Clicks Group (CLS.JO)
Healthcare · JSE · South Africa
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Clicks Group trades at R224.05, which is 32% below the R296.02 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On that measure alone it screens as undervalued, though a DCF is an argument rather than a measurement, and the market is frequently right about why something is cheap.
Our moat model scores it 56 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 15.9 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 Clicks Group
Clicks Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a health, wellness, and beauty retailer in South Africa and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Retail and Distribution. It provides retail, including Clicks, a specialist health, beauty and homeware retailer; Sorbet, a franchise of hair and beauty salons; 180 Degrees Marketing, a software development company; and The Body shop, which specializes in naturally inspired luxury toiletries, cosmetics, gifting and grooming, with stores. The company also offers various ranges of mother-and-baby products, including baby hardware, accessories, health, food, diaper and wipes, and baby toiletries under the Clicks Baby brand; and diabetic clinic, travel clinic, and wound management practice under the M-KEM brand. In addition, the company is involved in the wholesale and supply of pharmaceutical products to retail pharmacies, private hospitals, dispensing doctors, and retail health stores under the UPD brand. The company was formerly known as New Clicks Holdings Limited and changed its name to Clicks Group Limited in June 2009. Clicks Group Limited was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.
CLS.JO passes 6 of our 30 screens today
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Common questions
Is Clicks Group (CLS.JO) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of R296.02, CLS.JO at R224.05 is 32% below 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 CLS.JO's P/E ratio?
CLS.JO trades at 15.9 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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