Clarkson PLC (CKN) Fair Value & Analysis
Industrials · GB · Market cap 1.4B GBX
Fair value as of: Jul 14, 2026
From 26 valuation models · updated 26 days ago
Share price +9.4% over the past month.
A solid business, currently priced close to our fair value.
What matters now
- The price sits close to our fair value, market and models broadly agree here, little valuation tension.
- Our model range runs from £33.68 (bear) to £56.14 (bull), base £44.91. The closer the price sits to the lower half, the larger the margin of safety.
- Quality 63/100 (solid quality) with high evidence: the data supports the verdict.
Price vs Fair Value (5 years)
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 14, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range £21.44 – £48.46 · fair‑value band £33.68 – £56.14 · the £46.22 price screens above the £44.91 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 14, 2026.
Analysis
Clarkson PLC (CKN) currently trades at £46.22, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is £44.91, implying the stock looks roughly 2.8% fairly valued today. The Quality Score stands at 63/100 (solid quality), in the Industrials sector. Bear case: priced above our estimate, the market already discounts strong expectations. Bull case: above-average quality can justify a premium, the entry price still matters most (evidence: high).
Over the trailing twelve months, Clarkson PLC generated revenue of £631M at a net margin of 10.4%. Revenue declined 5.0% year over year. It earns a return on equity of 13.0%. The balance sheet holds a net cash position of £345M. Fundamentals as of Jul 14, 2026
Our scenario range runs from £33.68 (bear case) to £56.14 (bull case); at £46.22, the current price sits within that range. Bear and bull are the same models run on conservative and optimistic assumptions (margins, growth, valuation multiples), so a plausible valuation range, not a price target. For context, the median of 10 Industrials peers we cover trades at 67% fair-value upside, at -3%, CKN screens richer than that median.
Fair Value models
Each model estimates fair value its own way; the Fair Value above is the evidence-weighted blend. Evidence (0–100) measures how completely this model’s inputs are available: well-fed models carry more weight in the blend. The spread across models is intentional, each one stresses a different value driver; dividend models, for instance, come out structurally low when payout is small.
All 26 models by family
Widest divergence: DCF Models (£51.68) versus Asset-Based (£11.45). Highest evidence: Growth DCF (80).
Key figures & financial health
More key figures
Figures from reported company fundamentals · as of Jul 14, 2026. TTM = trailing twelve months.
Quality Score breakdown
Of which business quality 65 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 72
Non-valuation factor families (profitability, growth, cashflow, financial strength, momentum …), each academically grounded. Valuation itself sits in the Fair Value and is deliberately excluded here to avoid double-counting.
About the company
Clarkson PLC provides shipping services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through Broking, Financial, Support, and Research segments.
Full company description
Clarkson PLC provides shipping services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through Broking, Financial, Support, and Research segments. The company's Broking segment offers services to shipowners and charterers in the transportation of various cargoes by sea; and to buyers and sellers/yards related to sale and purchase services, as well as futures broking operation. Its Financial segment provides investment banking services for maritime, oil services, and natural resources sectors; structured asset finance services and projects in the shipping, offshore, and real estate sectors; and project finance and bespoke asset finance solutions. The company's Support segment offers port and agency, project logistics, freight forwarding, warehousing, crew travel, vessel agency, customs clearance, stevedoring, shortsea broking, and industrial supplies for the marine and offshore industries. Its Research segment provides shipping-related information and publications. This segment also offers digital products, including Shipping Intelligence Network, World Fleet Register, Offshore Intelligence Network, Renewables Intelligence Network and API portal; and data and intelligence to shipyards, equipment suppliers, class societies, regulators, and ship financiers. It is involved in property management services; real estate project management, shipping and offshore project syndication, and property-related services; investment banking, and trading in instruments and financial services; and advisory services related to finance structuring for shipping-related projects. The company also provides brokerage of shipping-related derivative financial instruments; supply of MRO, PPE, and safety equipment; and accounting and financial advisory services. The company was formerly known as Horace Clarkson PLC and changed its name to Clarkson PLC in May 2001. The company was founded in 1852 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
Company description, as reported by the company or data provider.
Revenue & earnings trend
FY2021 – FY2025 · reported fiscal years
Clarkson PLC reported revenue of £631M in FY2025 versus £443M in FY2021, a compound +9.2%/yr. Reported net income was £65.7M in FY2025, compounding +7.0%/yr from FY2021.
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Peer Group
Marine Shipping · 231 stocks
How this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.
Valuation Multiples vs Marine Shipping median · lower = cheaper
Snowflake
Five quick dimensions, each 0 to 100: VALUE (fair-value potential), FUTURE (revenue growth), PAST (return on equity), HEALTH (low debt), DIVIDEND (yield). Green = this stock, grey = typical sector peer.
Insider activity: 45/100
Values & ESG
Does this company touch areas you may want to avoid? The classification is inferred from sector and industry.
ESG scores are not available for this stock yet. Values and ESG data are contextual and can differ between providers.
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Each company is valued through a stack of independent intrinsic-value models (DCF variants, residual-income, multiples and more), blended into one family-balanced consensus and weighted by how much trustworthy data backs it. A separate quality layer scores the fundamentals. Every input is real reported data, nothing guessed.
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