Is Elco (TASE:ELCO) Undervalued Following Mixed Q2 Earnings?

Mixed earnings picture after Q2 2026 results

Elco (TASE:ELCO) reported second quarter 2026 results that combined higher sales and revenue with weaker profitability. The update is drawing attention as investors weigh growth in activity against pressure on net income and earnings per share.

Elco shares closed at ₪131.4 after the earnings release, with a 1-day share price return of 2.82% and a 7-day share price return of 6.31%. However, the 30-day share price return is down 11.16% and the year-to-date share price return is down 27.52%. The 3-year total shareholder return of 21.34% contrasts with a weaker 5-year total shareholder return that is down 27.26%. This pattern points to earlier gains giving way to softer momentum more recently as investors reassess the balance between growth in revenue and pressure on profitability.

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Elco now trades after a sharp reset, with stronger sales but much thinner earnings. Is the current discount to estimated fair value a sign that the market is too cautious, or a fair response to weaker profitability?

Preferred Price-to-Sales Multiple of 0.1x: Is it justified?

On a simple revenue basis, Elco looks very cheap, with a P/S ratio of 0.1x compared with a peer average of 2x. That gap sits alongside weak share price performance and pressure on profitability, which helps explain why some investors are cautious.

The price to sales ratio compares the company’s market value with its annual revenue. For a group like Elco that operates across construction, infrastructure, consumer products, real estate and energy, revenue is a useful high level guide because earnings can be distorted by project timing and one off items.

Elco is described as good value on this metric relative both to its direct peers and to the wider IL Construction industry, where the average P/S sits at 1.1x. The market is currently assigning a far lower value per shekel of sales. This suggests investors are heavily discounting the quality or durability of those revenues, despite the group having returned to profitability and reporting ₪23,136m in revenue with ₪21m in net income over the latest period.

Compared with the construction peer average of 2x sales and the IL Construction industry at 1.1x, Elco’s 0.1x multiple is extremely compressed. If sentiment or earnings quality were to improve, the gap between current pricing and peer levels is one area investors often watch closely.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

Result: Price-to-Sales of 0.1x (UNDERVALUED)

However, investors still face key risks. Elco’s very thin net income of ₪21m on ₪23,136m revenue and its wide sector exposure could leave earnings vulnerable to shocks in individual segments.

Find out about the key risks to this Elco narrative.

Another view on Elco valuation

The low 0.1x P/S ratio makes Elco look very cheap, but our DCF model sends a different message. Elco trades at ₪131.4 while the model points to an estimated future cash flow value of ₪0.61, which suggests the stock screens as overvalued on this method.

This sharp contrast between a very low sales multiple and an expensive result on the SWS DCF model leaves a key question. Is the market fairly sceptical about the cash flows behind those revenues, or is the DCF being too harsh on a diversified group like Elco?

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Next Steps

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