Amadeus IT (AMS.MC)
Technology · BME · Europe
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Amadeus IT trades at €50.78, close to the €49.26 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On this measure the market and the model broadly agree, so the interesting question is which of them is wrong.
Our moat model scores it 68 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 16.6 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
About Amadeus IT
Amadeus IT Group, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a transaction processor for the travel and tourism industry in Europe, Central and South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. It operates in three segments: Air Distribution, Air IT Solutions, and Hospitality & Other Solutions. The company acts as an international network providing real-time search, pricing, booking, ticketing, and other processing solutions through Amadeus GDS, Altéa Passenger Service System, and New Skies platforms. It also offers travel providers a portfolio of technology solutions, which automate certain mission-critical business processes, such as reservations, inventory management, payments, and departure control. In addition, the company is involved in the installation of industrial machinery and equipment; provision of mobility, insurance and ferry, travel advertising, software development and definition, software distribution, distribution, regional support and management, data processing, intermediation, computer consulting, consultancy and technology development for digital invoicing and payments, and information technology services; and e-commerce business. It serves providers of travel products and services, such as network, domestic, low-cost, and charter carrier airlines; airports; independent property and big chain hotels; mainstream, specialist, and vertically integrated tour operators; insurance companies; land and sea transport companies, including car rental, railway, cruise line, and ferry line companies; travel sellers and brokers, such as offline and online travel agencies; and travel buyers. Amadeus IT Group S.A. has strategic collaborate with Accenture plc to develop Amadeus travel advertising platform. The company was formerly known as Amadeus IT Holding, S.A. and changed its name to Amadeus IT Group, S.A. in August 2016. Amadeus IT Group, S.A. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
AMS.MC passes 4 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Common questions
Is Amadeus IT (AMS.MC) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of €49.26, AMS.MC at €50.78 is 3% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation, and most of a DCF's output sits in a terminal value nobody can forecast.
What is AMS.MC's P/E ratio?
AMS.MC trades at 16.6 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
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