Insurance Australia Group (IAG.AX)
Financials · ASX · Australia
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Insurance Australia Group trades at A$8.34, which is 53% above the A$3.91 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 44 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. 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 17.8 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 Insurance Australia Group
Insurance Australia Group Limited underwrites general insurance products and provides investment management services in Australia and New Zealand. The company's short-tail insurance products include motor vehicle; home and contents; lifestyle and leisure, including boat, veteran and classic car, and caravan; business packages; farm; commercial motor; commercial property; fleet motor; construction and engineering; rural; marine; and niche insurance, such as pleasure craft, boat, and caravan. It also provides long-tail insurance products, including professional indemnity; compulsory third party, including motor injury liability; workers' compensation; directors' and officers' liability; public and products liability; and commercial liability insurance. It sells its products through branches and agencies, call centers, online, insurance brokers, authorized representatives, motor dealerships, and financial institutions under the NRMA Insurance, CGU, ROLLiN, WFI, Swann Insurance, NZI, State, AMI, and Lumley Insurance brand names. The company was formerly known as NRMA Group Limited and changed its name to Insurance Australia Group Limited in 2002. Insurance Australia Group Limited was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
IAG.AX passes 5 of our 30 screens today
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Common questions
Is Insurance Australia Group (IAG.AX) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of A$3.91, IAG.AX at A$8.34 is 53% 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 IAG.AX's P/E ratio?
IAG.AX trades at 17.8 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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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.