Drax Group Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

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

Below Fair Value: DRXL (£6.54) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£17.07)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DRXL. This is calculated by dividing DRXL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DRXL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio3.8x
EarningsUK£653.80m
Market CapUK£2.45b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for DRXL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.4x
CNA Centrica
5.7x-10.8%UK£6.2b
TEP Telecom Plus
19.4x11.3%UK£1.4b
SVT Severn Trent
36.2x24.3%UK£8.3b
UU. United Utilities Group
68.2x24.4%UK£7.7b
DRXL Drax Group
3.8x-27.6%UK£2.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DRXL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.8x) compared to the peer average (32.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DRXL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Renewable Energy Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No. of Companies8PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DRXL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.8x) compared to the European Renewable Energy industry average (16.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DRXL'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.

DRXL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio3.8x
Fair PE Ratio10.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DRXL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.4x).


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 DRXL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£6.54
UK£8.32
+27.3%
28.8%UK£11.90UK£4.52n/a8
Nov ’25UK£6.26
UK£7.99
+27.7%
31.3%UK£11.90UK£4.34n/a7
Oct ’25UK£6.43
UK£8.07
+25.7%
29.1%UK£11.90UK£4.34n/a8
Sep ’25UK£6.42
UK£8.07
+25.9%
29.1%UK£11.90UK£4.34n/a8
Aug ’25UK£6.49
UK£7.95
+22.6%
31.2%UK£11.90UK£4.34n/a8
Jul ’25UK£4.96
UK£7.57
+52.6%
30.8%UK£11.00UK£4.34n/a8
Jun ’25UK£5.18
UK£7.57
+46.4%
30.8%UK£11.00UK£4.34n/a8
May ’25UK£5.16
UK£7.57
+46.9%
30.8%UK£11.00UK£4.34n/a8
Apr ’25UK£5.00
UK£7.59
+51.7%
30.5%UK£11.00UK£4.70n/a8
Mar ’25UK£4.70
UK£7.45
+58.5%
31.0%UK£11.00UK£4.70n/a8
Feb ’25UK£4.99
UK£7.73
+54.9%
31.8%UK£12.00UK£4.74n/a8
Jan ’25UK£4.91
UK£8.10
+65.1%
29.5%UK£12.00UK£4.74n/a9
Dec ’24UK£4.42
UK£8.20
+85.6%
29.0%UK£12.00UK£4.74n/a9
Nov ’24UK£4.20
UK£8.20
+95.4%
29.0%UK£12.00UK£4.74UK£6.269
Oct ’24UK£4.39
UK£8.79
+100.3%
26.9%UK£12.00UK£4.74UK£6.438
Sep ’24UK£5.49
UK£8.98
+63.4%
21.6%UK£12.00UK£6.28UK£6.429
Aug ’24UK£6.09
UK£8.88
+45.9%
22.7%UK£12.00UK£6.28UK£6.498
Jul ’24UK£5.81
UK£9.03
+55.3%
21.1%UK£12.00UK£6.28UK£4.969
Jun ’24UK£5.58
UK£8.97
+60.6%
22.0%UK£12.00UK£6.28UK£5.189
May ’24UK£6.24
UK£8.55
+37.2%
20.0%UK£11.50UK£6.28UK£5.168
Apr ’24UK£6.13
UK£8.86
+44.6%
18.1%UK£11.00UK£6.15UK£5.009
Mar ’24UK£6.32
UK£8.70
+37.7%
17.6%UK£11.00UK£6.15UK£4.708
Feb ’24UK£6.49
UK£8.80
+35.6%
20.0%UK£11.00UK£5.98UK£4.999
Jan ’24UK£7.06
UK£8.61
+22.1%
21.9%UK£11.00UK£5.98UK£4.919
Dec ’23UK£6.19
UK£8.51
+37.7%
20.2%UK£10.50UK£5.98UK£4.429
Nov ’23UK£5.40
UK£8.59
+59.0%
25.1%UK£11.75UK£5.37UK£4.209

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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