University Press Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: UPL (NGN3.85) is trading above our estimate of fair value (NGN2.81)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for UPL. This is calculated by dividing UPL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is UPL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.4x
Earnings₦176.30m
Market Cap₦1.57b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for UPL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average64.5x
DAE Educational Book in Da Nang City
9.3xn/a₫29.8b
SBV Schwabenverlag
173.8xn/a€1.4m
MPTODAY Madhya Pradesh Today Media
6xn/a₹158.5m
G6P Going Public Media
69xn/a€1.4m
UPL University Press
9.4xn/a₦1.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UPL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.4x) compared to the peer average (65.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does UPL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Media Industry?

13 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
UPL 9.4xIndustry Avg. 15.4xNo. of Companies68PE01224364860+
13 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UPL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.4x) compared to the Global Media industry average (15.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UPL'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.

UPL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.4x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate UPL'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?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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