Qantas Airways Limited

ASX:QAN Stock Report

Market Cap: AU$15.7b

Qantas Airways Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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 QAN 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: QAN (A$10.51) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (A$11.29)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: QAN 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 QAN?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for QAN. This is calculated by dividing QAN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is QAN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.7x
EarningsAU$1.61b
Market CapAU$15.72b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for QAN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22.8x
VGN Virgin Australia Holdings
4.9x1.05%AU$2.4b
QUB Qube Holdings
40.9x11.57%AU$8.9b
ALX Atlas Arteria
22.9x19.69%AU$6.8b
AZJ Aurizon Holdings
22.6x6.78%AU$6.9b
QAN Qantas Airways
9.7x7.80%AU$15.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: QAN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the peer average (22.8x).


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 QAN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Airlines Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
QAN 9.7xIndustry Avg. 9.9xNo. of Companies14PE0816243240+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: QAN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the Global Airlines industry average (9.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is QAN'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.

QAN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.7x
Fair PE Ratio19.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: QAN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.7x).


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 QAN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$10.51
AU$12.21
+16.19%
8.36%AU$13.50AU$9.50n/a15
Feb ’27AU$10.07
AU$12.24
+21.57%
8.14%AU$13.50AU$9.50n/a16
Jan ’27AU$10.38
AU$12.09
+16.52%
8.20%AU$13.27AU$9.50n/a15
Dec ’26AU$9.95
AU$12.09
+21.55%
8.20%AU$13.27AU$9.50n/a15
Nov ’26AU$10.20
AU$12.65
+24.01%
8.73%AU$14.45AU$9.50n/a16
Oct ’26AU$10.85
AU$12.65
+16.59%
8.87%AU$14.45AU$9.50n/a16
Sep ’26AU$11.49
AU$12.70
+10.53%
8.98%AU$14.45AU$9.50n/a15
Aug ’26AU$10.90
AU$10.96
+0.53%
8.35%AU$12.20AU$9.00n/a15
Jul ’26AU$10.76
AU$10.69
-0.64%
8.60%AU$12.00AU$9.00n/a15
Jun ’26AU$10.61
AU$10.19
-3.95%
13.06%AU$11.97AU$6.50n/a15
May ’26AU$8.97
AU$10.09
+12.46%
12.28%AU$11.80AU$6.50n/a15
Apr ’26AU$9.05
AU$10.09
+11.46%
12.28%AU$11.80AU$6.50n/a15
Mar ’26AU$9.52
AU$9.89
+3.93%
11.94%AU$11.50AU$6.50n/a15
Feb ’26AU$9.42
AU$9.08
-3.56%
13.77%AU$10.86AU$6.10AU$10.0715
Jan ’26AU$8.97
AU$8.98
+0.16%
13.80%AU$10.86AU$6.10AU$10.3815
Dec ’25AU$8.77
AU$8.86
+1.00%
13.00%AU$10.86AU$6.10AU$9.9515
Nov ’25AU$8.17
AU$8.70
+6.46%
12.24%AU$10.86AU$6.10AU$10.2015
Oct ’25AU$7.17
AU$7.50
+4.63%
11.01%AU$9.50AU$6.10AU$10.8515
Sep ’25AU$6.71
AU$7.63
+13.70%
12.32%AU$9.54AU$6.10AU$11.4916
Aug ’25AU$6.34
AU$7.29
+14.94%
13.51%AU$9.54AU$5.85AU$10.9016
Jul ’25AU$5.91
AU$7.29
+23.34%
13.60%AU$9.54AU$5.85AU$10.7616
Jun ’25AU$6.15
AU$7.19
+16.90%
14.43%AU$9.54AU$5.85AU$10.6116
May ’25AU$5.83
AU$7.21
+23.58%
14.89%AU$9.54AU$5.85AU$8.9716
Apr ’25AU$5.45
AU$7.16
+31.32%
15.32%AU$9.54AU$5.75AU$9.0516
Mar ’25AU$5.17
AU$7.16
+38.43%
15.67%AU$9.54AU$5.60AU$9.5216
Feb ’25AU$5.53
AU$7.29
+31.79%
12.75%AU$9.60AU$5.90AU$9.4215
AU$12.21
Fair Value
13.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
15
Number of Analysts

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


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/02/23 14:01
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/23 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/06/30

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.

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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Qantas Airways Limited is covered by 28 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Matthew RyanBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited
Wei FangBNP Paribas
Nathan GeeBofA Global Research