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Should You Buy Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (LON:CRST)?

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (LON:CRST), a consumer durables company based in United Kingdom, saw significant share price volatility over the past couple of months on the LSE, rising to the highs of £5.07 and falling to the lows of £4.14. This high level of volatility gives investors the opportunity to enter into the stock, and potentially buy at an artificially low price. A question to answer is whether Crest Nicholson Holdings’s current trading price of £4.14 reflective of the actual value of the small-cap? Or is it currently undervalued, providing us with the opportunity to buy? Let’s take a look at Crest Nicholson Holdings’s outlook and value based on the most recent financial data to see if there are any catalysts for a price change. See our latest analysis for Crest Nicholson Holdings

What is Crest Nicholson Holdings worth?

Great news for investors – Crest Nicholson Holdings is still trading at a fairly cheap price. According to my valuation, the intrinsic value for the stock is £8.89, but it is currently trading at UK£4.14 on the share market, meaning that there is still an opportunity to buy now. What’s more interesting is that, Crest Nicholson Holdings’s share price is quite stable, which could mean two things: firstly, it may take the share price a while to move to its intrinsic value, and secondly, there may be less chances to buy low in the future once it reaches that value. This is because the stock is less volatile than the wider market given its low beta.

What does the future of Crest Nicholson Holdings look like?

LSE:CRST Future Profit June 21st 18
LSE:CRST Future Profit June 21st 18

Investors looking for growth in their portfolio may want to consider the prospects of a company before buying its shares. Buying a great company with a robust outlook at a cheap price is always a good investment, so let’s also take a look at the company’s future expectations. With profit expected to grow by a double-digit 18.69% over the next couple of years, the outlook is positive for Crest Nicholson Holdings. It looks like higher cash flows is on the cards for the stock, which should feed into a higher share valuation.

What this means for you:

Are you a shareholder? Since CRST is currently undervalued, it may be a great time to increase your holdings in the stock. With a positive outlook on the horizon, it seems like this growth has not yet been fully factored into the share price. However, there are also other factors such as capital structure to consider, which could explain the current undervaluation.

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Are you a potential investor? If you’ve been keeping an eye on CRST for a while, now might be the time to enter the stock. Its buoyant future outlook isn’t fully reflected in the current share price yet, which means it’s not too late to buy CRST. But before you make any investment decisions, consider other factors such as the strength of its balance sheet, in order to make a well-informed buy.

Price is just the tip of the iceberg. Dig deeper into what truly matters – the fundamentals – before you make a decision on Crest Nicholson Holdings. You can find everything you need to know about Crest Nicholson Holdings in the latest infographic research report. If you are no longer interested in Crest Nicholson Holdings, you can use our free platform to see my list of over 50 other stocks with a high growth potential.


To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.