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Price: 90 GBX -2.39% Market Closed
Market Cap: £513.5m

EV/EBIT

11.7
Current
23%
Cheaper
vs 3-y average of 15.1

Enterprise Value to EBIT (EV/EBIT) ratio compares a company`s total enterprise value to its earnings before interest and taxes. It shows how much investors are paying for each dollar of the company`s earnings, including both equity and debt.

EV/EBIT
11.7
=
Enterprise Value
GBX545.8m
/
EBIT
£41.7m

Enterprise Value to EBIT (EV/EBIT) ratio compares a company`s total enterprise value to its earnings before interest and taxes. It shows how much investors are paying for each dollar of the company`s earnings, including both equity and debt.

EV/EBIT
11.7
=
Enterprise Value
GBX545.8m
/
EBIT
£41.7m

Valuation Scenarios

AO World PLC is trading below its 3-year average

If EV/EBIT returns to its 3-Year Average (15.1), the stock would be worth GBX116.18 (29% upside from current price).

Statistics
Positive Scenarios
2/4
Maximum Downside
-100%
Maximum Upside
+37%
Average Downside
33%
Scenario EV/EBIT Value Implied Price Upside/Downside
Current Multiple 11.7 GBX90
0%
3-Year Average 15.1 GBX116.18
+29%
5-Year Average 16 GBX123.7
+37%
Industry Average 0 GBX0.21
-100%
Country Average 0 GBX0.23
-100%

Forward EV/EBIT
Today’s price vs future ebit

Today's Enterprise Value EBIT Forward EV/EBIT
GBX545.8m
/
Oct 2025
£41.7m
=
11.7
Current
GBX545.8m
/
Mar 2026
£51.1m
=
10.7
Forward
GBX545.8m
/
Mar 2027
£57.4m
=
9.5
Forward
GBX545.8m
/
Mar 2028
£65.2m
=
8.4
Forward
GBX545.8m
/
Mar 2029
£67.5m
=
8.1
Forward

Forward EV/EBIT shows whether today’s EV/EBIT still looks high or low once future ebit are taken into account.

Peer Comparison

All Multiples
EV/EBIT
P/E
All Countries
Close
Market Cap EV/EBIT P/E
UK
AO World PLC
LSE:AO
522m GBP 11.7 43.9
US
Amazon.com Inc
NASDAQ:AMZN
2.8T USD 34.7 36.5
ZA
Naspers Ltd
JSE:NPN
703.6B ZAR 159.8 7.5
CN
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
NYSE:BABA
324.1B USD 24.4 24
CN
PDD Holdings Inc
NASDAQ:PDD
139.2B USD 5.7 9.6
NL
Prosus NV
AEX:PRX
98.8B EUR 490.5 8.6
UY
MercadoLibre Inc
BMV:MELIN
1.6T MXN 28.4 46.3
AR
Mercadolibre Inc
NASDAQ:MELI
92.6B USD 28.4 46.4
US
DoorDash Inc
NASDAQ:DASH
76.8B USD 101.4 82.2
CN
Meituan
HKEX:3690
507.9B HKD -12.8 -19.3
CN
JD.Com Inc
HKEX:9618
377.4B HKD 48.8 16.9
EV/EBIT Multiple
EBIT Growth EV/EBIT to Growth
UK
AO World PLC
LSE:AO
Average EV/EBIT: 93.4
11.7
17%
0.7
US
Amazon.com Inc
NASDAQ:AMZN
34.7
26%
1.3
ZA
N
Naspers Ltd
JSE:NPN
159.8
111%
1.4
CN
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
NYSE:BABA
24.4
10%
2.4
CN
PDD Holdings Inc
NASDAQ:PDD
5.7
11%
0.5
NL
Prosus NV
AEX:PRX
490.5
94%
5.2
UY
MercadoLibre Inc
BMV:MELIN
28.4
31%
0.9
AR
Mercadolibre Inc
NASDAQ:MELI
28.4
31%
0.9
US
D
DoorDash Inc
NASDAQ:DASH
101.4
65%
1.6
CN
Meituan
HKEX:3690
Negative Multiple: -12.8 N/A N/A
CN
JD.Com Inc
HKEX:9618
48.8
136%
0.4
P/E Multiple
Earnings Growth PEG
UK
AO World PLC
LSE:AO
Average P/E: 32.2
43.9
62%
0.7
US
Amazon.com Inc
NASDAQ:AMZN
36.5
19%
1.9
ZA
N
Naspers Ltd
JSE:NPN
7.5
1%
7.5
CN
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
NYSE:BABA
24
11%
2.2
CN
PDD Holdings Inc
NASDAQ:PDD
9.6
16%
0.6
NL
Prosus NV
AEX:PRX
8.6
4%
2.2
UY
MercadoLibre Inc
BMV:MELIN
46.3
36%
1.3
AR
Mercadolibre Inc
NASDAQ:MELI
46.4
37%
1.3
US
D
DoorDash Inc
NASDAQ:DASH
82.2
47%
1.7
CN
Meituan
HKEX:3690
Negative Multiple: -19.3 N/A N/A
CN
JD.Com Inc
HKEX:9618
16.9
8%
2.1

Market Distribution

Higher than 95% of companies in United Kingdom
Percentile
95th
Based on 1 864 companies
95th percentile
11.7
Low
0 — 0
Typical Range
0 — 0.1
High
0.1 —
Distribution Statistics
United Kingdom
Min 0
30th Percentile 0
Median 0
70th Percentile 0.1
Max 1 015

AO World PLC
Glance View

Market Cap
513.5m GBX
Industry
Retail

AO World Plc is a European online retailer company, which engages in the production, marketing and distribution of electrical products. The company is headquartered in Bolton, Lancashire. The company went IPO on 2014-02-26. The firm operates through two segments: online retailing of domestic appliances and ancillary services to customers in the United Kingdom and online retailing of domestic appliances and ancillary services to customers in Germany. In the United Kingdom, it sells major and small domestic appliances and a range of mobile phones, audio visual (AV), consumer electricals and laptops, delivering them through its in-house logistics business and selected third parties. The company also provides ancillary services, such as the installation of new products and recycling of old products, as well as offering product protection plans and customer finance. The company serves the business-to-business (B2B) market in the United Kingdom, providing electricals and installation services at scale. The firm's subsidiaries include AO Retail Limited, Expert Logistics Ltd, Worry Free Limited, and Appliances Online Ltd, among others.

AO Intrinsic Value
90.33 GBX
Fairly Valued
Intrinsic Value
Price GBX90
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