PTC Inc.

LSE:0ACE Stock Report

Market Cap: US$22.7b

PTC Valuation

Is 0ACE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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 0ACE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 0ACE ($188.81) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($468.57)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 0ACE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0ACE?

Key metric: As 0ACE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 0ACE. This is calculated by dividing 0ACE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 0ACE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio59.7x
EarningsUS$376.33m
Market CapUS$22.68b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 0ACE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 0ACE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average48.8x
SGE Sage Group
40.2x12.5%UK£13.0b
BYIT Bytes Technology Group
19.8x6.7%UK£1.0b
GBG GB Group
106.6x36.6%UK£868.3m
ALFA Alfa Financial Software Holdings
28.6x6.3%UK£633.0m
0ACE PTC
59.7x14.9%US$22.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 0ACE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (59.7x) compared to the peer average (48.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 0ACE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Software Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SORT Sorted Group Holdings
2.9xn/aUS$5.12m
No more companies available in this PE range
0ACE 59.7xIndustry Avg. 35.2xNo. of Companies5PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 0ACE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (59.7x) compared to the UK Software industry average (36.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0ACE'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.

0ACE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio59.7x
Fair PE Ratio54x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 0ACE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (59.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (54x).

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 0ACE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$187.77
US$211.67
+12.7%
9.3%US$240.00US$156.00n/a20
Dec ’25US$200.06
US$208.47
+4.2%
8.5%US$240.00US$156.00n/a20
Nov ’25US$185.74
US$198.61
+6.9%
8.4%US$220.00US$156.00n/a20
Oct ’25US$176.25
US$198.66
+12.7%
8.5%US$220.00US$156.00n/a20
Sep ’25US$177.11
US$198.66
+12.2%
8.5%US$220.00US$156.00n/a20
Aug ’25US$174.76
US$201.24
+15.2%
7.0%US$220.00US$156.00n/a20
Jul ’25US$181.14
US$199.79
+10.3%
8.9%US$220.00US$138.00n/a20
Jun ’25US$173.31
US$200.29
+15.6%
8.8%US$220.00US$138.00n/a20
May ’25US$174.34
US$200.60
+15.1%
8.8%US$220.00US$138.00n/a20
Apr ’25US$189.78
US$198.40
+4.5%
8.3%US$220.00US$138.00n/a20
Mar ’25US$187.83
US$198.40
+5.6%
8.3%US$220.00US$138.00n/a20
Feb ’25US$179.89
US$196.90
+9.5%
9.1%US$220.00US$138.00n/a20
Jan ’25US$175.46
US$171.10
-2.5%
11.2%US$210.00US$130.00n/a20
Dec ’24US$159.08
US$164.00
+3.1%
7.3%US$182.00US$130.00US$200.0620
Nov ’24US$137.76
US$161.60
+17.3%
8.5%US$180.00US$125.00US$185.7420
Oct ’24US$141.89
US$161.95
+14.1%
8.6%US$180.00US$125.00US$176.2519
Sep ’24US$146.33
US$161.95
+10.7%
8.6%US$180.00US$125.00US$177.1119
Aug ’24US$145.06
US$161.33
+11.2%
8.7%US$180.00US$125.00US$174.7619
Jul ’24US$142.06
US$153.53
+8.1%
8.1%US$170.00US$125.00US$181.1419
Jun ’24US$134.31
US$153.72
+14.5%
8.3%US$170.00US$125.00US$173.3118
May ’24n/a
US$152.71
0%
8.1%US$170.00US$125.00US$174.3417
Apr ’24n/a
US$151.12
0%
9.4%US$170.00US$111.00US$189.7817
Mar ’24n/a
US$150.59
0%
9.8%US$170.00US$111.00US$187.8317
Feb ’24n/a
US$146.59
0%
9.9%US$165.00US$106.00US$179.8917
Jan ’24n/a
US$142.67
0%
10.0%US$160.00US$106.00US$175.4615
Dec ’23n/a
US$142.33
0%
10.0%US$160.00US$106.00US$159.0815

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 05:15
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/09/30

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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Analyst Sources

PTC Inc. is covered by 47 analysts. 19 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Joseph VruwinkBaird
Raimo LenschowBarclays
Saket KaliaBarclays