AUTO.L
Autotrader Group plc

Communication Services · Internet Content & Information · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2026-03-31

Average Intrinsic Value

3.32B USD

Market Cap

4.79B USD

Margin of Safety

-44.3%

Intrinsic / Market Ratio

0.69×

Projections, not exact values. Intrinsic Values are projected from each company's past reports. They show which stocks look cheap compared with the others, not exactly what a stock is worth.

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

4.50B USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

2.34B USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

3.12B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

3.32B USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

3.32B USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

4.79B USD

the price on the date above times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.69×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -44.3% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 4.50B USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)4.55B USD
−②Net Debt Today254.23M USD
+③Growth Value205.42M USD
=Value4.50B USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

4.55B USD

Net debt today

-254.23M USD

Growth Value

+205.42M USD

Value

4.50B USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

4.55B USD

②Net Debt Today

254.23M USD

③Growth Value

205.42M USD

Market value

Market Cap4.79B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-6.5%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 2.34B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE2.18B USD
+②Equity at Year 15, Today161.63M USD
=Value2.34B USD
FCFE: the net income left for the shareholders once the business keeps what next year's growth needsEquity reinvestment: the part of the year's net income kept in the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releases to the shareholdersPresent value of the FCFEColoured bars show the FCFE, grey bars the equity reinvestment. With a positive equity reinvestment the two stacked are the year's normalized income; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the normalized income is the FCFE plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth rising to its long-run rate and the ROE on new investment falling to the cost of equity. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

2.18B USD

②Equity at Year 15, Today

161.63M USD

Market value

Market Cap4.79B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-104.7%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 3.12B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF2.93B USD
+②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today441.88M USD
−③Net Debt Today254.23M USD
=Value3.12B USD
FCFF: the NOPAT left for the shareholders and the lenders once the business reinvests what next year's growth needsReinvestment: the part of the year's NOPAT put back into the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releasesPresent value of the FCFFColoured bars show the FCFF, grey bars the reinvestment. With a positive reinvestment the two stacked are the year's NOPAT; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the NOPAT is the FCFF plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth rising to its long-run rate and the ROIC on new investment falling to the WACC. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

2.93B USD

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

441.88M USD

③Net Debt Today

254.23M USD

Market value

Market Cap4.79B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-53.6%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 8.28%
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.69×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 8.66%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 125.13M USDPretax Income 512.67M USD= 24.41%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 519.00M USD−Pretax Income 512.67M USD= 6.33M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 6.33M USDTotal Debt 278.22M USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 24.41%)= 1.72%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 278.22M USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 4.79B USD + 278.22M USD= 5.49%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 94.51%×Cost of Equity 8.66%+Debt Weight 5.49%×Cost of Debt 1.72%= 8.28%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-03-31.

Total Assets 903.63M USD − Total Liabilities 366.83M USD = Book Value Today 536.80M USD

Total Debt 278.22M USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 24.00M USD = Net Debt Today 254.23M USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-8.8%at most 5%passes822,807,961 / 902,001,277
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets4.2%at least -10.0%passes(425.64M USD − 387.54M USD) ÷ 903.63M USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today8.92×at most 3×does not pass4.79B USD ÷ 536.80M USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue62.2%above 10.0%passes512.41M USD ÷ 823.20M USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 15.7%above 10.0%does not pass823.20M USD / 778.50M USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-5.3%above -30%passes(24.00M USD − 278.22M USD) ÷ 4.79B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit—above 25.0%not measured512.41M USD ÷ 0 USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Share price

466.47 GBp

Enterprise value

3.93B GBP

the provider's own figure

EV / EBITDA

9.70×

Price / book

9.41×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

13.71×

Return on equity

60.2%

the provider's figure, not this page's

Profit margin

47.1%

Revenue growth

2.7%

Analyst target, mean

560.67 GBp

Analysts

19

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The annual lines the screener holds, year by year, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.

USD2023202420252026
Income statement

Revenue

620.23M721.55M778.50M823.20M

Gross profit

447.88M555.10M——

Operating income

341.11M437.18M483.34M512.41M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

385.01M463.72M515.33M549.86M

Pretax income

364.05M436.29M486.58M512.67M

Net income

290.03M324.69M366.00M387.54M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

271.08M324.69M366.00M387.54M

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

821.73M831.64M828.36M903.63M

Total liabilities

167.89M133.59M90.92M366.83M

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

653.83M698.05M737.44M536.80M

Total debt

85.19M43.73M4.53M278.22M

Cash and equivalents

20.58M23.63M19.82M24.00M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

19.72M18.83M17.35M96.26M

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

44.39M53.08M55.69M59.86M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

330.95M363.37M394.49M425.64M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-4.22M-4.80M-5.18M-36.13M

Depreciation and amortisation

17.48M23.13M26.81M30.86M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

326.73M358.57M389.31M389.51M