James Fisher and Sons PLC (FSJ) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 6, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of James Fisher and Sons PLC stock £6.42, price £4.45, upside +44.3%, quality 47 out of 100. Rating: undervalued. Calculated from audited financials with 14 of our 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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James Fisher and Sons PLC
FSJ · LSEThe stock costs 31% less than our calculation considers fair.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 6, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range £2.46 – £10.20 · fair‑value band £3.38 – £9.44 · the £4.45 price screens below the £6.42 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). 1 fiscal year is left out: there the valuation rested on only a fraction of the usual models. As of Nov 6, 2026.
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Company profile
James Fisher and Sons plc operates as a marine services company in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through Energy, Defence, and Maritime Transport segments.
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The company offers blade inspection, repair, and maintenance; digital control room and OMS services; air compressors for big bubble curtain projects; well testing equipment and services; offshore cable services, fault response, detection, and repair; control flow excavation; decommissioning and subsea asset removal services; drilling services and products; digital inspection planning and reporting; rig cooling and heat suppression systems; high voltage engineering; spares storage and management; structural monitoring and asset insight; and operations, maintenance, and balance of plant services.
It also provides submarine rescue and training; military diving products and life support systems; tactical delivery vehicles, including carrier seals; submarine platforms; rebreathers and gas reclaim systems; saturation diving equipment; spares; and ANSTI test lab services.
In addition, the company offers coastal shipping; ship-to-ship transfers, including tankers, fleet management, and cadet training programme services; port services, such as storage of chemicals and petroleum; and fendering and mooring solutions.
Further, it provides strain gauges, measurement equipment, high voltage cable laying, hire of air compressors, steam generators, offshore wind farm construction, specialist subsea services, offshore wind control room services, engineering and design solutions, nanobubble oxygenation services, full project support for offshore and subsea operations, site preparation asset management, installation, and commissioning services; breathing machines; military diving equipment servicing; and fenders, and safety and monitoring equipment.
James Fisher and Sons plc was founded in 1847 and is based in Barrow-in-Furness, the United Kingdom.
Stock analysis
James Fisher and Sons PLC (FSJ) currently trades at £4.45, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is £6.42, implying the stock looks roughly 31% undervalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the DCF Models group reads highest at a median of £9.02 per share, and 9 of the 14 models we run sit above the £4.45 price.
Bear case: the Earnings-Based group reads lowest at £1.25, and 5 of the 14 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is low.
Scenario range: £3.38 (bear) to £9.44 (bull), the price of £4.45 sits inside it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 47/100 (below-average quality), in the Industrials sector.
Weak Growth: Revenue is shrinking: the last year, the last three and the last five years are all negative.
James Fisher and Sons PLC reported revenue of £394M in FY2025 versus £442M in FY2021, a compound −2.8%/yr. Reported net income was −£4.4M in FY2025.
Key figures
Market cap £225M Small · P/S ratio 0.56 · EPS (TTM) £−0.0600 · Net margin −0.7% · Return on equity −1.5% · Return on assets (EBIT) 3.0% (5-year average) · Operating margin 5.0% · Revenue (TTM) £398M.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 25 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 19% below its 52-week high and 23% above its 52-week low, currently below its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Industrials peers we cover trades at 13% fair-value upside, at 44%, FSJ screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
All 14 models by family
The fair value above starts from this blend and is adjusted for a cyclical trough year.
Quality Score breakdown
It rates the business: profits, how they develop, real cash, balance sheet, investing and share count.
Revenue & earnings trend
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| China Merchants Port Holdings 0144 | HK$16.68 | HK$28.60 | +71% | vs FSJ |
| HMM Co 011200 | 22,050 KRW | 30,253 KRW | +37% | vs FSJ |
| Qingdao Port International Co 601298 | ¥9.75 | ¥12.84 | +32% | vs FSJ |
| Ningbo Zhoushan Port Company 601018 | ¥3.56 | ¥4.35 | +22% | vs FSJ |
| The National Shipping Company 4030 | 34.86 SAR | 39.45 SAR | +13% | vs FSJ |
| Shanghai International Port (Group) Co 600018 | ¥5.68 | ¥6.41 | +13% | vs FSJ |
| COSCO SHIPPING Holdings 601919 | ¥17.47 | ¥18.42 | +5% | vs FSJ |
| Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft, HLAG | €127.50 | €108.70 | −15% | vs FSJ |
| Wan Hai Lines Ltd 2615 | 107.00 TWD | 67.03 TWD | −37% | vs FSJ |
| Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited ADANIPORTS | ₹1,937 | ₹1,051 | −46% | vs FSJ |
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