PetroChina Company Limited

SEHK:857 Stock Report

Market Cap: HK$1.5t

PetroChina Valuation

Is 857 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 857 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 857 (HK$5.59) is trading below our estimate of fair value (HK$11.31)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 857 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 857?

Key metric: As 857 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 857. This is calculated by dividing 857's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 857's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio5.9x
EarningsCN¥162.02b
Market CapCN¥1.41t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 857's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 857 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.6x
386 China Petroleum & Chemical
9.6x9.5%HK$769.4b
1088 China Shenhua Energy
10.7x-0.7%HK$851.0b
883 CNOOC
5.3x-1.7%HK$843.1b
SHEL Shell
13x5.5%UK£159.2b
857 PetroChina
5.9x-3.8%HK$1.5t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 857 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.9x) compared to the peer average (9.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 857's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the HK Oil and Gas Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
276 Mongolia Energy
0.08xn/aUS$16.19m
663 King Stone Energy Group
1.3xn/aUS$15.51m
No more companies available in this PE range
857 5.9xIndustry Avg. 9.6xNo. of Companies4PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 857 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.9x) compared to the Hong Kong Oil and Gas industry average (9.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 857'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.

857 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio5.9x
Fair PE Ratio9.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 857 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.5x).


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 857 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentHK$5.59
HK$7.96
+42.4%
16.9%HK$10.01HK$3.45n/a18
Nov ’25HK$5.90
HK$8.03
+36.2%
16.9%HK$10.08HK$3.48n/a18
Oct ’25HK$6.34
HK$8.18
+29.1%
18.6%HK$10.24HK$3.53n/a17
Sep ’25HK$7.07
HK$8.28
+17.2%
18.3%HK$10.45HK$3.52n/a16
Aug ’25HK$6.94
HK$8.18
+17.8%
19.6%HK$10.67HK$3.50n/a16
Jul ’25HK$7.90
HK$8.04
+1.8%
18.9%HK$9.96HK$3.48n/a16
Jun ’25HK$7.97
HK$7.74
-2.9%
18.4%HK$9.78HK$3.50n/a16
May ’25HK$7.38
HK$7.49
+1.5%
19.3%HK$9.78HK$3.49n/a15
Apr ’25HK$6.69
HK$7.00
+4.7%
16.1%HK$8.10HK$3.50n/a15
Mar ’25HK$6.11
HK$6.65
+8.9%
15.4%HK$8.04HK$3.50n/a14
Feb ’25HK$5.59
HK$6.58
+17.8%
14.9%HK$8.04HK$3.50n/a15
Jan ’25HK$5.16
HK$6.66
+29.1%
15.5%HK$8.04HK$3.50n/a15
Dec ’24HK$5.11
HK$6.73
+31.7%
15.4%HK$8.09HK$3.52n/a15
Nov ’24HK$5.16
HK$6.59
+27.7%
15.2%HK$7.90HK$3.50HK$5.9015
Oct ’24HK$5.90
HK$6.42
+8.8%
14.4%HK$7.62HK$3.50HK$6.3415
Sep ’24HK$5.66
HK$6.35
+12.2%
13.7%HK$7.70HK$3.51HK$7.0716
Aug ’24HK$5.77
HK$6.16
+6.7%
15.6%HK$7.78HK$3.20HK$6.9416
Jul ’24HK$5.42
HK$5.96
+10.0%
14.2%HK$7.20HK$3.16HK$7.9016
Jun ’24HK$5.18
HK$6.06
+17.0%
14.4%HK$7.35HK$3.12HK$7.9716
May ’24HK$5.43
HK$5.79
+6.6%
14.0%HK$6.50HK$3.20HK$7.3815
Apr ’24HK$4.65
HK$5.15
+10.8%
17.3%HK$6.38HK$2.70HK$6.6915
Mar ’24HK$4.11
HK$4.88
+18.8%
17.7%HK$6.31HK$2.64HK$6.1116
Feb ’24HK$4.22
HK$4.97
+17.8%
18.2%HK$6.48HK$2.72HK$5.5916
Jan ’24HK$3.57
HK$4.84
+35.5%
19.8%HK$6.25HK$2.71HK$5.1615
Dec ’23HK$3.50
HK$4.71
+34.6%
19.8%HK$6.08HK$2.63HK$5.1115
Nov ’23HK$3.04
HK$4.76
+56.6%
19.3%HK$6.00HK$2.60HK$5.1615

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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