Keppel Valuation

Is BN4 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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 BN4 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: BN4 (SGD6.58) is trading above our estimate of fair value (SGD4.4)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BN4 is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for BN4?

Key metric: As BN4 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BN4. This is calculated by dividing BN4's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BN4's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio16x
EarningsS$744.42m
Market CapS$12.01b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does BN4's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for BN4 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average49.5x
C07 Jardine Cycle & Carriage
7.9x1.6%S$11.2b
J36 Jardine Matheson Holdings
157.1x43.8%US$12.6b
S63 Singapore Technologies Engineering
22.4x11.8%S$14.4b
BS6 Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings)
10.5x15.2%S$10.5b
BN4 Keppel
16x11.6%S$11.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BN4 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16x) compared to the peer average (49.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BN4's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Asian Industrials Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BN4 16.0xIndustry Avg. 13.3xNo. of Companies17PE01020304050+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BN4 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16x) compared to the Asian Industrials industry average (13.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BN4'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.

BN4 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16x
Fair PE Ratio15.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BN4 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.6x).


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 BN4 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentS$6.58
S$8.18
+24.3%
11.9%S$9.40S$6.05n/a12
Nov ’25S$6.40
S$8.02
+25.3%
11.0%S$9.25S$6.05n/a12
Oct ’25S$6.64
S$7.97
+20.0%
10.8%S$9.00S$6.05n/a12
Sep ’25S$6.17
S$7.96
+29.1%
10.8%S$9.00S$6.05n/a12
Aug ’25S$6.33
S$8.16
+29.0%
10.3%S$9.00S$6.05n/a11
Jul ’25S$6.44
S$8.18
+27.0%
10.2%S$9.00S$6.05n/a11
Jun ’25S$6.72
S$8.10
+20.5%
9.9%S$9.00S$6.05n/a11
May ’25S$6.88
S$8.10
+17.7%
9.9%S$9.00S$6.05n/a11
Apr ’25S$7.36
S$8.08
+9.8%
9.8%S$9.00S$6.05n/a11
Mar ’25S$7.17
S$8.08
+12.7%
9.8%S$9.00S$6.05n/a11
Feb ’25S$7.15
S$7.78
+8.9%
11.9%S$9.09S$6.05n/a11
Jan ’25S$7.07
S$7.81
+10.5%
11.4%S$9.09S$6.15n/a10
Dec ’24S$6.85
S$7.74
+13.0%
11.6%S$9.09S$6.15n/a10
Nov ’24S$6.19
S$7.57
+22.2%
13.5%S$9.09S$5.80S$6.4011
Oct ’24S$6.80
S$7.68
+13.0%
13.5%S$9.09S$5.80S$6.6411
Sep ’24S$6.94
S$7.68
+10.7%
13.5%S$9.09S$5.80S$6.1711
Aug ’24S$7.39
S$7.68
+4.0%
13.5%S$9.09S$5.80S$6.3311
Jul ’24S$6.71
S$7.20
+7.3%
16.7%S$9.09S$5.35S$6.4411
Jun ’24S$6.26
S$7.20
+15.1%
16.7%S$9.09S$5.35S$6.7211
May ’24S$6.17
S$7.20
+16.7%
16.7%S$9.09S$5.35S$6.8811
Apr ’24S$5.63
S$7.19
+27.8%
24.7%S$10.04S$5.11S$7.3610
Mar ’24S$5.48
S$7.59
+38.6%
28.1%S$10.04S$5.11S$7.178
Feb ’24S$7.64
S$8.63
+13.0%
14.2%S$10.11S$5.80S$7.159
Jan ’24S$7.26
S$8.63
+18.9%
14.2%S$10.11S$5.80S$7.079
Dec ’23S$7.58
S$8.63
+13.9%
14.2%S$10.11S$5.80S$6.859
Nov ’23S$7.05
S$8.34
+18.3%
15.7%S$10.11S$5.80S$6.1910

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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