Larsen & Toubro Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: LT (₹3713.5) is trading above our estimate of fair value (₹2004.71)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LT. This is calculated by dividing LT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio38x
Earnings₹134.31b
Market Cap₹5.11t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for LT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average77.9x
RVNL Rail Vikas Nigam
66.4x10.5%₹895.6b
VOLTAS Voltas
109.6x27.7%₹607.4b
KEC KEC International
76.5x38.9%₹322.6b
IRB IRB Infrastructure Developers
58.9x28.8%₹362.9b
LT Larsen & Toubro
38x20.0%₹5.1t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38x) compared to the peer average (77.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the IN Construction Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
533152 MBL Infrastructures
3.1xn/aUS$81.41m
CCCL Consolidated Construction Consortium
0.8xn/aUS$72.41m
ATLANTAA Atlantaa
2.4xn/aUS$46.24m
KAUSHALYA Kaushalya Infrastructure Development
2.4xn/aUS$4.74m
LT 38.0xIndustry Avg. 28.8xNo. of Companies25PE020406080100+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38x) compared to the Indian Construction industry average (28.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LT'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.

LT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio38x
Fair PE Ratio59.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (59.1x).


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 LT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current₹3,713.50
₹4,058.44
+9.3%
8.0%₹4,600.00₹2,946.00n/a34
Dec ’25₹3,724.80
₹4,037.18
+8.4%
7.8%₹4,550.00₹2,946.00n/a33
Nov ’25₹3,626.35
₹4,041.06
+11.4%
7.9%₹4,550.00₹2,946.00n/a33
Oct ’25₹3,653.50
₹3,998.34
+9.4%
8.0%₹4,550.00₹2,946.00n/a32
Sep ’25₹3,704.65
₹3,993.88
+7.8%
7.6%₹4,390.00₹2,946.00n/a34
Aug ’25₹3,779.30
₹4,002.77
+5.9%
7.7%₹4,396.00₹2,946.00n/a35
Jul ’25₹3,526.55
₹3,904.79
+10.7%
8.7%₹4,396.00₹2,781.00n/a34
Jun ’25₹3,669.30
₹3,856.18
+5.1%
8.8%₹4,396.00₹2,781.00n/a34
May ’25₹3,594.30
₹3,960.68
+10.2%
11.7%₹4,410.00₹1,921.00n/a34
Apr ’25₹3,838.00
₹3,929.67
+2.4%
11.7%₹4,400.00₹1,874.00n/a33
Mar ’25₹3,633.50
₹3,920.85
+7.9%
11.6%₹4,400.00₹1,874.00n/a33
Feb ’25₹3,398.00
₹3,870.23
+13.9%
13.1%₹4,400.00₹1,874.00n/a30
Jan ’25₹3,525.45
₹3,282.84
-6.9%
12.2%₹4,000.00₹1,854.00₹3,667.5031
Dec ’24₹3,190.65
₹3,215.13
+0.8%
11.6%₹3,600.00₹1,854.00₹3,724.8031
Nov ’24₹2,895.30
₹3,160.47
+9.2%
12.3%₹3,600.00₹1,854.00₹3,626.3532
Oct ’24₹3,023.55
₹2,905.44
-3.9%
10.6%₹3,600.00₹1,921.00₹3,653.5034
Sep ’24₹2,702.10
₹2,815.34
+4.2%
8.6%₹3,080.00₹1,721.00₹3,704.6535
Aug ’24₹2,666.65
₹2,807.50
+5.3%
8.6%₹3,080.00₹1,721.00₹3,779.3036
Jul ’24₹2,475.55
₹2,559.44
+3.4%
8.9%₹2,900.00₹1,666.00₹3,526.5534
Jun ’24₹2,207.80
₹2,537.31
+14.9%
8.9%₹2,900.00₹1,666.00₹3,669.3035
May ’24₹2,364.40
₹2,472.51
+4.6%
8.7%₹2,827.00₹1,520.00₹3,594.3035
Apr ’24₹2,164.20
₹2,421.71
+11.9%
8.6%₹2,827.00₹1,520.00₹3,838.0035
Mar ’24₹2,115.30
₹2,400.25
+13.5%
8.3%₹2,770.00₹1,520.00₹3,633.5036
Feb ’24₹2,145.55
₹2,376.92
+10.8%
8.6%₹2,650.00₹1,520.00₹3,398.0036
Jan ’24₹2,085.80
₹2,272.08
+8.9%
8.5%₹2,500.00₹1,420.00₹3,525.4536

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 03:19
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

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Analyst Sources

Larsen & Toubro Limited is covered by 81 analysts. 33 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Nitin BhasinAmbit Capital
Dhruv JainAmbit Capital
null nullAnand Rathi Shares and Stock Brokers Limited