Manawa Energy Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: MNW (NZ$4.39) is trading below our estimate of fair value (NZ$6.62)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

MNW 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/Revenue4.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA12.9x
PEG Ratio33.1x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for MNW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30.5x
GNE Genesis Energy
28.8x14.6%NZ$2.5b
CEN Contact Energy
23.8x2.1%NZ$6.7b
VCT Vector
54.3x25.1%NZ$3.7b
ELEC Électricite de Strasbourg Société Anonyme
15.1xn/a€831.6m
MNW Manawa Energy
12.2x0.4%NZ$1.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MNW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.2x) compared to the peer average (30.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MNW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Electric Utilities Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a2.5%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MNW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.2x) compared to the Global Electric Utilities industry average (13.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MNW'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.

MNW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.2x
Fair PE Ratio21x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MNW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x).


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 MNW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentNZ$4.39
NZ$5.70
+29.8%
23.7%NZ$7.90NZ$3.95n/a5
Apr ’25NZ$4.55
NZ$5.67
+24.6%
23.9%NZ$7.90NZ$3.95n/a5
Mar ’25NZ$4.13
NZ$5.57
+34.9%
25.7%NZ$7.90NZ$3.70n/a5
Feb ’25NZ$4.25
NZ$5.55
+30.6%
26.2%NZ$7.90NZ$3.60n/a5
Jan ’25NZ$4.29
NZ$5.56
+29.6%
26.2%NZ$7.90NZ$3.60n/a5
Dec ’24NZ$4.52
NZ$5.56
+23.0%
26.2%NZ$7.90NZ$3.60n/a5
Nov ’24NZ$4.25
NZ$5.57
+31.1%
27.1%NZ$8.00NZ$3.47n/a5
Oct ’24NZ$4.52
NZ$5.70
+26.2%
24.9%NZ$8.10NZ$3.90n/a5
Sep ’24NZ$4.51
NZ$5.75
+27.5%
24.4%NZ$8.10NZ$3.90n/a5
Aug ’24NZ$4.80
NZ$5.75
+19.8%
24.4%NZ$8.10NZ$3.90n/a5
Jul ’24NZ$4.95
NZ$5.75
+16.2%
24.4%NZ$8.10NZ$3.90n/a5
Jun ’24NZ$4.80
NZ$5.77
+20.3%
24.9%NZ$8.21NZ$3.90n/a5
May ’24NZ$4.90
NZ$6.06
+23.8%
23.0%NZ$8.45NZ$4.59n/a5
Apr ’24NZ$4.97
NZ$6.15
+23.8%
21.8%NZ$8.45NZ$4.67NZ$4.555
Mar ’24NZ$4.93
NZ$6.20
+25.8%
21.1%NZ$8.45NZ$4.67NZ$4.135
Feb ’24NZ$5.39
NZ$6.10
+13.2%
22.9%NZ$8.45NZ$4.45NZ$4.255
Jan ’24NZ$5.00
NZ$6.06
+21.2%
23.4%NZ$8.45NZ$4.45NZ$4.295
Dec ’23NZ$5.25
NZ$6.06
+15.4%
23.4%NZ$8.45NZ$4.45NZ$4.525
Nov ’23NZ$5.50
NZ$6.58
+19.6%
18.4%NZ$8.50NZ$4.90NZ$4.255
Oct ’23NZ$5.72
NZ$6.92
+20.9%
19.4%NZ$9.10NZ$4.85NZ$4.525
Sep ’23NZ$5.97
NZ$6.74
+12.9%
20.3%NZ$9.10NZ$4.85NZ$4.515
Aug ’23NZ$6.12
NZ$6.66
+8.9%
21.0%NZ$9.10NZ$4.85NZ$4.805
Jul ’23NZ$6.07
NZ$6.76
+11.4%
19.2%NZ$9.10NZ$5.20NZ$4.955
Jun ’23NZ$6.90
NZ$6.79
-1.6%
18.9%NZ$9.10NZ$5.20NZ$4.805
May ’23NZ$6.74
NZ$6.87
+1.9%
17.7%NZ$9.13NZ$5.65NZ$4.905
Apr ’23NZ$7.02
NZ$7.24
+3.1%
14.6%NZ$9.21NZ$6.20NZ$4.975

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.


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