Vestas Wind Systems (CPSE:VWS) just padded its order book with fresh wind projects across Australia, Europe, and Brazil, capped by an 828 MW partnership in Brazil that underlines growing confidence in large scale renewables.
See our latest analysis for Vestas Wind Systems.
All of this new deal flow is landing at a time when sentiment has clearly swung back in Vestas' favour, with a roughly 66% year to date share price return and a 77% one year total shareholder return signalling strong, rebuilding momentum after a weaker multi year stretch.
If these contracts have you thinking more broadly about the energy transition, it could be a good moment to scout other renewable names via high growth tech and AI stocks.
But with the shares already beating most clean energy peers and now trading above the average analyst target, is Vestas still flying under the radar, or is the market already baking in the next leg of growth?
With Vestas Wind Systems last closing at DKK173.8 against a narrative fair value of DKK156.26, the current rally sits ahead of consensus expectations.
Stabilizing raw material and logistics costs, combined with improved onshore execution and reduced warranty expenses, are already contributing to better gross margins and EBIT. These operational efficiencies are expected to be further leveraged as scale increases, supporting future earnings growth.
Want to see what kind of revenue trajectory and margin rebuild could justify paying up today? The narrative leans on bolder earnings and valuation assumptions than you might expect.
Result: Fair Value of DKK156.26 (OVERVALUED)
Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.
However, lingering policy uncertainty and persistent offshore ramp up losses could still derail the margin rebuild that underpins today’s optimistic valuation narrative.
Find out about the key risks to this Vestas Wind Systems narrative.
Step back from the narrative fair value, and Vestas trades on a 24.6x price to earnings ratio versus 23.6x for the European electrical sector and a 27x fair ratio. That signals the stock is not obviously cheap or stretched. The question is where the market re rates from here.
See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.
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