Santam (SNT.JO)
Financials · JSE · South Africa
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Santam trades at R399.00, which is 21% below the R483.79 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 54 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 10.8 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 Santam
Santam Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, provides various general insurance products and services to individuals, commercial, and corporate markets in South Africa, rest of Africa, and internationally. It offers personal insurance, such as car insurance, home, contents insurance, building insurance, all risk insurance, watercraft insurance, drone insurance, travel insurance, and personal legal insurance; business insurance, including motor insurance, property insurance, small, business insurance, liability insurance, business legal insurance, and industry specific products. The company also provides insurance for specialized risks comprising accident and health, aviation, business travel insurance, casualty, cell captive, commercial drone, construction and engineering, corporate property, crop insurance, emerging business, family protect, heavy haulage, legal insurance, marine, motor fleets, private client, and structured insurance. In addition, it offers insurance for agriculture consisting of asset insurance, crop insurance, and agriculture legal insurance; guest house insurance; and tourism, leisure and entertainment, and reinsurance insurance. The company was incorporated in 1918 and is headquartered in Bellville, South Africa. Santam Ltd operates as a subsidiary of Sanlam Life Insurance Limited.
SNT.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 Santam (SNT.JO) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of R483.79, SNT.JO at R399.00 is 21% 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 SNT.JO's P/E ratio?
SNT.JO trades at 10.8 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.