Energy Recovery, Inc.

NasdaqGS:ERII Stock Report

Market Cap: US$897.4m

Energy Recovery Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

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

Below Fair Value: ERII ($15.63) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($1.17)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ERII. This is calculated by dividing ERII's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ERII's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio46.7x
EarningsUS$19.38m
Market CapUS$897.36m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for ERII vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average36.6x
CMCO Columbus McKinnon
70.5x101.1%US$1.0b
HY Hyster-Yale
6.2x-7.8%US$948.2m
CIR CIRCOR International
40.9x24.0%US$1.1b
GRC Gorman-Rupp
28.9x21.0%US$1.1b
ERII Energy Recovery
46.7x31.2%US$897.4m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ERII is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (46.7x) compared to the peer average (35.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ERII's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Machinery Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AIRJ AirJoule Technologies
2xn/aUS$422.78m
CVGI Commercial Vehicle Group
2.8x-46.6%US$77.32m
FATH Fathom Digital Manufacturing
2.6xn/aUS$35.24m
ZEVY Lightning eMotors
n/an/aUS$6.00
No more companies available in this PE range
ERII 46.7xIndustry Avg. 23.8xNo. of Companies9PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ERII is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (46.7x) compared to the US Machinery industry average (23.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ERII'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.

ERII PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio46.7x
Fair PE Ratio27.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ERII is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (46.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.8x).


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 ERII forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$15.63
US$20.25
+29.6%
2.1%US$21.00US$20.00n/a4
Nov ’25US$18.53
US$20.50
+10.6%
13.1%US$23.00US$16.00n/a4
Oct ’25US$17.11
US$20.50
+19.8%
13.1%US$23.00US$16.00n/a4
Sep ’25US$16.24
US$20.50
+26.2%
13.1%US$23.00US$16.00n/a4
Aug ’25US$17.59
US$20.50
+16.5%
13.1%US$23.00US$16.00n/a4
Jul ’25US$12.70
US$20.50
+61.4%
13.1%US$23.00US$16.00n/a4
Jun ’25US$13.50
US$20.50
+51.9%
13.1%US$23.00US$16.00n/a4
May ’25US$14.65
US$21.00
+43.3%
12.1%US$24.00US$17.00n/a4
Apr ’25US$15.87
US$21.00
+32.3%
12.1%US$24.00US$17.00n/a4
Mar ’25US$16.09
US$21.00
+30.5%
12.1%US$24.00US$17.00n/a4
Feb ’25US$15.43
US$22.25
+44.2%
11.6%US$26.00US$19.00n/a4
Jan ’25US$18.84
US$22.00
+16.8%
12.4%US$26.00US$19.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$18.88
US$22.00
+16.5%
12.4%US$26.00US$19.00n/a4
Nov ’24US$14.41
US$30.00
+108.2%
6.2%US$32.00US$27.00US$18.534
Oct ’24US$21.21
US$30.50
+43.8%
6.8%US$32.00US$27.00US$17.114
Sep ’24US$25.38
US$30.50
+20.2%
6.8%US$32.00US$27.00US$16.244
Aug ’24US$30.57
US$30.00
-1.9%
5.3%US$32.00US$28.00US$17.594
Jul ’24US$27.95
US$28.75
+2.9%
7.5%US$32.00US$26.00US$12.704
Jun ’24US$24.21
US$27.75
+14.6%
3.9%US$29.00US$26.00US$13.504
May ’24US$22.10
US$25.50
+15.4%
8.5%US$28.00US$22.00US$14.654
Apr ’24US$23.05
US$24.75
+7.4%
9.6%US$28.00US$22.00US$15.874
Mar ’24US$22.09
US$24.75
+12.0%
9.6%US$28.00US$22.00US$16.094
Feb ’24US$22.30
US$24.75
+11.0%
9.6%US$28.00US$22.00US$15.434
Jan ’24US$20.49
US$24.75
+20.8%
9.6%US$28.00US$22.00US$18.844
Dec ’23US$22.78
US$24.75
+8.6%
9.6%US$28.00US$22.00US$18.884
Nov ’23US$26.17
US$27.50
+5.1%
1.8%US$28.00US$27.00US$14.412

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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