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

IRCU.F is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.9x) compared to the peer average (12.5x).

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

IRCU.F is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.9x) compared to the US Shipping industry average (3.5x).

What is IRCU.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.

Insufficient data to calculate IRCU.F's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of IRCU.F when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

IRCU.F ($5.16) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] ($6.34)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

IRCU.F Stock Overview

Operates as a maritime transport company. More details

IRCU.F fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	1/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 18.6% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings have grown 18.4% per year over the past 5 years

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Unstable dividend track record

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

My Notes

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Irish Continental Group plc Competitors

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Navios Maritime Partners

NYSE:NMM

US$1.3b

Costamare

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US$1.4b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Irish Continental Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£5.16
52 Week High	UK£6.35
52 Week Low	UK£5.10
Beta	0.96
1 Month Change	-2.82%
3 Month Change	-10.45%
1 Year Change	-3.55%
3 Year Change	8.18%
5 Year Change	-5.32%
Change since IPO	125.03%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	IRCU.F	US Shipping	US Market
7D	-6.0%	2.2%	-0.8%
1Y	-3.6%	8.3%	22.7%

Return vs Industry: IRCU.F underperformed the US Shipping industry which returned 8.3% over the past year.

Return vs Market: IRCU.F underperformed the US Market which returned 22.6% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is IRCU.F's price volatile compared to industry and market?
IRCU.F volatility
IRCU.F Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Shipping Industry Average Movement	5.1%
Market Average Movement	6.4%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	18.7%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.2%

Stable Share Price: IRCU.F's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the US market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine IRCU.F's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1972	288	Eamonn Rothwell	www.icg.ie

Irish Continental Group plc operates as a maritime transport company. It operates through two segments, Ferries, and Container and Terminal. The Ferries segment provides ferry services carrying passengers and roll on roll off freight on short sea routes on routes between Ireland, Britain, and Continental Europe under the Irish ferries brand; and chartering services.

Irish Continental Group plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Irish Continental Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
IRCU.F fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$898.03m
Earnings (TTM)	US$64.68m
Revenue (TTM)	US$615.22m

13.9x

P/E Ratio

1.5x

P/S Ratio

Is IRCU.F overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
IRCU.F income statement (TTM)
Revenue	€593.50m
Cost of Revenue	€25.40m
Gross Profit	€568.10m
Other Expenses	€505.70m
Earnings	€62.40m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.38
Gross Margin	95.72%
Net Profit Margin	10.51%
Debt/Equity Ratio	53.5%

How did IRCU.F perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

2.8%

Current Dividend Yield

40%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/02/02 03:07
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Irish Continental Group plc is covered by 5 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Stephen Furlong	Davy
Dudley Shanley	Goodbody Stockbrokers
Gerard Moore	Investec Bank plc (UK)