Belships ASA

OB:BELCO Stock Report

Market Cap: NOK 5.1b

Belships Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

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

Below Fair Value: BELCO (NOK20.1) is trading below our estimate of fair value (NOK57.12)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BELCO. This is calculated by dividing BELCO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BELCO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio6.5x
EarningsUS$68.61m
Market CapUS$447.37m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for BELCO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.1x
FROY Frøy
26.7xn/aNOK 6.6b
KCC Klaveness Combination Carriers
4x-17.8%NOK 4.5b
2020 2020 Bulkers
2.9x-33.6%NOK 2.8b
ODF Odfjell
2.9x-11.4%NOK 9.2b
BELCO Belships
6.5x13.0%NOK 5.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BELCO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.5x) compared to the peer average (3.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BELCO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Shipping Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BELCO 6.5xIndustry Avg. 7.6xNo. of Companies6PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BELCO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.5x) compared to the European Shipping industry average (7.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BELCO'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.

BELCO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.5x
Fair PE Ratio6.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BELCO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.7x).

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 BELCO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentNOK 20.10
NOK 30.18
+50.2%
14.5%NOK 36.95NOK 23.50n/a5
Dec ’25NOK 18.20
NOK 28.05
+54.1%
11.7%NOK 32.06NOK 22.96n/a4
Nov ’25NOK 17.80
NOK 30.73
+72.6%
3.7%NOK 32.03NOK 29.06n/a4
Oct ’25NOK 19.78
NOK 30.73
+55.4%
3.7%NOK 32.03NOK 29.06n/a4
Sep ’25NOK 19.80
NOK 30.30
+53.0%
3.7%NOK 31.60NOK 28.64n/a4
Aug ’25NOK 22.25
NOK 30.91
+38.9%
1.9%NOK 31.82NOK 30.37n/a4
Jul ’25NOK 24.40
NOK 31.12
+27.5%
2.0%NOK 32.00NOK 30.53n/a4
Jun ’25NOK 23.90
NOK 29.62
+23.9%
6.3%NOK 30.98NOK 26.41n/a4
May ’25NOK 25.05
NOK 28.92
+15.4%
3.6%NOK 30.51NOK 27.73n/a4
Apr ’25NOK 20.90
NOK 28.56
+36.7%
4.2%NOK 29.78NOK 27.04n/a4
Mar ’25NOK 21.00
NOK 28.07
+33.7%
3.6%NOK 29.11NOK 27.01n/a4
Feb ’25NOK 21.60
NOK 24.83
+15.0%
5.5%NOK 27.06NOK 23.36n/a4
Jan ’25NOK 18.38
NOK 22.53
+22.6%
8.3%NOK 25.36NOK 19.51n/a5
Dec ’24NOK 19.26
NOK 22.53
+17.0%
8.3%NOK 25.36NOK 19.51NOK 18.205
Nov ’24NOK 17.54
NOK 23.56
+34.3%
8.7%NOK 25.98NOK 19.98NOK 17.805
Oct ’24NOK 18.04
NOK 23.42
+29.8%
10.3%NOK 26.21NOK 19.28NOK 19.785
Sep ’24NOK 15.94
NOK 23.42
+46.9%
11.4%NOK 26.09NOK 19.18NOK 19.804
Aug ’24NOK 18.24
NOK 26.76
+46.7%
10.7%NOK 31.46NOK 23.66NOK 22.254
Jul ’24NOK 16.88
NOK 26.76
+58.6%
10.7%NOK 31.46NOK 23.66NOK 24.404
Jun ’24NOK 16.96
NOK 25.84
+52.4%
10.5%NOK 30.04NOK 22.59NOK 23.904
May ’24NOK 20.10
NOK 23.84
+18.6%
7.2%NOK 26.59NOK 22.32NOK 25.054
Apr ’24NOK 20.20
NOK 23.99
+18.8%
7.2%NOK 26.81NOK 22.51NOK 20.904
Mar ’24NOK 20.10
NOK 23.55
+17.2%
7.2%NOK 26.16NOK 21.96NOK 21.004
Feb ’24NOK 17.82
NOK 20.59
+15.5%
10.8%NOK 22.66NOK 16.94NOK 21.604
Jan ’24NOK 14.28
NOK 19.34
+35.5%
11.2%NOK 22.33NOK 16.70NOK 18.384
Dec ’23NOK 13.40
NOK 19.99
+49.2%
12.1%NOK 23.31NOK 17.43NOK 19.264

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 00:14
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
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.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Belships ASA is covered by 6 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Håvard LieDanske Bank
Øystein VaagenFearnley Securities
Fredrik DybwadFearnley Securities