Sanlam (SLM.JO)
Financials · JSE · South Africa
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Sanlam trades at R88.68, which is 28% above the R64.09 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 71 out of 100, which is a wide 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 11.8 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 Sanlam
Sanlam Limited provides various financial services in South Africa, Pan-Africa, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through Sanlam Life and Savings; Pan-Africa; Asia; Sanlam Investments; and Santam segments. It offers life, disability, severe illness, income protection, funeral, credit life, health solutions, and cancer coverage; and corporate insurance solutions, including group risk, life, disability, severe and critical illness, and funeral insurance. The company also provides financial planning services; retirement solutions, such as saving for retirement, retirement preservation, retirement fund members, and two-pot retirement; investments for education planning, unit trusts, and tax-free savings; credit solutions, such as personal and home loans, online shopping credit, and same day express loan; and Sanlam reality programs. In addition, it offers consulting and advisory; health solutions comprising wellness, employee assistance programs, occupational health programme, primary healthcare, and onsite clinics; individual health solutions which includes medical aid, gap cover, and primary care; business assurance and commercial insurance; medium, small and micro enterprises development services, such as access to funding, business skills, development support, financial solutions, and access to markets. The company serves individual and institutional clients, as well as entry-level, middle-income market, and high net worth clients. Sanlam Limited was incorporated in 1918 and is headquartered in Bellville, South Africa.
SLM.JO passes 6 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Common questions
Is Sanlam (SLM.JO) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of R64.09, SLM.JO at R88.68 is 28% 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 SLM.JO's P/E ratio?
SLM.JO trades at 11.8 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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