Howden Joinery Group Plc

OTCPK:HWDJ.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$5.4b

Howden Joinery Group Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: HWDJ.F ($10.7) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($12.49)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HWDJ.F is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HWDJ.F?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HWDJ.F. This is calculated by dividing HWDJ.F's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HWDJ.F's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio17x
EarningsUK£254.40m
Market CapUK£4.33b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HWDJ.F's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HWDJ.F vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22.8x
GATX GATX
20.9x7.1%US$5.6b
AL Air Lease
11.2x12.6%US$5.5b
SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply
42.8x20.1%US$6.1b
MSM MSC Industrial Direct
16.6x9.5%US$4.3b
HWDJ.F Howden Joinery Group
17x6.0%US$4.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HWDJ.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17x) compared to the peer average (22.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HWDJ.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Trade Distributors Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BYU BAIYU Holdings
0.8xn/aUS$8.94m
No more companies available in this PE range
HWDJ.F 17.0xIndustry Avg. 16.6xNo. of Companies6PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HWDJ.F is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17x) compared to the US Trade Distributors industry average (16.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HWDJ.F'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.

HWDJ.F PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate HWDJ.F'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 HWDJ.F forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
US$12.36
0%
9.8%US$15.43US$10.83n/a13
Dec ’25US$10.30
US$12.10
+17.5%
12.5%US$15.35US$8.63n/a13
Nov ’25US$11.96
US$13.05
+9.1%
11.9%US$16.15US$9.08n/a14
Oct ’25US$12.60
US$13.05
+3.6%
11.9%US$16.15US$9.08n/a14
Sep ’25US$12.60
US$12.63
+0.2%
12.1%US$15.72US$8.83n/a14
Aug ’25US$11.65
US$12.43
+6.7%
11.8%US$15.53US$8.73n/a14
Jul ’25US$10.97
US$11.85
+8.0%
11.9%US$15.30US$8.60n/a14
Jun ’25US$11.57
US$11.37
-1.7%
13.6%US$14.66US$8.52n/a15
May ’25US$10.92
US$11.20
+2.5%
11.7%US$12.73US$8.50n/a15
Apr ’25US$11.90
US$11.22
-5.7%
11.3%US$12.88US$8.59n/a15
Mar ’25US$9.52
US$10.93
+14.8%
11.7%US$12.66US$8.48n/a14
Feb ’25US$10.18
US$10.49
+3.0%
11.0%US$12.58US$8.52n/a14
Jan ’25US$10.69
US$9.98
-6.6%
9.8%US$12.37US$8.37n/a15
Dec ’24US$8.79
US$9.98
+13.6%
9.8%US$12.37US$8.37US$10.3015
Nov ’24US$7.77
US$9.97
+28.3%
9.3%US$12.18US$8.29US$11.9613
Oct ’24US$9.00
US$10.53
+17.0%
9.0%US$12.90US$8.77US$12.6014
Sep ’24US$8.70
US$10.53
+21.1%
9.0%US$12.90US$8.77US$12.6014
Aug ’24US$9.45
US$10.53
+11.5%
9.0%US$12.90US$8.77US$11.6514
Jul ’24US$8.20
US$9.91
+20.9%
9.1%US$11.28US$7.69US$10.9713
Jun ’24US$8.51
US$9.85
+15.7%
9.0%US$11.18US$7.62US$11.5713
May ’24US$8.55
US$9.77
+14.2%
9.2%US$11.04US$7.53US$10.9212
Apr ’24US$8.06
US$9.77
+21.2%
9.2%US$11.04US$7.53US$11.9012
Mar ’24US$8.70
US$9.49
+9.1%
11.4%US$10.79US$7.11US$9.5213
Feb ’24US$8.42
US$9.04
+7.4%
13.8%US$10.91US$7.07US$10.1813
Jan ’24US$6.98
US$9.20
+31.8%
14.3%US$11.49US$7.17US$10.6913
Dec ’23US$6.99
US$9.22
+32.0%
13.2%US$11.39US$7.22US$8.7913

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/25 19:53
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/13 00:00
Earnings2024/06/15
Annual Earnings2023/12/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Howden Joinery Group Plc is covered by 29 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Emily BiddulphBarclays
Robert ChantryBerenberg
Aynsley LamminCanaccord Genuity