Halma Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

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

Below Fair Value: HLMA (£22) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£15.98)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HLMA is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

HLMA 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/Revenue4.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA21.3x
PEG Ratio4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for HLMA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.5x
RSW Renishaw
30.2x15.2%UK£2.9b
SXS Spectris
21.7x10.3%UK£3.2b
OXIG Oxford Instruments
20x3.1%UK£1.2b
SPSY Spectra Systems
21.9x26.3%UK£106.6m
HLMA Halma
34.9x8.7%UK£8.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HLMA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.9x) compared to the peer average (23.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HLMA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electronic Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a12.1%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HLMA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.9x) compared to the European Electronic industry average (19.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HLMA'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.

HLMA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio34.7x
Fair PE Ratio28.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HLMA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.8x).


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 HLMA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£22.00
UK£23.32
+6.0%
11.1%UK£29.50UK£19.50n/a15
Apr ’25UK£23.68
UK£23.17
-2.1%
10.7%UK£29.50UK£19.50n/a15
Mar ’25UK£23.02
UK£22.63
-1.7%
10.3%UK£29.50UK£19.50n/a15
Feb ’25UK£21.87
UK£22.57
+3.2%
10.1%UK£29.50UK£19.50n/a15
Jan ’25UK£22.84
UK£22.31
-2.3%
11.8%UK£29.50UK£16.60n/a15
Dec ’24UK£21.33
UK£22.21
+4.1%
12.0%UK£29.50UK£16.60n/a15
Nov ’24UK£18.46
UK£22.32
+21.0%
10.7%UK£29.50UK£18.80n/a15
Oct ’24UK£19.39
UK£22.91
+18.2%
10.8%UK£29.50UK£18.80n/a15
Sep ’24UK£21.34
UK£23.74
+11.2%
11.6%UK£29.50UK£18.70n/a16
Aug ’24UK£22.03
UK£23.74
+7.8%
11.6%UK£29.50UK£18.70n/a16
Jul ’24UK£22.77
UK£24.12
+5.9%
10.6%UK£29.50UK£18.70n/a15
Jun ’24UK£24.13
UK£23.42
-2.9%
12.6%UK£28.50UK£16.29n/a17
May ’24UK£23.08
UK£23.21
+0.6%
12.0%UK£28.50UK£16.29n/a17
Apr ’24UK£22.29
UK£23.16
+3.9%
12.1%UK£28.50UK£16.29UK£23.6817
Mar ’24UK£21.67
UK£23.21
+7.1%
12.3%UK£28.50UK£16.29UK£23.0217
Feb ’24UK£21.79
UK£22.87
+4.9%
12.9%UK£28.50UK£16.29UK£21.8717
Jan ’24UK£19.74
UK£22.97
+16.4%
13.1%UK£28.50UK£16.29UK£22.8417
Dec ’23UK£22.19
UK£22.98
+3.6%
13.0%UK£28.50UK£16.29UK£21.3317
Nov ’23UK£21.25
UK£23.25
+9.4%
16.5%UK£33.00UK£16.29UK£18.4616
Oct ’23UK£20.45
UK£23.24
+13.6%
16.3%UK£33.00UK£16.29UK£19.3916
Sep ’23UK£19.97
UK£23.37
+17.1%
15.7%UK£33.00UK£16.29UK£21.3416
Aug ’23UK£22.99
UK£23.54
+2.4%
15.5%UK£33.00UK£16.29UK£22.0316
Jul ’23UK£20.10
UK£24.59
+22.4%
14.1%UK£33.00UK£19.60UK£22.7716
Jun ’23UK£21.81
UK£27.32
+25.3%
13.2%UK£33.00UK£20.50UK£24.1317
May ’23UK£24.75
UK£28.09
+13.5%
12.3%UK£33.52UK£22.00UK£23.0817
Apr ’23UK£24.91
UK£28.10
+12.8%
12.4%UK£33.52UK£22.00UK£22.2917

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


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