Howden Joinery Group Plc

OTCPK:HWDJ.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$6.0b

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.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$11.50
Fair Value
7.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
14
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: HWDJ.F ($10.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($11.5)

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 Ratio18x
EarningsUK£249.30m
Market CapUK£4.49b

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 Average21.5x
AL Air Lease
9.4x-3.2%US$6.0b
SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply
46.4x24.2%US$5.4b
WCC WESCO International
11.9x8.7%US$7.9b
GATX GATX
18.4x11.8%US$5.2b
HWDJ.F Howden Joinery Group
18x6.1%US$4.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HWDJ.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x) compared to the peer average (21.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
MWG Multi Ways Holdings
1.6xn/aUS$10.27m
BYU BAIYU Holdings
0.8xn/aUS$8.94m
No more companies available in this PE range
HWDJ.F 18.0xIndustry Avg. 19.8xNo. of Companies5PE01020304050+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HWDJ.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x) compared to the US Trade Distributors industry average (19.8x).


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 Ratio18x
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
CurrentUS$10.60
US$12.34
+16.4%
11.4%US$16.03US$10.86n/a14
May ’26US$10.00
US$12.37
+23.7%
11.4%US$16.07US$10.89n/a14
Apr ’26US$9.57
US$12.06
+26.1%
11.4%US$15.67US$10.62n/a14
Mar ’26US$10.46
US$11.74
+12.3%
11.2%US$15.22US$10.32n/a14
Feb ’26US$10.10
US$11.77
+16.5%
9.9%US$14.73US$10.33n/a13
Jan ’26US$9.48
US$12.36
+30.4%
9.8%US$15.43US$10.83n/a13
Dec ’25US$10.30
US$12.01
+16.6%
12.5%US$15.24US$8.56n/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$8.50US$10.0015
Apr ’25US$11.90
US$11.22
-5.7%
11.3%US$12.88US$8.59US$9.5715
Mar ’25US$9.52
US$10.93
+14.8%
11.7%US$12.66US$8.48US$10.4614
Feb ’25US$10.18
US$10.49
+3.0%
11.0%US$12.58US$8.52US$10.1014
Jan ’25US$10.69
US$9.98
-6.6%
9.8%US$12.37US$8.37US$9.4815
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
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 14 Analysts
US$12.07
Fair Value
12.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
14
Number of Analysts

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


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/11 01:39
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/09 00:00
Earnings2024/12/28
Annual Earnings2024/12/28

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

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Howden Joinery Group Plc is covered by 26 analysts. 14 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
Rajesh PatkiBarclays
Robert ChantryBerenberg