Draper Esprit PLC (GROW) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 11, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Draper Esprit PLC stock £6.16, price £6.86, that is 10.1% below the price, quality 70 out of 100. Rating: overvalued. Calculated from audited financials with 11 of our 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Draper Esprit PLC
GROW · LSEOur calculation puts a fair price 10% below what the stock costs today.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 12, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range £2.09 – £11.80 · fair‑value band £4.92 – £6.82 · the £6.86 price screens above the £6.16 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). As of Nov 12, 2026.
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Company profile
Molten Ventures Plc, formerly known as Draper Esprit plc, is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in directly investing as well as investing in other funds.
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In direct investments, the firm invests in any stage in the lifecycle of a business from seed, early stage, later stage, later venture, and series A stage, mature, growth capital, pre-IPO investments, IPO or acquisition, late stage, start-ups, cross-stage investments, buyouts, PIPES, and also makes direct and secondary investments in portfolio companies.
It also seeks to buy entire funds from other tech investors. The firm primarily invests in companies from pre-revenue stage upwards. It primarily invests in technology-oriented business.
The firm typically invests in digital technology, digital health and wellness, AI, cloud, enterprise, consumer, utilities, communication equipment, financial technology, infrastructure services, commerce, enterprise and data, systems and semiconductors, commercial digital lending, consumer digital lending, online trading systems, internet, telecommunications equipment, mobile, media, renewable energy, consumer technology, enterprise software, education services, consumer electronics, home furnishings, homebuilding, household appliances, housewares and specialties, retail, apparel and luxury goods, enterprise technology, SaaS, deep-tech, health care technology, digital health and wellness and healthcare sectors, software, hardware, medical technology, and life sciences sectors.
It invests in companies based in Europe, United states, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Portugal, France, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland, and United Kingdom. The firm seeks to invest between £2 million ($2.27 million) and £50 million ($56.87 million).
It invests 30 percent of its corpus in very early stage companies with up to $5 million in revenues. The firm seeks to make minority and majority investments. Molten Ventures Plc was founded in 1984 and is based in London, United Kingdom w
Stock analysis
Draper Esprit PLC (GROW) currently trades at £6.86, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is £6.16, 10% below the price, so the stock looks overvalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Earnings-Based group reads highest at a median of £28.79 per share, and 7 of the 11 models we run sit above the £6.86 price.
Bear case: the Growth DCF group reads lowest at £2.50, and 4 of the 11 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: £4.92 (bear) to £6.82 (bull), the price of £6.86 sits above 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 70/100 (solid quality), in the Financial Services sector.
Mixed Growth: Revenue is growing, but margins or cash flow do not fully confirm the trend.
Draper Esprit PLC reported revenue of £160M in FY2026 versus £351M in FY2022, a compound −17.8%/yr. Reported net income was £120M in FY2026, compounding −20.5%/yr from FY2022.
Key figures
Market cap £1.2B Small · P/E ratio 10.0 · P/S ratio 7.54 · EPS (TTM) £0.6862 · Net margin 75.5% · Return on equity 9.4% · Return on assets (EBIT) 1.1% (5-year average) · Operating margin 75.4%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 70 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 3% below its 52-week high and 70% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Financial Services peers we cover trades at −4% fair-value upside, at −10%, GROW screens richer than that median.
Fair Value models
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Quality Score breakdown
It rates the business: profits, how they develop, real cash, balance sheet, investing and share count.
Revenue & earnings trend
Growth Forecast
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Earlier news
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| Ares Management Corporation ARES | $137.89 | $99.35 | −28% | vs GROW |
| Brookfield Asset Management Ltd BAM | $52.56 | $31.26 | −41% | vs GROW |
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| KKR & Co KKR | $100.05 | $27.63 | −72% | vs GROW |
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