Spark New Zealand Valuation

Q: What is the Fair Price of SPK when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

SPK (NZ$3.01) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] (NZ$5.12)

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: SPK (NZ$3.01) is trading below our estimate of fair value (NZ$5.12)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SPK. This is calculated by dividing SPK's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SPK's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	17.6x
Earnings	NZ$316.00m
Market Cap	NZ$5.59b

SPK key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	2.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	8.6x
PEG Ratio	3.8x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SPK vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	17.7x
HT Hrvatski Telekom d.d	20.6x	3.8%	€2.9b
A032640 LG Uplus	8.7x	7.8%	₩4.5t
3774 Internet Initiative Japan	28.1x	15.2%	JP¥529.4b
BEZQ Bezeq The Israel Telecommunication	13.4x	5.6%	₪14.8b
SPK Spark New Zealand	17.6x	4.6%	NZ$5.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SPK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.6x) compared to the peer average (17.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SPK's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Telecom Industry?

3 Companies	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap

3 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SPK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.6x) compared to the Global Telecom industry average (15.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SPK'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.

SPK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	17.6x
Fair PE Ratio	n/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate SPK'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 SPK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
Date	Share Price	Average 1Y Price Target	Dispersion	High	Low	1Y Actual price	Analysts
Current	NZ$3.01	NZ$3.90 +29.7%	18.8%	NZ$5.00	NZ$2.80	n/a	8
Nov ’25	NZ$2.88	NZ$4.00 +39.0%	21.0%	NZ$5.30	NZ$2.85	n/a	8
Oct ’25	NZ$3.00	NZ$4.40 +46.5%	15.8%	NZ$5.30	NZ$2.95	n/a	8
Sep ’25	NZ$3.59	NZ$4.63 +28.9%	9.1%	NZ$5.30	NZ$4.20	n/a	8
Aug ’25	NZ$4.41	NZ$4.94 +12.1%	7.1%	NZ$5.50	NZ$4.50	n/a	8
Jul ’25	NZ$4.09	NZ$4.94 +20.7%	5.9%	NZ$5.50	NZ$4.65	n/a	8
Jun ’25	NZ$4.18	NZ$4.98 +19.3%	5.5%	NZ$5.50	NZ$4.65	n/a	8
May ’25	NZ$4.73	NZ$5.23 +10.6%	4.7%	NZ$5.65	NZ$4.90	n/a	8
Apr ’25	NZ$4.77	NZ$5.23 +9.8%	4.7%	NZ$5.65	NZ$4.90	n/a	8
Mar ’25	NZ$5.04	NZ$5.23 +3.9%	4.7%	NZ$5.65	NZ$4.90	n/a	8
Feb ’25	NZ$5.30	NZ$5.17 -2.5%	5.2%	NZ$5.70	NZ$4.90	n/a	8
Jan ’25	NZ$5.18	NZ$5.17 -0.2%	5.2%	NZ$5.70	NZ$4.90	n/a	8
Dec ’24	NZ$5.10	NZ$5.17 +1.3%	5.2%	NZ$5.70	NZ$4.90	n/a	8
Nov ’24	NZ$5.02	NZ$5.17 +2.9%	5.2%	NZ$5.70	NZ$4.90	NZ$2.88	8
Oct ’24	NZ$4.81	NZ$5.22 +8.6%	5.2%	NZ$5.70	NZ$4.90	NZ$3.00	8
Sep ’24	NZ$5.04	NZ$5.22 +3.7%	5.2%	NZ$5.70	NZ$4.90	NZ$3.59	8
Aug ’24	NZ$5.15	NZ$5.19 +0.7%	6.7%	NZ$5.80	NZ$4.70	NZ$4.41	8
Jul ’24	NZ$5.09	NZ$5.17 +1.6%	6.9%	NZ$5.80	NZ$4.70	NZ$4.09	8
Jun ’24	NZ$5.28	NZ$5.18 -1.9%	7.0%	NZ$5.80	NZ$4.70	NZ$4.18	8
May ’24	NZ$5.20	NZ$5.14 -1.0%	6.0%	NZ$5.50	NZ$4.70	NZ$4.73	8
Apr ’24	NZ$5.06	NZ$5.15 +1.7%	6.0%	NZ$5.50	NZ$4.70	NZ$4.77	8
Mar ’24	NZ$5.01	NZ$5.13 +2.4%	5.7%	NZ$5.50	NZ$4.70	NZ$5.04	9
Feb ’24	NZ$5.28	NZ$5.25 -0.5%	5.5%	NZ$5.60	NZ$4.70	NZ$5.30	8
Jan ’24	NZ$5.40	NZ$5.20 -3.7%	6.8%	NZ$5.60	NZ$4.60	NZ$5.18	8
Dec ’23	NZ$5.19	NZ$5.21 +0.3%	6.8%	NZ$5.60	NZ$4.60	NZ$5.10	8
Nov ’23	NZ$5.15	NZ$5.26 +2.1%	7.9%	NZ$5.90	NZ$4.60	NZ$5.02	8

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.