Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Discounted Cash Flow

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K5.09

Fair Value

39.1% undervalued

Number of Analysts

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric:

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ZFCO. This is calculated by dividing ZFCO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ZFCO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	1.1x
Earnings	K1.15b
Market Cap	K1.24b

ZFCO 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/Revenue	n/a
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	n/a
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for ZFCO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	47.7x
CHILANGA Chilanga Cement	11.4x	n/a	K5.1b
FIPL Fiplasto	138.1x	n/a	AR$43.9b
TOPMIX Topmix Berhad	22.5x	39.4%	RM 189.1m
BEI LHT Holdings	18.7x	n/a	S$60.7m
ZFCO Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries	1.1x	n/a	K1.2b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ZFCO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Forestry Industry?

4 Companies	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Industry Avg.	16.4x	28.1%
ZFCO Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries	1.1x	n/a	US$44.13m

4 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Industry Avg.	16.4x	28.1%
ZFCO Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries	1.1x	n/a	US$44.13m

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ZFCO'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.

ZFCO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	1.1x
Fair PE Ratio	n/a

Analyst Price Targets

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/31 15:00
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/21 00:00
Earnings	2023/12/31
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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.

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

^* 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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Analyst Sources

Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation Plc is covered by 0 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

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