Hargreaves Lansdown plc

OTCPK:HRGL.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$6.6b

Hargreaves Lansdown Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: HRGL.F ($13.65) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($16.12)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HRGL.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 HRGL.F?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HRGL.F. This is calculated by dividing HRGL.F's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HRGL.F's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio17.8x
EarningsUK£293.20m
Market CapUK£5.21b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for HRGL.F vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average18.3x
JHG Janus Henderson Group
17.1x9.8%US$6.8b
HLNE Hamilton Lane
34.8x21.7%US$8.5b
AMG Affiliated Managers Group
10.4x3.0%US$5.7b
MAIN Main Street Capital
10.8x-21.7%US$5.1b
HRGL.F Hargreaves Lansdown
17.8x1.8%US$5.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HRGL.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.8x) compared to the peer average (18.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HRGL.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

20 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ADX Adams Diversified Equity Fund
3.7xn/aUS$2.29b
CET Central Securities
4.4xn/aUS$1.30b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.2xn/aUS$1.20b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
HRGL.F 17.8xIndustry Avg. 23.8xNo. of Companies72PE020406080100+
20 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HRGL.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.8x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HRGL.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.

HRGL.F PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17.8x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate HRGL.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 HRGL.F forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
US$14.30
0%
7.7%US$17.00US$11.88n/a11
Dec ’25n/a
US$14.39
0%
7.7%US$17.10US$11.95n/a11
Nov ’25n/a
US$14.56
0%
7.7%US$17.41US$12.17n/a12
Oct ’25n/a
US$14.39
0%
12.2%US$17.82US$10.09n/a13
Sep ’25n/a
US$13.83
0%
13.4%US$17.21US$8.91n/a13
Aug ’25n/a
US$13.08
0%
20.1%US$17.22US$8.79n/a14
Jul ’25US$13.90
US$12.44
-10.5%
22.3%US$16.96US$7.96n/a14
Jun ’25n/a
US$11.93
0%
25.1%US$19.11US$8.03n/a17
May ’25n/a
US$11.63
0%
26.2%US$18.74US$7.75n/a17
Apr ’25n/a
US$11.63
0%
27.5%US$18.94US$7.57n/a18
Mar ’25US$9.17
US$11.63
+26.9%
27.5%US$18.94US$7.57n/a18
Feb ’25US$9.64
US$12.23
+26.9%
32.2%US$21.58US$7.62n/a18
Jan ’25US$9.30
US$12.21
+31.3%
32.5%US$21.55US$7.60n/a18
Dec ’24US$9.00
US$11.98
+33.1%
32.2%US$21.10US$7.45n/a18
Nov ’24US$8.30
US$12.07
+45.5%
30.1%US$20.59US$7.27n/a17
Oct ’24US$9.34
US$12.44
+33.2%
29.9%US$20.94US$8.01n/a18
Sep ’24US$9.10
US$12.62
+38.6%
28.2%US$20.90US$8.23n/a19
Aug ’24US$10.23
US$12.94
+26.5%
26.5%US$21.15US$8.97n/a19
Jul ’24US$9.58
US$12.78
+33.4%
27.5%US$21.43US$8.93US$13.9019
Jun ’24US$9.77
US$12.72
+30.2%
27.3%US$21.04US$8.77n/a18
May ’24US$10.45
US$12.72
+21.8%
26.7%US$20.97US$8.74n/a18
Apr ’24US$9.61
US$12.47
+29.8%
26.8%US$20.80US$8.19n/a20
Mar ’24US$9.86
US$12.22
+24.0%
26.2%US$20.24US$7.97US$9.1720
Feb ’24US$10.68
US$12.53
+17.3%
22.8%US$20.05US$9.48US$9.6419
Jan ’24US$10.08
US$12.69
+25.9%
22.2%US$20.25US$9.57US$9.3020
Dec ’23US$9.92
US$12.32
+24.2%
22.0%US$19.57US$9.25US$9.0020

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 Analysis2024/12/30 18:49
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/12 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/06/30

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

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

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Analyst Sources

Hargreaves Lansdown plc is covered by 35 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
Daniel GarrodBarclays
Peter RichardsonBerenberg
Arnaud Maurice GiblatBNP Paribas Exane