Renishaw Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: RSW (£31.6) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£24.09)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for RSW. This is calculated by dividing RSW's market cap by their current earnings.
What is RSW's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio23.7x
EarningsUK£96.89m
Market CapUK£2.30b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for RSW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25x
SXS Spectris
9.3x-23.6%UK£2.5b
OXIG Oxford Instruments
23.5x10.2%UK£1.2b
HLMA Halma
36.3x7.8%UK£10.4b
BIG Big Technologies
31x26.9%UK£388.6m
RSW Renishaw
23.7x11.8%UK£2.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: RSW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.7x) compared to the peer average (25x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
RSW 23.7xIndustry Avg. 18.0xNo. of Companies14PE01224364860+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: RSW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.7x) compared to the European Electronic industry average (18x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is RSW'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.

RSW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio23.7x
Fair PE Ratio26.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: RSW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.3x).


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 RSW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£31.60
UK£38.60
+22.2%
15.8%UK£50.00UK£31.00n/a8
Nov ’25UK£32.30
UK£39.54
+22.4%
15.0%UK£50.00UK£32.00n/a7
Oct ’25UK£37.70
UK£39.69
+5.3%
14.9%UK£50.00UK£32.00n/a7
Sep ’25UK£35.45
UK£42.80
+20.7%
14.7%UK£50.00UK£32.00n/a7
Aug ’25UK£36.15
UK£42.80
+18.4%
14.7%UK£50.00UK£32.00n/a7
Jul ’25UK£36.50
UK£42.80
+17.3%
14.7%UK£50.00UK£32.00n/a7
Jun ’25UK£40.00
UK£41.33
+3.3%
17.1%UK£50.00UK£31.00n/a8
May ’25UK£41.55
UK£41.50
-0.1%
17.9%UK£50.00UK£31.00n/a8
Apr ’25UK£42.50
UK£39.57
-6.9%
17.4%UK£50.00UK£31.00n/a7
Mar ’25UK£43.48
UK£38.43
-11.6%
16.1%UK£50.00UK£31.00n/a7
Feb ’25UK£35.18
UK£34.23
-2.7%
14.0%UK£40.00UK£29.00n/a7
Jan ’25UK£35.78
UK£34.00
-5.0%
13.8%UK£40.00UK£29.00n/a7
Dec ’24UK£31.36
UK£34.00
+8.4%
13.8%UK£40.00UK£29.00UK£31.307
Nov ’24UK£30.50
UK£34.50
+13.1%
14.1%UK£40.00UK£29.00UK£32.306
Oct ’24UK£35.22
UK£36.06
+2.4%
16.6%UK£44.00UK£29.00UK£37.705
Sep ’24UK£35.78
UK£37.64
+5.2%
21.4%UK£50.00UK£29.00UK£35.455
Aug ’24UK£38.68
UK£38.04
-1.7%
20.4%UK£50.00UK£29.00UK£36.155
Jul ’24UK£39.02
UK£39.43
+1.0%
19.6%UK£50.00UK£29.00UK£36.506
Jun ’24UK£40.26
UK£39.43
-2.1%
19.6%UK£50.00UK£29.00UK£40.006
May ’24UK£36.04
UK£39.54
+9.7%
19.4%UK£50.00UK£29.00UK£41.556
Apr ’24UK£40.94
UK£41.39
+1.1%
17.2%UK£50.00UK£29.00UK£42.506
Mar ’24UK£40.56
UK£40.62
+0.1%
16.9%UK£50.00UK£29.00UK£43.487
Feb ’24UK£38.72
UK£40.26
+4.0%
17.4%UK£50.00UK£30.00UK£35.186
Jan ’24UK£36.68
UK£43.27
+18.0%
21.4%UK£58.70UK£32.00UK£35.787
Dec ’23UK£37.58
UK£43.27
+15.1%
21.4%UK£58.70UK£32.00UK£31.367

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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