PageGroup plc

LSE:PAGE Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£635.9m

PageGroup Valuation

Is PAGE 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 PAGE 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: PAGE (£2.04) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (£3.58)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: PAGE is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PAGE. This is calculated by dividing PAGE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PAGE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio53.8x
EarningsUK£11.81m
Market CapUK£635.91m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for PAGE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.7x
STEM SThree
8.2x-4.07%UK£235.9m
STAF Staffline Group
13.1x17.23%UK£56.2m
GATC Gattaca
17.9xn/aUK£33.2m
CPI Capita
27.7x56.64%UK£449.3m
PAGE PageGroup
53.8x44.89%UK£635.9m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PAGE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (53.8x) compared to the peer average (16.7x).

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 PAGE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Professional Services Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IBPO iEnergizer
1.7xn/aUS$140.06m
No more companies available in this PE range
PAGE 53.8xIndustry Avg. 20.5xNo. of Companies6PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PAGE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (53.8x) compared to the UK Professional Services industry average (20.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PAGE'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.

PAGE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio53.8x
Fair PE Ratio39.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PAGE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (53.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (39.1x).

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 PAGE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£2.04
UK£2.77
+35.67%
30.30%UK£4.40UK£1.95n/a10
Jan ’27UK£2.35
UK£2.93
+24.26%
26.08%UK£4.40UK£2.00n/a10
Dec ’26UK£2.37
UK£3.01
+26.79%
22.83%UK£4.40UK£2.30n/a10
Nov ’26UK£2.36
UK£3.13
+32.42%
24.08%UK£4.50UK£2.45n/a10
Oct ’26UK£2.29
UK£3.24
+41.14%
23.56%UK£4.50UK£2.50n/a10
Sep ’26UK£2.37
UK£3.29
+38.84%
21.95%UK£4.50UK£2.50n/a10
Aug ’26UK£2.58
UK£3.28
+27.03%
22.09%UK£4.50UK£2.50n/a10
Jul ’26UK£2.65
UK£3.34
+26.04%
21.17%UK£4.50UK£2.50n/a10
Jun ’26UK£2.71
UK£3.56
+31.53%
19.00%UK£4.50UK£2.75n/a11
May ’26UK£2.72
UK£3.58
+31.68%
19.45%UK£4.50UK£2.75n/a11
Apr ’26UK£3.01
UK£3.81
+26.75%
14.88%UK£4.50UK£3.00n/a11
Mar ’26UK£3.19
UK£3.83
+20.09%
14.11%UK£4.50UK£3.00n/a11
Feb ’26UK£3.28
UK£3.83
+16.94%
14.11%UK£4.50UK£3.00n/a11
Jan ’26UK£3.44
UK£4.47
+30.17%
16.83%UK£6.00UK£3.65UK£2.3511
Dec ’25UK£3.60
UK£4.55
+26.45%
15.41%UK£6.00UK£3.65UK£2.3711
Nov ’25UK£3.65
UK£4.59
+25.85%
14.90%UK£6.00UK£3.65UK£2.3611
Oct ’25UK£3.82
UK£4.68
+22.31%
12.75%UK£6.00UK£4.05UK£2.2911
Sep ’25UK£3.88
UK£4.68
+20.55%
12.75%UK£6.00UK£4.05UK£2.3711
Aug ’25UK£4.25
UK£4.77
+12.41%
12.61%UK£6.00UK£4.05UK£2.5811
Jul ’25UK£4.11
UK£5.06
+23.26%
12.42%UK£6.00UK£4.10UK£2.6511
Jun ’25UK£4.58
UK£4.91
+7.28%
13.45%UK£6.00UK£4.10UK£2.7111
May ’25UK£4.45
UK£4.91
+10.42%
13.45%UK£6.00UK£4.10UK£2.7211
Apr ’25UK£4.49
UK£4.89
+9.01%
13.51%UK£6.00UK£4.10UK£3.0110
Mar ’25UK£4.59
UK£4.89
+6.73%
14.45%UK£6.00UK£4.10UK£3.199
Feb ’25UK£4.53
UK£4.86
+7.22%
13.99%UK£6.00UK£4.10UK£3.2810
Jan ’25UK£4.87
UK£4.94
+1.33%
14.07%UK£6.00UK£3.80UK£3.4410
UK£2.77
Fair Value
26.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
10
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/23 09:42
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/23 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

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.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

PageGroup plc is covered by 30 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Paul Daniel CheckettsBarclays
Afonso OsorioBarclays
James Rowland ClarkBarclays