Spark New Zealand Limited

NZSE:SPK Stock Report

Market Cap: NZ$8.6b

Spark New Zealand Valuation

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$4.74) is trading below our estimate of fair value (NZ$7.21)

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?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

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/Revenue2.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA11x
PEG Ratio5.2x

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.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average83.5x
CNU Chorus
151.6x41.3%NZ$3.2b
TPG TPG Telecom
159.8x31.5%AU$7.8b
QBR.A Quebecor
10.3x5.7%CA$6.6b
TM Telekom Malaysia Berhad
12.5x-2.8%RM23.4b
SPK Spark New Zealand
20.1x3.9%NZ$8.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SPK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x) compared to the peer average (83.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a12.7%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a12.7%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SPK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x) compared to the Global Telecom industry average (15.6x).


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 Ratio20.1x
Fair PE Ration/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.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentNZ$4.74
NZ$5.23
+10.5%
4.7%NZ$5.65NZ$4.90n/a8
Apr ’25NZ$4.77
NZ$5.23
+9.8%
4.7%NZ$5.65NZ$4.90n/a8
Mar ’25NZ$5.04
NZ$5.23
+3.9%
4.7%NZ$5.65NZ$4.90n/a8
Feb ’25NZ$5.30
NZ$5.17
-2.5%
5.2%NZ$5.70NZ$4.90n/a8
Jan ’25NZ$5.18
NZ$5.17
-0.2%
5.2%NZ$5.70NZ$4.90n/a8
Dec ’24NZ$5.10
NZ$5.17
+1.3%
5.2%NZ$5.70NZ$4.90n/a8
Nov ’24NZ$5.02
NZ$5.17
+2.9%
5.2%NZ$5.70NZ$4.90n/a8
Oct ’24NZ$4.81
NZ$5.22
+8.6%
5.2%NZ$5.70NZ$4.90n/a8
Sep ’24NZ$5.04
NZ$5.22
+3.7%
5.2%NZ$5.70NZ$4.90n/a8
Aug ’24NZ$5.15
NZ$5.19
+0.7%
6.7%NZ$5.80NZ$4.70n/a8
Jul ’24NZ$5.09
NZ$5.17
+1.6%
6.9%NZ$5.80NZ$4.70n/a8
Jun ’24NZ$5.28
NZ$5.18
-1.9%
7.0%NZ$5.80NZ$4.70n/a8
May ’24NZ$5.20
NZ$5.14
-1.0%
6.0%NZ$5.50NZ$4.70n/a8
Apr ’24NZ$5.06
NZ$5.15
+1.7%
6.0%NZ$5.50NZ$4.70NZ$4.778
Mar ’24NZ$5.01
NZ$5.13
+2.4%
5.7%NZ$5.50NZ$4.70NZ$5.049
Feb ’24NZ$5.28
NZ$5.25
-0.5%
5.5%NZ$5.60NZ$4.70NZ$5.308
Jan ’24NZ$5.40
NZ$5.20
-3.7%
6.8%NZ$5.60NZ$4.60NZ$5.188
Dec ’23NZ$5.19
NZ$5.21
+0.3%
6.8%NZ$5.60NZ$4.60NZ$5.108
Nov ’23NZ$5.15
NZ$5.26
+2.1%
7.9%NZ$5.90NZ$4.60NZ$5.028
Oct ’23NZ$5.00
NZ$5.26
+5.2%
7.9%NZ$5.90NZ$4.60NZ$4.818
Sep ’23NZ$5.35
NZ$5.26
-1.7%
8.4%NZ$5.90NZ$4.60NZ$5.047
Aug ’23NZ$5.07
NZ$4.84
-4.6%
9.2%NZ$5.70NZ$4.25NZ$5.157
Jul ’23NZ$4.83
NZ$4.78
-0.9%
7.2%NZ$5.40NZ$4.25NZ$5.098
Jun ’23NZ$4.86
NZ$4.78
-1.6%
7.2%NZ$5.40NZ$4.25NZ$5.288
May ’23NZ$4.92
NZ$4.78
-2.8%
7.2%NZ$5.40NZ$4.25NZ$5.208
Apr ’23NZ$4.60
NZ$4.80
+4.3%
6.7%NZ$5.40NZ$4.25NZ$5.069

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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