Wolters Kluwer Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: WKL (€160.3) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€180.93)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WKL is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WKL. This is calculated by dividing WKL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WKL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio36.8x
Earnings€1.04b
Market Cap€38.14b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for WKL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average31.6x
ARCAD Arcadis
27.8x19.0%€5.7b
RAND Randstad
17.2x18.6%€7.4b
EXPN Experian
36.7x12.7%UK£34.3b
VRSK Verisk Analytics
44.4x7.9%US$41.5b
WKL Wolters Kluwer
36.8x7.2%€38.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WKL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.8x) compared to the peer average (31.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WKL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Professional Services Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
WKL 36.8xIndustry Avg. 18.0xNo. of Companies15PE01224364860+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WKL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.8x) compared to the European Professional Services industry average (18x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WKL'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.

WKL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio36.8x
Fair PE Ratio24.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WKL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.6x).


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 WKL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€160.30
€159.31
-0.6%
10.5%€175.00€115.00n/a13
Nov ’25€157.40
€159.08
+1.1%
10.4%€175.00€115.00n/a13
Oct ’25€151.50
€157.54
+4.0%
10.8%€172.00€115.00n/a13
Sep ’25€154.15
€157.15
+1.9%
11.1%€172.00€115.00n/a13
Aug ’25€151.90
€157.00
+3.4%
11.1%€172.00€115.00n/a13
Jul ’25€153.55
€153.54
-0.008%
11.6%€172.00€115.00n/a13
Jun ’25€146.05
€149.50
+2.4%
12.9%€172.00€113.00n/a14
May ’25€140.75
€149.36
+6.1%
12.8%€172.00€113.00n/a14
Apr ’25€145.20
€146.82
+1.1%
11.9%€170.00€113.00n/a14
Mar ’25€145.25
€145.38
+0.09%
11.7%€165.00€113.00n/a12
Feb ’25€138.00
€139.54
+1.1%
12.0%€158.00€112.00n/a12
Jan ’25€128.70
€128.63
-0.06%
9.2%€145.00€112.00n/a12
Dec ’24€127.55
€126.92
-0.5%
8.3%€142.00€112.00€157.9512
Nov ’24€117.70
€125.92
+7.0%
10.0%€142.00€99.00€157.4012
Oct ’24€114.65
€123.04
+7.3%
9.3%€140.00€99.00€151.5012
Sep ’24€112.05
€123.12
+9.9%
9.0%€140.00€99.00€154.1513
Aug ’24€113.40
€122.83
+8.3%
10.0%€140.00€92.00€151.9012
Jul ’24€116.30
€115.46
-0.7%
21.9%€140.00€43.00€153.5513
Jun ’24€111.00
€115.46
+4.0%
21.9%€140.00€43.00€146.0513
May ’24€120.15
€113.99
-5.1%
22.2%€140.00€43.00€140.7513
Apr ’24€116.35
€112.79
-3.1%
21.5%€140.00€43.00€145.2014
Mar ’24€110.60
€112.01
+1.3%
21.0%€135.00€43.00€145.2514
Feb ’24€100.90
€108.39
+7.4%
20.1%€129.00€43.00€138.0015
Jan ’24€97.76
€108.68
+11.2%
19.9%€133.00€43.00€128.7016
Dec ’23€105.10
€108.43
+3.2%
19.7%€133.00€43.00€127.5516

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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