Woolworths Holdings Limited

JSE:WHL Stock Report

Market Cap: R51.5b

Woolworths Holdings Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: WHL (ZAR56.99) is trading above our estimate of fair value (ZAR34.44)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

WHL key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA9x
PEG Ratio1.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for WHL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.1x
NPN Naspers
7.4x-12.7%R620.6b
MRP Mr Price Group
13.8x16.8%R41.1b
TRU Truworths International
8.1x3.0%R27.1b
TFG Foschini Group
11x10.0%R30.7b
WHL Woolworths Holdings
14.1x11.2%R51.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WHL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.1x) compared to the peer average (10.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WHL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Multiline Retail Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a18.8%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WHL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.1x) compared to the Global Multiline Retail industry average (19.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WHL'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.

WHL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.1x
Fair PE Ratio9.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WHL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x).


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 WHL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentR56.99
R74.90
+31.4%
7.4%R81.00R65.40n/a6
Apr ’25R59.21
R74.90
+26.5%
7.4%R81.00R65.40n/a6
Mar ’25R63.29
R75.00
+18.5%
10.2%R81.00R60.00n/a5
Feb ’25R69.61
R81.00
+16.4%
14.2%R101.00R63.00n/a6
Jan ’25R72.20
R81.17
+12.4%
14.1%R101.00R63.00n/a6
Dec ’24R66.48
R81.17
+22.1%
14.1%R101.00R63.00n/a6
Nov ’24R69.43
R83.42
+20.1%
15.1%R105.00R63.00n/a6
Oct ’24R67.83
R83.42
+23.0%
15.1%R105.00R63.00n/a6
Sep ’24R74.27
R84.07
+13.2%
13.2%R100.00R63.00n/a6
Aug ’24R78.70
R82.27
+4.5%
12.2%R100.00R68.00n/a6
Jul ’24R71.35
R79.17
+11.0%
9.2%R91.00R67.00n/a6
Jun ’24R60.45
R79.17
+31.0%
9.2%R91.00R67.00n/a6
May ’24R65.05
R79.17
+21.7%
9.2%R91.00R67.00n/a6
Apr ’24R63.93
R79.17
+23.8%
9.2%R91.00R67.00R59.216
Mar ’24R74.51
R78.14
+4.9%
10.9%R95.00R67.00R63.297
Feb ’24R75.40
R76.67
+1.7%
13.6%R95.00R61.00R69.616
Jan ’24R66.43
R72.00
+8.4%
16.0%R95.00R60.00R72.206
Dec ’23R64.42
R67.50
+4.8%
7.8%R73.00R60.00R66.486
Nov ’23R62.97
R68.00
+8.0%
5.8%R73.00R61.00R69.435
Oct ’23R61.07
R68.00
+11.3%
8.4%R73.00R56.00R67.836
Sep ’23R59.12
R65.33
+10.5%
7.4%R70.00R56.00R74.276
Aug ’23R52.75
R63.21
+19.8%
6.8%R70.00R56.00R78.707
Jul ’23R52.55
R63.21
+20.3%
6.8%R70.00R56.00R71.357
Jun ’23R54.83
R63.86
+16.5%
6.8%R70.00R56.00R60.457
May ’23R59.42
R63.86
+7.5%
6.8%R70.00R56.00R65.057
Apr ’23R58.47
R63.86
+9.2%
6.8%R70.00R56.00R63.937

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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