Hostelworld Group Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: HSW (€1.85) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€3.35)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

HSW 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/Revenue2.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA45.8x
PEG Ratio1.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for HSW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average7.1x
DHG Dalata Hotel Group
9.9x5.5%€895.5m
TUHO Turisthotel d.d
1.4xn/a€218.2m
MHOT Misr Hotels
7.9xn/aج.م10.1b
ISTA Issta
8.9xn/a₪1.2b
HSW Hostelworld Group
45.7x24.0%€197.8m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HSW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (45.7x) compared to the peer average (8.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HSW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Hospitality Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a27.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HSW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (45.7x) compared to the European Hospitality industry average (18x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HSW'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.

HSW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio45.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate HSW's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


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 HSW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€1.85
€2.30
+24.1%
14.0%€2.88€1.75n/a8
Jun ’25€1.82
€2.30
+26.2%
14.0%€2.88€1.75n/a8
May ’25€1.77
€2.30
+29.9%
14.1%€2.88€1.75n/a8
Apr ’25€1.96
€2.30
+17.2%
14.1%€2.88€1.75n/a8
Mar ’25€1.81
€2.25
+24.5%
14.9%€2.89€1.74n/a8
Feb ’25€1.58
€2.16
+36.9%
11.7%€2.50€1.74n/a7
Jan ’25€1.53
€2.15
+40.4%
11.9%€2.48€1.73n/a7
Dec ’24€1.43
€2.31
+61.6%
21.0%€3.33€1.73n/a7
Nov ’24€1.30
€2.30
+77.1%
21.5%€3.33€1.73n/a7
Oct ’24€1.41
€2.31
+64.1%
21.3%€3.33€1.73n/a7
Sep ’24€1.47
€2.31
+57.2%
21.3%€3.33€1.73n/a7
Aug ’24€1.47
€2.38
+62.1%
22.1%€3.37€1.76n/a6
Jul ’24€1.32
€2.35
+78.4%
21.7%€3.30€1.72n/a6
Jun ’24€1.32
€2.82
+113.7%
31.9%€4.31€1.72€1.825
May ’24€1.27
€2.90
+128.3%
28.3%€4.31€2.27€1.774
Apr ’24€1.53
€2.90
+89.5%
28.3%€4.31€2.27€1.964
Mar ’24€1.58
€2.23
+41.1%
14.9%€2.56€1.69€1.814
Feb ’24€1.43
€2.09
+46.4%
19.5%€2.57€1.69€1.584
Jan ’24€1.30
€1.99
+53.5%
17.9%€2.50€1.74€1.533
Dec ’23€1.15
€1.84
+59.9%
27.3%€2.50€1.28€1.433
Nov ’23€1.05
€1.82
+73.0%
27.1%€2.46€1.26€1.303
Oct ’23n/a
€1.86
0%
28.1%€2.55€1.27€1.413
Sep ’23€1.01
€1.87
+85.6%
27.4%€2.55€1.30€1.473
Aug ’23€1.17
€1.87
+60.1%
27.3%€2.54€1.30€1.473
Jul ’23€1.09
€1.78
+63.3%
29.7%€2.51€1.29€1.323
Jun ’23€1.21
€1.78
+47.1%
29.7%€2.51€1.29€1.323

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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