Mr Price Group (MRP.JO)
Consumer · JSE · South Africa
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Mr Price Group trades at R179.64, which is 23% above the R137.51 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 60 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 12.8 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 Mr Price Group
Mr Price Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides fashion-value merchandise in South Africa and internationally. It operates through five segments: Apparel, Homeware, Financial Services, Telecoms, and Central Services. The company offers clothing, sportswear, accessories, babywear, football supporters' gear, casual wear, schoolwear, underwear, footwear, sporting equipment, and cosmetics; home textiles, décor products, accessories, kitchen and dining products, furniture, and kids merchandise; and mobile devices and accessories, as well as value added services, such as airtime, data, electricity, and DStv and bus ticketing. It also provides fitness, outdoor and team sports performance, lifestyle products and equipment; and payment solutions, credit services, insurance products, and telecoms products. In addition, the company offers a private-label assortment of products, such as various homeware in home textiles; kitchenware and small appliances, table and barware products, bed and bath products, and outdoor and specialist food and drink products. It serves its customers through omnichannel retail distribution, as well as through its online channels. The company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Durban, South Africa.
MRP.JO passes 5 of our 30 screens today
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Common questions
Is Mr Price Group (MRP.JO) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of R137.51, MRP.JO at R179.64 is 23% 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 MRP.JO's P/E ratio?
MRP.JO trades at 12.8 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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