ESR Group Valuation

Is 1821 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 1821 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 1821 (HK$11.02) is trading below our estimate of fair value (HK$16.16)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 1821 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 1821?

Key metric: As 1821 is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for 1821. This is calculated by dividing 1821's market cap by their current revenue.
What is 1821's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio9.7x
SalesUS$622.38m
Market CapUS$6.04b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does 1821's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for 1821 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.7x
4 Wharf (Holdings)
3.7x-1.3%HK$65.9b
683 Kerry Properties
1.8x9.8%HK$22.4b
17 New World Development
0.5x2.6%HK$16.9b
41 Great Eagle Holdings
0.7xn/aHK$8.1b
1821 ESR Group
9.7x14.9%HK$46.8b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: 1821 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (9.7x) compared to the peer average (1.7x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does 1821's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the HK Real Estate Industry?

90 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
1908 C&D International Investment Group
0.2x3.1%US$3.26b
3900 Greentown China Holdings
0.1x-0.4%US$2.93b
1918 Sunac China Holdings
0.1x-14.2%US$2.69b
817 China Jinmao Holdings Group
0.2x-1.0%US$1.77b
1821 9.7xIndustry Avg. 0.6xNo. of Companies90PS00.81.62.43.24+
90 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: 1821 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (9.7x) compared to the Hong Kong Real Estate industry average (0.6x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 1821's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

1821 PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio9.7x
Fair PS Ratio6x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: 1821 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (9.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (6x).


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 1821 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentHK$11.02
HK$14.35
+30.2%
12.4%HK$17.42HK$12.09n/a7
Nov ’25HK$10.74
HK$13.80
+28.5%
15.7%HK$17.40HK$10.12n/a8
Oct ’25HK$12.40
HK$14.17
+14.3%
17.0%HK$17.41HK$10.16n/a8
Sep ’25HK$12.10
HK$14.17
+17.1%
17.0%HK$17.41HK$10.16n/a8
Aug ’25HK$11.72
HK$15.43
+31.7%
16.9%HK$18.00HK$10.17n/a8
Jul ’25HK$10.26
HK$15.43
+50.4%
16.9%HK$17.98HK$10.18n/a8
Jun ’25HK$11.00
HK$15.43
+40.3%
16.9%HK$17.98HK$10.18n/a8
May ’25HK$8.64
HK$15.01
+73.8%
17.8%HK$18.01HK$10.20n/a11
Apr ’25HK$8.37
HK$15.01
+79.4%
17.8%HK$18.01HK$10.20n/a11
Mar ’25HK$10.08
HK$18.62
+84.7%
17.3%HK$27.16HK$14.60n/a10
Feb ’25HK$9.90
HK$18.23
+84.2%
11.5%HK$21.73HK$14.60n/a9
Jan ’25HK$10.80
HK$18.63
+72.5%
9.9%HK$21.70HK$15.73n/a9
Dec ’24HK$9.96
HK$19.42
+95.0%
15.8%HK$27.01HK$15.69n/a10
Nov ’24HK$10.18
HK$19.49
+91.4%
15.8%HK$27.12HK$15.75HK$10.7410
Oct ’24HK$11.00
HK$19.50
+77.3%
15.8%HK$27.12HK$15.77HK$12.4010
Sep ’24HK$11.78
HK$19.54
+65.9%
15.8%HK$27.18HK$15.80HK$12.1010
Aug ’24HK$13.38
HK$21.79
+62.9%
12.5%HK$27.05HK$17.39HK$11.7210
Jul ’24HK$13.44
HK$21.86
+62.6%
12.5%HK$27.14HK$17.47HK$10.2610
Jun ’24HK$11.68
HK$21.96
+88.0%
12.4%HK$27.15HK$17.47HK$11.0010
May ’24HK$12.22
HK$21.99
+80.0%
12.4%HK$27.15HK$17.50HK$8.6410
Apr ’24HK$14.08
HK$21.99
+56.2%
12.4%HK$27.15HK$17.51HK$8.3710
Mar ’24HK$13.70
HK$26.15
+90.9%
9.3%HK$29.38HK$22.12HK$10.089
Feb ’24HK$16.04
HK$28.51
+77.7%
13.3%HK$35.46HK$22.10HK$9.9010
Jan ’24HK$16.38
HK$29.32
+79.0%
14.7%HK$35.34HK$22.02HK$10.8010
Dec ’23HK$17.32
HK$29.37
+69.6%
14.0%HK$35.35HK$22.02HK$9.9611
Nov ’23HK$13.90
HK$30.13
+116.8%
11.4%HK$35.53HK$23.51HK$10.1811

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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