Web Travel Group (ASX:WEB) Valuation After Audit Notice Call And Trading Update
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Web Travel Group (ASX:WEB) has drawn investor attention after hosting a shareholder and analyst call to explain the recent audit notice advised to the ASX and to outline its current trading conditions.
See our latest analysis for Web Travel Group.
The audit notice and trading update landed against a backdrop of heavy share price pressure, with Web Travel Group’s 30 day share price return at a 25.32% decline and its 1 year total shareholder return down 31.18%. However, the most recent 1 day share price return of 18.58% hints at shifting sentiment rather than a settled view.
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With Web Travel Group trading at a discount to both analyst targets and some intrinsic value estimates after a long stretch of weak returns, you have to ask yourself: is this a reset level to buy into, or is the market already discounting future growth?
Against the last close of A$3.51, the most followed narrative sits on a fair value of about A$6.05, putting a clear gap between market price and those expectations.
The demerger of Web Travel Group into separate B2B and B2C entities has the potential to streamline operations and refocus efforts on the core competencies of each business unit, which may lead to improved revenue growth and margin stabilization for the WebBeds business.
Read the complete narrative.
Curious what kind of revenue climb and margin reset underpin that A$6.05 figure, and how far analysts push earnings and TTV by the outer years? The full narrative lays out the step by step numbers behind that view, including how fast profits might scale, what level of profitability they are aiming for, and what sort of valuation multiple they plug in to make the maths work.
Result: Fair Value of A$6.05 (UNDERVALUED)
Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what’s behind the forecasts.
However, you still need to weigh up the possibility that margin pressures linked to overrides and incentives, together with higher post demerger costs, could keep earnings and cash flow under strain.
Find out about the key risks to this Web Travel Group narrative.
While the analyst narrative and intrinsic estimates suggest that Web Travel Group may be undervalued, the current P/S of 3.5x tells a different story. This level is well above the Australian Hospitality average of 1.8x and above an estimated fair ratio of 2.3x, which implies less room for error if growth or margins fall short.
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