Darktrace plc

OTCPK:DRKT.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$5.0b

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Darktrace Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • 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 DRKT.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$8.93
Fair Value
15.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: DRKT.F ($7.57) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($8.93)

Significantly Below Fair Value: DRKT.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 DRKT.F?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DRKT.F. This is calculated by dividing DRKT.F's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DRKT.F's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio44.8x
EarningsUS$110.90m
Market CapUS$4.97b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for DRKT.F vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.9x
QLYS Qualys
29.4x5.2%US$5.0b
CVLT Commvault Systems
39.8x-11.4%US$7.1b
PRGS Progress Software
32.7x27.9%US$2.7b
DLB Dolby Laboratories
29.7x8.3%US$7.8b
DRKT.F Darktrace
44.8x7.8%US$3.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DRKT.F is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.8x) compared to the peer average (33.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DRKT.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

10 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
YXT YXT.COM Group Holding
1.8xn/aUS$118.95m
NISN Nisun International Enterprise Development Group
1.5xn/aUS$25.47m
NXTT Next Technology Holding
0.8xn/aUS$19.67m
ULY Urgent.ly
0.08x-13.0%US$7.15m
DRKT.F 44.8xIndustry Avg. 40.8xNo. of Companies11PE020406080100+
10 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DRKT.F is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.8x) compared to the US Software industry average (38.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DRKT.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.

DRKT.F PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio44.8x
Fair PE Ratio30.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DRKT.F is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.7x).

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 DRKT.F forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
US$8.04
0%
2.5%US$8.27US$7.55n/a11
Jan ’26n/a
US$8.04
0%
2.5%US$8.27US$7.55n/a11
Dec ’25n/a
US$8.04
0%
2.5%US$8.27US$7.55n/a11
Nov ’25n/a
US$8.04
0%
2.5%US$8.27US$7.55n/a11
Oct ’25US$7.62
US$8.04
+5.6%
2.5%US$8.27US$7.55n/a11
Sep ’25US$7.36
US$8.08
+9.8%
2.4%US$8.31US$7.58n/a12
Aug ’25US$7.32
US$7.78
+6.3%
2.1%US$7.96US$7.27n/a12
Jul ’25US$7.37
US$7.78
+5.7%
2.1%US$7.96US$7.27n/a12
Jun ’25US$7.47
US$7.86
+5.2%
2.6%US$8.28US$7.32n/a13
May ’25US$7.50
US$7.90
+5.3%
8.4%US$9.99US$7.18n/a12
Apr ’25US$5.68
US$6.68
+17.7%
19.1%US$8.85US$3.41n/a16
Mar ’25US$4.52
US$6.54
+44.6%
19.4%US$8.92US$3.44n/a15
Feb ’25US$4.40
US$6.54
+48.6%
19.4%US$8.92US$3.44n/a15
Jan ’25US$4.60
US$6.67
+44.9%
19.7%US$8.88US$3.30n/a14
Dec ’24US$4.36
US$6.65
+52.5%
19.5%US$8.89US$3.30n/a14
Nov ’24US$4.23
US$6.18
+46.2%
18.2%US$7.89US$2.91n/a14
Oct ’24US$5.09
US$6.13
+20.5%
18.1%US$7.93US$2.93US$7.6214
Sep ’24US$4.58
US$6.15
+34.4%
22.5%US$8.27US$3.05US$7.3615
Aug ’24US$4.85
US$6.05
+24.8%
22.5%US$8.36US$3.09US$7.3215
Jul ’24US$3.85
US$5.24
+36.1%
28.2%US$8.03US$2.96US$7.3715
Jun ’24US$3.49
US$5.24
+50.1%
28.2%US$8.03US$2.96US$7.4715
May ’24US$3.34
US$5.68
+70.0%
23.4%US$8.09US$3.11US$7.5012
Apr ’24US$3.12
US$5.47
+75.3%
24.4%US$8.05US$3.10US$5.6813
Mar ’24US$3.17
US$5.38
+70.0%
25.2%US$7.83US$3.01US$4.5212
Feb ’24US$2.75
US$5.56
+102.3%
25.5%US$8.04US$3.09US$4.4012
Jan ’24US$3.15
US$6.27
+98.9%
17.2%US$7.96US$3.92US$4.6012
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 11 Analysts
US$8.04
Fair Value
5.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
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 Analysis2024/09/30 17:14
End of Day Share Price 2024/09/30 00:00
Earnings2023/12/31
Annual Earnings2023/06/30

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.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Darktrace plc is covered by 12 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
Victor ChengBofA Global Research
Rahul ChopraHSBC
Charles BrennanJefferies LLC