Summit Materials Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: SUM ($48.52) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($81.46)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SUM. This is calculated by dividing SUM's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SUM's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio57.8x
EarningsUS$147.37m
Market CapUS$8.50b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SUM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average33.1x
EXP Eagle Materials
20.8x9.8%US$10.1b
KNF Knife River
27.1x15.4%US$5.3b
USLM United States Lime & Minerals
41.3xn/aUS$4.0b
VMC Vulcan Materials
43.2x18.0%US$36.9b
SUM Summit Materials
57.8x44.0%US$8.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SUM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (57.8x) compared to the peer average (33.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SUM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Basic Materials Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SUM 57.8xIndustry Avg. 16.3xNo. of Companies48PE01224364860+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SUM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (57.8x) compared to the Global Basic Materials industry average (16.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SUM'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.

SUM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio57.8x
Fair PE Ratio35.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SUM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (57.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.3x).


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 SUM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$48.52
US$52.55
+8.3%
9.8%US$60.00US$43.00n/a15
Nov ’25US$47.83
US$51.08
+6.8%
11.2%US$60.00US$41.00n/a15
Oct ’25US$37.82
US$48.61
+28.5%
8.6%US$58.00US$41.00n/a16
Sep ’25US$40.50
US$48.86
+20.6%
8.8%US$58.00US$41.00n/a16
Aug ’25US$40.46
US$48.48
+19.8%
10.3%US$60.00US$41.00n/a16
Jul ’25US$35.63
US$50.42
+41.5%
8.2%US$60.00US$44.00n/a16
Jun ’25US$38.64
US$50.80
+31.5%
9.0%US$60.00US$44.00n/a16
May ’25US$39.23
US$49.79
+26.9%
10.9%US$60.00US$42.00n/a14
Apr ’25US$43.11
US$47.64
+10.5%
9.2%US$60.00US$42.00n/a14
Mar ’25US$43.20
US$46.21
+7.0%
11.1%US$60.00US$39.00n/a14
Feb ’25US$37.37
US$43.77
+17.1%
7.7%US$50.00US$38.00n/a13
Jan ’25US$38.46
US$42.96
+11.7%
7.5%US$50.00US$39.00n/a14
Dec ’24US$35.55
US$42.75
+20.3%
6.8%US$50.00US$39.00n/a14
Nov ’24US$33.92
US$42.62
+25.6%
7.2%US$50.00US$38.00US$47.8313
Oct ’24US$31.14
US$43.23
+38.8%
8.5%US$50.00US$37.00US$37.8213
Sep ’24US$38.37
US$43.67
+13.8%
8.1%US$50.00US$37.00US$40.5015
Aug ’24US$36.61
US$39.87
+8.9%
12.0%US$50.00US$31.00US$40.4615
Jul ’24US$37.85
US$37.83
-0.04%
13.0%US$50.00US$31.00US$35.6315
Jun ’24US$32.21
US$37.50
+16.4%
13.0%US$50.00US$31.00US$38.6416
May ’24US$27.72
US$35.88
+29.4%
16.3%US$50.00US$28.00US$39.2316
Apr ’24US$28.49
US$36.73
+28.9%
15.0%US$50.00US$29.00US$43.1115
Mar ’24US$29.51
US$36.46
+23.6%
15.0%US$50.00US$28.00US$43.2016
Feb ’24US$33.66
US$36.38
+8.1%
16.2%US$49.16US$28.00US$37.3716
Jan ’24US$28.39
US$35.18
+23.9%
19.4%US$49.16US$25.00US$38.4615
Dec ’23US$29.74
US$34.94
+17.5%
19.8%US$49.16US$24.58US$35.5515
Nov ’23US$25.68
US$35.00
+36.3%
21.2%US$49.16US$24.09US$33.9215

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


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