The Weir Group PLC

LSE:WEIR Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£6.0b

Weir Group Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

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

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: WEIR (£23.24) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (£25.81)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: WEIR is trading below future cash flow value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WEIR. This is calculated by dividing WEIR's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WEIR's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio24.3x
EarningsUK£246.90m
Market CapUK£5.99b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for WEIR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.1x
IMI IMI
22.1x4.46%UK£6.8b
SPX Spirax Group
30.8x12.80%UK£5.0b
ROR Rotork
21.6x10.75%UK£2.5b
BOY Bodycote
22.1x17.25%UK£1.2b
WEIR Weir Group
24.3x13.48%UK£6.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WEIR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.3x) compared to the peer average (24.1x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WEIR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Machinery Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
WEIR 24.3xIndustry Avg. 21.5xNo. of Companies26PE01224364860+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WEIR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.3x) compared to the European Machinery industry average (21x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WEIR'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.

WEIR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.3x
Fair PE Ratio23.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WEIR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.9x).

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 WEIR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£23.24
UK£32.65
+40.47%
12.56%UK£40.00UK£25.00n/a21
Jun ’27UK£23.86
UK£32.46
+36.03%
12.63%UK£40.00UK£25.00n/a22
May ’27UK£26.00
UK£33.55
+29.03%
10.79%UK£40.00UK£26.00n/a22
Apr ’27UK£29.30
UK£34.05
+16.22%
11.10%UK£40.00UK£26.00n/a22
Mar ’27UK£35.22
UK£32.96
-6.40%
12.88%UK£40.00UK£25.90n/a21
Feb ’27UK£32.26
UK£32.02
-0.74%
10.42%UK£37.05UK£25.90n/a21
Jan ’27UK£28.46
UK£31.23
+9.73%
9.09%UK£35.00UK£25.90n/a19
Dec ’26UK£27.76
UK£31.15
+12.21%
8.88%UK£35.00UK£25.90n/a19
Nov ’26UK£29.60
UK£29.32
-0.94%
8.45%UK£33.00UK£25.70n/a17
Oct ’26UK£27.72
UK£28.63
+3.29%
6.61%UK£31.60UK£25.50n/a18
Sep ’26UK£24.66
UK£28.29
+14.72%
6.72%UK£31.00UK£25.30n/a18
Aug ’26UK£25.02
UK£28.09
+12.29%
6.20%UK£30.60UK£25.30n/a18
Jul ’26UK£24.68
UK£26.14
+5.93%
6.41%UK£28.50UK£21.30n/a18
Jun ’26UK£24.26
UK£25.87
+6.62%
7.32%UK£28.50UK£21.30UK£23.8618
May ’26UK£22.86
UK£25.48
+11.45%
7.64%UK£28.00UK£21.30UK£26.0017
Apr ’26UK£22.98
UK£25.38
+10.46%
7.40%UK£28.00UK£21.30UK£29.3019
Mar ’26UK£24.30
UK£24.30
+0.013%
7.64%UK£27.00UK£21.00UK£35.2219
Feb ’26UK£24.26
UK£24.33
+0.27%
6.98%UK£27.00UK£21.00UK£32.2619
Jan ’26UK£21.84
UK£24.14
+10.54%
6.29%UK£26.00UK£21.00UK£28.4619
Dec ’25UK£22.24
UK£23.73
+6.71%
6.67%UK£25.90UK£20.80UK£27.7619
Nov ’25UK£21.00
UK£22.99
+9.49%
7.33%UK£25.70UK£19.30UK£29.6019
Oct ’25UK£21.42
UK£22.95
+7.14%
7.57%UK£25.70UK£19.30UK£27.7219
Sep ’25UK£20.06
UK£23.06
+14.97%
7.29%UK£25.70UK£19.30UK£24.6620
Aug ’25UK£19.80
UK£23.16
+16.98%
7.86%UK£26.00UK£19.30UK£25.0220
Jul ’25UK£19.86
UK£23.06
+16.12%
9.25%UK£26.00UK£18.60UK£24.6820
Jun ’25UK£21.24
UK£22.78
+7.26%
9.66%UK£26.00UK£18.60UK£24.2620
UK£32.65
Fair Value
28.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
21
Number of Analysts

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/12 08:39
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/12 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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.

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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

The Weir Group PLC is covered by 37 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Nick WebsterBarclays
Jonathan HurnBarclays
Andrew SimmsBerenberg