James Fisher and Sons plc (FSJ) Fair Value & Analysis
Industrials · GB · Market cap 233M GBX
Fair value as of: Jul 11, 2026
From 16 valuation models · updated 30 days ago
Fair value updated Jul 11, 2026, revised from £8.68 to £6.42 (−26.0%) since Jun 24, 2026. Share price +4.4% over the past month.
Below-average quality, screening 41% undervalued on our models.
What matters now
- The model range is unusually wide (£3.38 to £9.44). The outcome hinges heavily on assumptions, so read the point estimate with caution.
- Solid quality (49/100) at a price below fair value, the discount is the argument here, not the business quality.
Price vs Fair Value (5 years)
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 11, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range £2.35 – £9.77 · fair‑value band £3.38 – £9.44 · the £4.55 price screens below the £6.42 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 11, 2026.
Analysis
James Fisher and Sons plc (FSJ) currently trades at £4.55, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is £6.42, implying the stock looks roughly 41.1% undervalued today. The Quality Score stands at 49/100 (below-average quality), in the Industrials sector. Bull case: trading below our estimate, it may offer upside if the fundamentals hold. Bear case: a low price can be a value trap when quality is weak or the data is thin (evidence: high), always confirm before acting.
Over the trailing twelve months, James Fisher and Sons plc generated revenue of £394M at a net margin of -1.1%. Revenue declined 6.3% year over year. It earns a return on equity of -2.3%. Net debt stands at £144M. Fundamentals as of Jul 11, 2026
Our scenario range runs from £3.38 (bear case) to £9.44 (bull case); at £4.55, 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 41%, FSJ 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 16 models by family
Widest divergence: DCF Models (£6.33) versus Dividend Discount (£0.8400). Highest evidence: Growth DCF (80).
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Key figures & financial health
More key figures
Figures from reported company fundamentals · as of Jul 11, 2026. TTM = trailing twelve months.
Quality Score breakdown
Of which business quality 48 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 61
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
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.
Full company description
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. 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.
Company description, as reported by the company or data provider.
Revenue & earnings trend
FY2021 – FY2025 · reported fiscal years
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.
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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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How we calculate Fair Value
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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