Old Mutual Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: OMU (ZAR12.95) is trading above our estimate of fair value (ZAR3.99)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for OMU. This is calculated by dividing OMU's market cap by their current earnings.
What is OMU's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio7.1x
EarningsR7.95b
Market CapR56.33b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for OMU vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.1x
MTM Momentum Group
10.7x14.5%R40.8b
DSY Discovery
18.2x14.6%R128.9b
SLM Sanlam
11.1x2.5%R182.8b
CLI Clientèle
12.5xn/aR4.3b
OMU Old Mutual
7.1x2.7%R56.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: OMU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.1x) compared to the peer average (13.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does OMU's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the African Insurance Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
OMU 7.1xIndustry Avg. 5.9xNo. of Companies11PE0612182430+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: OMU is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.1x) compared to the African Insurance industry average (5.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is OMU'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.

OMU PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio7.1x
Fair PE Ratio10.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: OMU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.9x).


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 OMU forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentR12.95
R13.66
+5.5%
16.1%R16.85R10.00n/a7
Nov ’25R12.29
R13.66
+11.1%
16.1%R16.85R10.00n/a7
Oct ’25R13.47
R14.14
+5.0%
14.4%R16.85R10.00n/a7
Sep ’25R12.90
R14.07
+9.0%
14.7%R17.00R10.00n/a7
Aug ’25R12.13
R14.66
+20.9%
8.1%R16.50R12.75n/a6
Jul ’25R12.60
R14.31
+13.6%
10.9%R16.50R12.00n/a6
Jun ’25R10.63
R14.31
+34.6%
10.9%R16.50R12.00n/a6
May ’25R11.02
R14.41
+30.8%
8.9%R16.50R12.52n/a6
Apr ’25R11.75
R14.73
+25.4%
5.7%R16.00R13.50n/a5
Mar ’25R12.20
R14.81
+21.4%
6.0%R16.00R13.50n/a5
Feb ’25R12.53
R14.87
+18.7%
5.0%R16.00R14.00n/a5
Jan ’25R13.06
R14.95
+14.5%
4.3%R16.00R14.00n/a5
Dec ’24R11.70
R14.95
+27.8%
4.3%R16.00R14.00n/a5
Nov ’24R12.04
R14.88
+23.6%
4.5%R16.00R14.00R12.295
Oct ’24R12.06
R14.40
+19.4%
9.2%R16.00R12.08R13.475
Sep ’24R12.74
R14.40
+13.0%
9.2%R16.00R12.08R12.905
Aug ’24R13.03
R13.97
+7.2%
11.6%R16.00R11.89R12.134
Jul ’24R12.12
R13.97
+15.3%
11.6%R16.00R11.89R12.604
Jun ’24R10.95
R13.97
+27.6%
11.6%R16.00R11.89R10.634
May ’24R11.62
R14.22
+22.4%
13.7%R17.00R11.89R11.024
Apr ’24R11.80
R14.22
+20.5%
13.7%R17.00R11.89R11.754
Mar ’24R12.00
R13.94
+16.1%
16.3%R17.00R10.95R12.204
Feb ’24R11.88
R13.94
+17.3%
16.3%R17.00R10.95R12.534
Jan ’24R10.46
R14.23
+36.0%
16.9%R17.00R10.95R13.064
Dec ’23R10.49
R14.44
+37.6%
16.1%R17.00R10.95R11.704
Nov ’23R10.31
R14.27
+38.4%
18.1%R17.00R10.27R12.044

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


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