Lahav LR Real Estate (TASE:LAHAV) is back in focus after strong multi year share performance collided with a P/E ratio that still trails the broader real estate sector.
Recent trading has been choppy, with a 1 day share price return of 1.91% and a 7 day share price return that declined 5.66%. Even so, Lahav LR Real Estate still carries a year to date share price gain of 21.53% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 66.85%, pointing to momentum that has cooled in the very short term while remaining firmly positive over longer periods.
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Lahav LR Real Estate trades on a P/E of 10.1x, which lines up with a share price of ₪10.67 and places the stock below both its Israeli real estate peers and the wider local market on this measure.
The P/E ratio compares what you pay per share with the annual earnings per share. For a diversified operator like Lahav LR Real Estate, which spans Israeli and German income producing properties, renewable energy, fuel distribution and waste treatment, this metric gives a simple yardstick for how much the market is willing to pay for current profits.
At 10.1x earnings, the market is applying a lower tag than both the Israeli real estate industry average of 12.8x and the peer group average of 11x. That lower multiple sits alongside a reported return on equity of 21.1%, earnings growth of 126.4% over the past year versus 5.2% per year over five years, and a net profit margin that moved from 30.5% to 63.2%, although recent results are affected by a large one off gain of ₪107.7m.
The gap to the sector is clear. Lahav LR Real Estate trades at a discount to the 12.8x industry P/E and below the 13.9x Israeli market, which indicates the market is pricing its earnings more conservatively than those benchmarks.
See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.
Result: Price-to-Earnings of 10.1x (UNDERVALUED).
Still, Lahav LR Real Estate leans heavily on Israeli fuel distribution and complex equity accounted assets, so any hit to those earnings streams could quickly challenge the current P/E story.
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P/E points to Lahav LR Real Estate looking inexpensive, but the SWS DCF model tells a different story. On that cash flow based view, an estimated value of ₪5.80 per share sits well below the current ₪10.67 price, which frames the stock as overvalued on this method. Which lens do you trust more when they disagree?
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