIM:MMAG) from a group of shareholders for £9.8 million.

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 19%

Now 28% overvalued after recent price rise

AO World plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending 31 March 2024

Recent updates

AO World plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Nov 26, 2024

AO World plc (LSE:AO.) agreed to acquire musicMagpie plc (AIM:MMAG) from a group of shareholders for £9.8 million.

AO World plc (LSE:AO.) agreed to acquire musicMagpie plc (AIM:MMAG) from a group of shareholders for £9.8 million.

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 19%

Now 28% overvalued after recent price rise

AO World plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending 31 March 2024

AO World plc to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Jun 26, 2024

Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£313k worth of stock

Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£259k worth of stock

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.016 (vs UK£0.021 loss in 1H 2023)

AO World plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 18, 2024

Now 21% undervalued

AO World plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Nov 21, 2023

Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£238k worth of stock

AO World plc Announces Directorate Change

AO World plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 27, 2023

New minor risk - Earnings quality

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.011 (vs UK£0.064 loss in FY 2022)

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£330k worth of stock

Now 22% undervalued

AO World plc to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Jul 05, 2023

Now 21% undervalued

Now 23% undervalued

Now 20% undervalued

First half 2023 earnings released: UK£0.021 loss per share (vs UK£0.004 loss in 1H 2022)

AO World plc Appoints Sarah Venning as Non-Executive Director

AO World plc Appoints Sarah Venning as Non-Executive Director

Ao World plc Announce CFO Changes

AO World plc Appoints Peter Pritchard as Independent Non-Executive Director and Member of Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Effective 1 October 2022

AO World plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 28, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings released: UK£0.063 loss per share (vs UK£0.037 profit in FY 2021)

AO World plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Aug 18, 2022

AO World plc has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £40.334538 million.

AO World plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year to 31 March 2022

Now 23% undervalued after recent price drop

Insufficient new directors

AO World plc(LSE:AO.) dropped from FTSE 350 (Ex Investment Companies) Index (GBP)

Insufficient new directors

First half 2022 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.037 (vs UK£0.004 in FY 2020)

New 90-day low: UK£2.99

AO World plc to Report Fiscal Year 2021 Results on Jun 16, 2021

AO World plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Nov 23, 2021

New 90-day low: UK£3.31

New 90-day high: UK£4.26

AO World plc(LSE:AO.) dropped from FTSE All-Small Index (GBP)

Shareholder Returns

Price Volatility

About the Company

AO World plc Fundamentals Summary

24.4x

0.6x

Earnings & Revenue