Santos Limited

OTCPK:STOS.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$14.4b

Santos Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: STOS.F ($4.46) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($14.59)

Significantly Below Fair Value: STOS.F is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for STOS.F. This is calculated by dividing STOS.F's market cap by their current earnings.
What is STOS.F's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio11.4x
EarningsUS$1.26b
Market CapUS$14.42b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for STOS.F vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.6x
MRO Marathon Oil
12x-5.8%US$16.2b
CTRA Coterra Energy
16.1x30.2%US$20.4b
VNOM Viper Energy
28.3x-10.2%US$10.7b
OVV Ovintiv
6x-12.3%US$12.2b
STOS.F Santos
11.4x12.7%US$22.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: STOS.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.4x) compared to the peer average (15.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does STOS.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Oil and Gas Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AXAS Abraxas Petroleum
0.09xn/aUS$10.27m
BYRO.F Byron Energy
0.03x-10.3%US$312.17k
EVVA.Q Enviva
n/an/aUS$14.97k
USOP.Y U.S. Oil and Gas
n/an/aUS$6.00
No more companies available in this PE range
STOS.F 11.4xIndustry Avg. 11.6xNo. of Companies18PE0816243240+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: STOS.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.4x) compared to the US Oil and Gas industry average (11.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is STOS.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.

STOS.F PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.4x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate STOS.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 STOS.F forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$4.46
US$5.40
+21.0%
15.8%US$8.33US$4.76n/a14
Nov ’25n/a
US$5.60
0%
14.0%US$8.33US$5.10n/a14
Oct ’25n/a
US$5.73
0%
13.8%US$8.44US$5.06n/a14
Sep ’25US$4.92
US$5.74
+16.8%
13.2%US$8.44US$5.06n/a15
Aug ’25US$4.75
US$5.81
+22.3%
12.7%US$8.41US$5.08n/a15
Jul ’25US$4.70
US$5.60
+19.2%
12.1%US$7.92US$5.01n/a15
Jun ’25US$5.04
US$5.62
+11.5%
12.2%US$7.92US$5.01n/a15
May ’25US$4.97
US$5.59
+12.4%
12.0%US$7.92US$5.01n/a15
Apr ’25US$4.81
US$5.64
+17.3%
12.3%US$8.05US$5.08n/a15
Mar ’25US$4.69
US$5.62
+20.0%
12.4%US$8.05US$5.08n/a15
Feb ’25US$5.10
US$5.87
+15.2%
13.6%US$8.10US$5.14n/a11
Jan ’25US$5.21
US$5.79
+11.2%
13.4%US$8.07US$4.75n/a13
Dec ’24n/a
US$5.80
0%
10.8%US$7.78US$5.13n/a15
Nov ’24US$4.80
US$5.74
+19.7%
11.1%US$7.78US$5.03n/a15
Oct ’24US$4.96
US$5.84
+17.8%
11.0%US$7.96US$5.17n/a15
Sep ’24US$5.15
US$5.85
+13.5%
10.6%US$7.96US$5.19US$4.9216
Aug ’24US$5.43
US$6.02
+10.9%
11.6%US$8.34US$5.26US$4.7516
Jul ’24US$4.90
US$5.97
+21.8%
11.5%US$8.11US$5.20US$4.7016
Jun ’24US$4.82
US$5.95
+23.4%
11.6%US$8.11US$5.18US$5.0416
May ’24US$4.80
US$6.00
+24.9%
11.5%US$8.11US$5.18US$4.9716
Apr ’24US$4.61
US$6.10
+32.4%
11.7%US$8.18US$5.25US$4.8116
Mar ’24US$4.63
US$6.19
+33.7%
11.3%US$8.18US$5.25US$4.6917
Feb ’24US$4.97
US$6.33
+27.3%
10.9%US$8.27US$5.41US$5.1017
Jan ’24n/a
US$6.25
0%
9.9%US$8.11US$5.42US$5.2117
Dec ’23US$5.10
US$6.15
+20.7%
9.0%US$7.58US$5.39n/a16
Nov ’23US$4.97
US$6.09
+22.7%
8.3%US$7.15US$5.29US$4.8016

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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