Old Mutual Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

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

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate OMU's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate OMU's fair value for valuation analysis.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for OMU. This is calculated by dividing OMU's market cap by their current earnings.
What is OMU's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio6.8x
EarningsR7.95b
Market CapR54.11b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for OMU vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14.8x
NICO NICO Holdings
10.3xn/aMK 437.1b
966 China Taiping Insurance Holdings
6.7x12.6%HK$40.2b
MTM Momentum Group
10.7x14.5%R41.2b
GNW Genworth Financial
31.4xn/aUS$3.0b
OMU Old Mutual
6.8x2.7%MK 54.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: OMU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.8x) compared to the peer average (14.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does OMU's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the African Insurance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
OMU 6.8xIndustry Avg. 6.6xNo. of Companies8PE0612182430+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: OMU is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.8x) compared to the African Insurance industry average (6.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is OMU'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.

OMU PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.8x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate OMU'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 OMU forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentMK 1,950.01
MK 1,313.22
-32.7%
16.1%MK 1,619.90MK 961.36n/a7
Dec ’25MK 1,950.01
MK 1,313.22
-32.7%
16.1%MK 1,619.90MK 961.36n/a7
Nov ’25n/a
MK 1,345.96
0%
16.1%MK 1,660.29MK 985.33n/a7
Oct ’25MK 1,866.00
MK 1,410.56
-24.4%
14.4%MK 1,680.73MK 997.46n/a7
Sep ’25MK 1,866.00
MK 1,334.96
-28.5%
14.7%MK 1,613.28MK 948.99n/a7
Aug ’25MK 1,622.93
MK 1,392.77
-14.2%
8.1%MK 1,567.41MK 1,211.18n/a6
Jul ’25n/a
MK 1,322.04
0%
10.9%MK 1,524.54MK 1,108.75n/a6
Jun ’25MK 1,500.03
MK 1,322.04
-11.9%
10.9%MK 1,524.54MK 1,108.75n/a6
May ’25MK 1,500.03
MK 1,340.40
-10.6%
8.9%MK 1,534.45MK 1,164.32n/a6
Apr ’25MK 1,500.02
MK 1,347.55
-10.2%
5.7%MK 1,463.53MK 1,234.86n/a5
Mar ’25MK 1,500.02
MK 1,318.09
-12.1%
6.0%MK 1,423.81MK 1,201.34n/a5
Feb ’25MK 1,500.02
MK 1,332.92
-11.1%
5.0%MK 1,434.02MK 1,254.76n/a5
Jan ’25n/a
MK 1,333.03
0%
4.3%MK 1,426.84MK 1,248.49MK 1,950.015
Dec ’24MK 1,500.00
MK 1,333.03
-11.1%
4.3%MK 1,426.84MK 1,248.49MK 1,950.015
Nov ’24MK 1,200.00
MK 904.56
-24.6%
4.5%MK 972.52MK 850.95n/a5
Oct ’24MK 1,050.00
MK 831.19
-20.8%
9.2%MK 923.55MK 697.28MK 1,866.005
Sep ’24n/a
MK 831.19
0%
9.2%MK 923.55MK 697.28MK 1,866.005
Aug ’24n/a
MK 722.00
0%
11.6%MK 826.77MK 614.39MK 1,622.934
Jul ’24MK 960.00
MK 722.00
-24.8%
11.6%MK 826.77MK 614.39n/a4
Jun ’24MK 1,127.51
MK 722.00
-36.0%
11.6%MK 826.77MK 614.39MK 1,500.034
May ’24n/a
MK 808.81
0%
13.7%MK 966.76MK 676.16MK 1,500.034
Apr ’24MK 880.04
MK 808.81
-8.1%
13.7%MK 966.76MK 676.16MK 1,500.024
Mar ’24MK 880.01
MK 822.43
-6.5%
16.3%MK 1,003.14MK 646.14MK 1,500.024
Feb ’24MK 838.00
MK 822.43
-1.9%
16.3%MK 1,003.14MK 646.14MK 1,500.024
Jan ’24n/a
MK 837.61
0%
16.9%MK 1,001.01MK 644.77n/a4

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 Analysis2025/01/03 09:33
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/31 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Old Mutual Limited is covered by 29 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Bassem NeiferAlphaValue
Francois Du ToitAnchor Stockbrokers Proprietary Limited
Adrienne DamantAvior Capital Markets