Equity Group Holdings Plc

NASE:EQTY Stock Report

Market Cap: KSh174.2b

Equity Group Holdings Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: EQTY (KES46.15) is trading below our estimate of fair value (KES66.34)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for EQTY. This is calculated by dividing EQTY's market cap by their current earnings.
What is EQTY's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio3.7x
EarningsKSh46.67b
Market CapKSh174.16b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for EQTY vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average3.7x
KCB KCB Group
2.5x13.0%KSh126.3b
SCBK Standard Chartered Bank Kenya
4.5xn/aKSh89.3b
ABSA Absa Bank Kenya
4.5xn/aKSh83.6b
COOP Co-operative Bank of Kenya
3.4xn/aKSh82.1b
EQTY Equity Group Holdings
3.7x17.6%KSh174.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: EQTY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.7x) compared to the peer average (3.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does EQTY's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the African Banks Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
EQTY 3.7xIndustry Avg. 5.2xNo. of Companies23PE0612182430+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: EQTY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.7x) compared to the African Banks industry average (5.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is EQTY'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.

EQTY PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio3.7x
Fair PE Ratio3.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: EQTY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.2x).


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 EQTY forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentKSh46.15
KSh67.24
+45.7%
21.9%KSh91.68KSh55.14n/a4
Nov ’25KSh47.30
KSh62.71
+32.6%
29.5%KSh91.68KSh45.90n/a4
Oct ’25KSh44.30
KSh62.89
+42.0%
29.9%KSh92.42KSh45.90n/a4
Sep ’25KSh41.05
KSh65.12
+58.6%
26.6%KSh92.42KSh45.90n/a4
Aug ’25KSh40.45
KSh65.43
+61.8%
23.9%KSh92.42KSh55.15n/a4
Jul ’25KSh42.25
KSh65.83
+55.8%
19.6%KSh89.05KSh55.15n/a5
Jun ’25KSh43.50
KSh65.66
+50.9%
19.9%KSh89.05KSh55.15n/a5
May ’25KSh42.55
KSh65.66
+54.3%
19.9%KSh89.05KSh55.15n/a5
Apr ’25KSh47.15
KSh65.85
+39.7%
19.6%KSh89.05KSh55.28n/a5
Mar ’25KSh40.00
KSh65.85
+64.6%
19.6%KSh89.05KSh55.28n/a5
Feb ’25KSh37.70
KSh65.85
+74.7%
19.6%KSh89.05KSh55.28n/a5
Jan ’25KSh33.65
KSh65.85
+95.7%
19.6%KSh89.05KSh55.28n/a5
Dec ’24KSh38.00
KSh65.85
+73.3%
19.6%KSh89.05KSh55.28n/a5
Nov ’24KSh37.20
KSh62.24
+67.3%
9.7%KSh70.80KSh57.92KSh47.303
Oct ’24KSh35.55
KSh61.51
+73.0%
8.8%KSh70.80KSh57.92KSh44.304
Sep ’24KSh38.45
KSh61.51
+60.0%
8.8%KSh70.80KSh57.92KSh41.054
Aug ’24KSh41.50
KSh61.51
+48.2%
8.8%KSh70.80KSh57.92KSh40.454
Jul ’24KSh38.25
KSh61.26
+60.2%
9.1%KSh70.80KSh57.00KSh42.254
Jun ’24KSh37.90
KSh66.19
+74.6%
21.2%KSh90.50KSh57.00KSh43.504
May ’24KSh45.80
KSh66.19
+44.5%
21.2%KSh90.50KSh57.00KSh42.554
Apr ’24KSh45.50
KSh67.84
+49.1%
19.7%KSh90.50KSh57.00KSh47.154
Mar ’24KSh45.50
KSh70.68
+55.3%
20.3%KSh90.50KSh57.00KSh40.003
Feb ’24KSh45.05
KSh74.32
+65.0%
18.8%KSh90.50KSh57.00KSh37.704
Jan ’24KSh44.50
KSh74.32
+67.0%
18.8%KSh90.50KSh57.00KSh33.654
Dec ’23KSh45.40
KSh74.52
+64.1%
20.7%KSh93.30KSh55.00KSh38.004
Nov ’23KSh46.45
KSh74.52
+60.4%
20.7%KSh93.30KSh55.00KSh37.204

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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