Centrica Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: CNA (£1.31) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£1.17)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CNA 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/Revenue0.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA-1.1x
PEG Ratio-0.04x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CNA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average33.3x
NG. National Grid
15x6.4%UK£38.3b
TEP Telecom Plus
18.4x11.0%UK£1.2b
SVT Severn Trent
68.9x25.2%UK£7.2b
SSE SSE
31x13.1%UK£17.9b
CNA Centrica
1.8x-41.4%UK£6.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CNA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (1.8x) compared to the peer average (33.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CNA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Integrated Utilities Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a7.2%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a7.2%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CNA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (1.8x) compared to the Global Integrated Utilities industry average (15.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CNA'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.

CNA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio1.8x
Fair PE Ratio5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CNA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (1.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5x).


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 CNA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£1.32
UK£1.73
+31.3%
13.6%UK£2.10UK£1.30n/a14
Apr ’25UK£1.28
UK£1.73
+35.1%
13.5%UK£2.10UK£1.30n/a14
Mar ’25UK£1.26
UK£1.74
+37.6%
12.7%UK£2.10UK£1.40n/a15
Feb ’25UK£1.37
UK£1.81
+31.9%
14.4%UK£2.30UK£1.40n/a16
Jan ’25UK£1.41
UK£1.79
+27.6%
13.3%UK£2.15UK£1.40n/a16
Dec ’24UK£1.53
UK£1.79
+17.0%
14.3%UK£2.15UK£1.40n/a16
Nov ’24UK£1.62
UK£1.79
+10.0%
14.3%UK£2.15UK£1.40n/a16
Oct ’24UK£1.54
UK£1.75
+13.1%
15.5%UK£2.15UK£1.35n/a15
Sep ’24UK£1.54
UK£1.72
+11.8%
15.7%UK£2.15UK£1.35n/a15
Aug ’24UK£1.40
UK£1.56
+11.2%
17.1%UK£2.15UK£1.10n/a15
Jul ’24UK£1.24
UK£1.45
+17.0%
12.1%UK£1.75UK£1.10n/a15
Jun ’24UK£1.20
UK£1.41
+17.6%
11.6%UK£1.70UK£1.10n/a15
May ’24UK£1.15
UK£1.39
+21.0%
12.2%UK£1.65UK£1.10n/a15
Apr ’24UK£1.06
UK£1.38
+30.0%
12.9%UK£1.65UK£1.10UK£1.2815
Mar ’24UK£1.04
UK£1.32
+27.0%
20.7%UK£1.65UK£0.50UK£1.2614
Feb ’24UK£1.01
UK£1.31
+29.2%
20.5%UK£1.70UK£0.50UK£1.3715
Jan ’24UK£0.97
UK£1.26
+30.0%
22.3%UK£1.65UK£0.50UK£1.4114
Dec ’23UK£0.96
UK£1.22
+27.9%
24.7%UK£1.65UK£0.50UK£1.5315
Nov ’23UK£0.78
UK£1.17
+50.5%
25.5%UK£1.60UK£0.50UK£1.6215
Oct ’23UK£0.71
UK£1.17
+65.6%
24.2%UK£1.60UK£0.50UK£1.5415
Sep ’23UK£0.77
UK£1.16
+51.2%
23.9%UK£1.60UK£0.50UK£1.5415
Aug ’23UK£0.89
UK£1.08
+21.5%
24.8%UK£1.40UK£0.50UK£1.4014
Jul ’23UK£0.81
UK£1.00
+23.4%
25.4%UK£1.40UK£0.50UK£1.2416
Jun ’23UK£0.81
UK£0.99
+22.4%
26.1%UK£1.40UK£0.50UK£1.2015
May ’23UK£0.79
UK£0.92
+16.1%
23.3%UK£1.30UK£0.50UK£1.1515
Apr ’23UK£0.78
UK£0.92
+17.7%
23.3%UK£1.30UK£0.50UK£1.0615

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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