Drax Group plc

LSE:DRX Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£2.3b

Drax Group Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: DRX (£6.3) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£16.98)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DRX. This is calculated by dividing DRX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DRX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio3.6x
EarningsUK£653.80m
Market CapUK£2.35b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for DRX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average29.9x
TEP Telecom Plus
18x12.0%UK£1.4b
CNA Centrica
5.7x-10.0%UK£6.3b
SVT Severn Trent
32.8x24.3%UK£7.6b
UU. United Utilities Group
63x25.8%UK£7.1b
DRX Drax Group
3.6x-31.8%UK£2.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DRX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.6x) compared to the peer average (29.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
DRX 3.6xIndustry Avg. 15.6xNo. of Companies9PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DRX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.6x) compared to the European Renewable Energy industry average (15.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DRX'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.

DRX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio3.6x
Fair PE Ratio9.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DRX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x).

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 DRX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£6.30
UK£8.36
+32.6%
28.5%UK£11.90UK£4.52n/a8
Dec ’25UK£6.67
UK£8.32
+24.7%
28.8%UK£11.90UK£4.52n/a8
Nov ’25UK£6.24
UK£7.99
+28.1%
31.3%UK£11.90UK£4.34n/a7
Oct ’25UK£6.40
UK£8.07
+26.2%
29.1%UK£11.90UK£4.34n/a8
Sep ’25UK£6.39
UK£8.07
+26.4%
29.1%UK£11.90UK£4.34n/a8
Aug ’25UK£6.45
UK£7.95
+23.3%
31.2%UK£11.90UK£4.34n/a8
Jul ’25UK£4.94
UK£7.57
+53.3%
30.8%UK£11.00UK£4.34n/a8
Jun ’25UK£5.19
UK£7.57
+46.1%
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£5.01
UK£7.59
+51.3%
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£4.98
UK£7.73
+55.1%
31.8%UK£12.00UK£4.74n/a8
Jan ’25UK£4.90
UK£8.10
+65.4%
29.5%UK£12.00UK£4.74n/a9
Dec ’24UK£4.42
UK£8.20
+85.5%
29.0%UK£12.00UK£4.74UK£6.679
Nov ’24UK£4.20
UK£8.20
+95.2%
29.0%UK£12.00UK£4.74UK£6.249
Oct ’24UK£4.39
UK£8.79
+100.2%
26.9%UK£12.00UK£4.74UK£6.408
Sep ’24UK£5.47
UK£8.98
+64.0%
21.6%UK£12.00UK£6.28UK£6.399
Aug ’24UK£6.07
UK£8.88
+46.3%
22.7%UK£12.00UK£6.28UK£6.458
Jul ’24UK£5.80
UK£9.03
+55.6%
21.1%UK£12.00UK£6.28UK£4.949
Jun ’24UK£5.54
UK£8.97
+62.0%
22.0%UK£12.00UK£6.28UK£5.199
May ’24UK£6.30
UK£8.55
+35.9%
20.0%UK£11.50UK£6.28UK£5.168
Apr ’24UK£6.08
UK£8.86
+45.9%
18.1%UK£11.00UK£6.15UK£5.019
Mar ’24UK£6.30
UK£8.70
+38.1%
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£4.989
Jan ’24UK£7.03
UK£8.61
+22.5%
21.9%UK£11.00UK£5.98UK£4.909
Dec ’23UK£6.17
UK£8.51
+38.1%
20.2%UK£10.50UK£5.98UK£4.429

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 01:50
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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

Drax Group plc is covered by 34 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Myriam CohenAlphaValue
Mark HivesBarclays
Dominic NashBarclays