Cerillion Plc

AIM:CER Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£481.1m

Cerillion Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

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

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: CER (£16.3) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value (£10.5)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: CER is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As CER is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CER. This is calculated by dividing CER's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CER's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio29x
EarningsUK£16.62m
Market CapUK£481.10m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CER vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average51.6x
PINE Pinewood Technologies Group
69.9x49.21%UK£434.5m
ALFA Alfa Financial Software Holdings
21.2x2.38%UK£627.7m
IDOX IDOX
52.7x23.10%UK£328.7m
GBG GB Group
62.5x36.95%UK£565.1m
CER Cerillion
29x8.36%UK£481.1m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CER is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29x) compared to the peer average (51.6x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CER's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Software Industry?

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CER 29.0xIndustry Avg. 33.0xNo. of Companies4PE020406080100+
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CER is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29x) compared to the UK Software industry average (33.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CER'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.

CER PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio29x
Fair PE Ratio32x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CER is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32x).

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 CER forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£16.30
UK£20.44
+25.42%
7.34%UK£22.50UK£17.60n/a8
Jan ’27UK£12.20
UK£20.44
+67.57%
7.34%UK£22.50UK£17.60n/a8
Dec ’26UK£13.50
UK£20.44
+51.44%
7.34%UK£22.50UK£17.60n/a8
Nov ’26UK£14.85
UK£20.57
+38.51%
8.25%UK£23.50UK£17.60n/a8
Oct ’26UK£15.15
UK£20.99
+38.57%
6.48%UK£23.50UK£19.00n/a7
Sep ’26UK£13.70
UK£20.99
+53.23%
6.48%UK£23.50UK£19.00n/a7
Aug ’26UK£15.25
UK£20.99
+37.66%
6.48%UK£23.50UK£19.00n/a7
Jul ’26UK£15.50
UK£20.99
+35.44%
6.48%UK£23.50UK£19.00n/a7
Jun ’26UK£18.70
UK£20.74
+10.93%
6.91%UK£23.50UK£19.00n/a8
May ’26UK£17.25
UK£19.83
+14.93%
12.22%UK£23.50UK£15.50n/a8
Apr ’26UK£15.40
UK£20.47
+32.91%
9.19%UK£23.50UK£16.80n/a8
Mar ’26UK£15.60
UK£20.47
+31.21%
9.19%UK£23.50UK£16.80n/a8
Feb ’26UK£16.20
UK£20.51
+26.59%
9.80%UK£23.50UK£16.80n/a7
Jan ’26UK£17.50
UK£20.51
+17.18%
9.80%UK£23.50UK£16.80UK£12.207
Dec ’25UK£18.30
UK£20.51
+12.06%
9.80%UK£23.50UK£16.80UK£13.507
Nov ’25UK£18.45
UK£18.65
+1.08%
5.67%UK£20.00UK£16.80UK£14.856
Oct ’25UK£17.60
UK£16.65
-5.40%
6.10%UK£18.00UK£14.40UK£15.157
Sep ’25UK£19.30
UK£16.65
-13.73%
6.10%UK£18.00UK£14.40UK£13.707
Aug ’25UK£17.60
UK£16.65
-5.40%
6.10%UK£18.00UK£14.40UK£15.257
Jul ’25UK£16.05
UK£16.65
+3.74%
6.10%UK£18.00UK£14.40UK£15.507
Jun ’25UK£15.40
UK£16.48
+7.00%
6.33%UK£18.00UK£14.40UK£18.707
May ’25UK£15.75
UK£16.24
+3.08%
6.72%UK£18.00UK£14.40UK£17.257
Apr ’25UK£15.45
UK£16.02
+3.70%
7.26%UK£18.00UK£14.40UK£15.407
Mar ’25UK£15.55
UK£16.02
+3.03%
7.26%UK£18.00UK£14.40UK£15.607
Feb ’25UK£15.90
UK£16.02
+0.76%
7.26%UK£18.00UK£14.40UK£16.207
Jan ’25UK£16.05
UK£15.23
-5.12%
5.09%UK£16.75UK£14.35UK£17.507
UK£20.44
Fair Value
20.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
8
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/23 06:02
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/23 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2025/09/30

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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Cerillion Plc is covered by 12 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
William LindsayBerenberg
Alexander James ShortBerenberg
Ciaran DonnellyBerenberg