Resolute Forest Products Inc.

NYSE:RFP Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.7b

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Resolute Forest Products Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: RFP ($21.92) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($14.8)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for RFP. This is calculated by dividing RFP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is RFP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio4x
EarningsUS$425.00m
Market CapUS$1.68b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for RFP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.9x
SLVM Sylvamo
7.5x1.04%US$2.1b
CLW Clearwater Paper
n/an/aUS$440.5m
SCL Stepan
21.7x28.03%US$1.2b
HWKN Hawkins
30.6x9.42%US$2.5b
RFP Resolute Forest Products
4xn/aUS$1.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: RFP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4x) compared to the peer average (7.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does RFP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Forestry Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.15.9x23.2%
RFP Resolute Forest Products
 4xn/aUS$1.68b
RFP 4.0xIndustry Avg. 15.9xNo. of Companies34PE01632486480+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.15.9x23.2%
RFP Resolute Forest Products
 4xn/aUS$1.68b
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: RFP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4x) compared to the Global Forestry industry average (9.3x)

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is RFP'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.

RFP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio4x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate RFP'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 RFP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
May ’26n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Apr ’26n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Mar ’26n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Feb ’26n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Jan ’26n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Dec ’25n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Nov ’25n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Oct ’25n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Sep ’25n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Aug ’25n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Jul ’25n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Jun ’25n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
May ’25n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Apr ’25n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Mar ’25n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Feb ’25n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Jan ’25n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Dec ’24n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Nov ’24n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Oct ’24n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Sep ’24n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Aug ’24n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Jul ’24n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
Jun ’24n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3
May ’24n/a
US$21.37
0%
10.81%US$23.00US$18.10n/a3

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2023/03/02 16:10
End of Day Share Price 2023/02/28 00:00
Earnings2022/09/30
Annual Earnings2021/12/31

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

Resolute Forest Products Inc. is covered by 18 analysts. of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Peter RuschmeierBarclays
Stephen AtkinsonBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Jason AlperBTIG