IMI plc (IMI) Fair Value & Analysis
Industrials · GB · Market cap 7.0B GBX
Fair value as of: Jul 19, 2026
From 25 valuation models · updated 19 days ago
Fair value updated Jul 19, 2026, revised from £19.67 to £19.81 (+0.7%) since Jul 17, 2026. Share price +11.2% over the past month.
A strong business, but screening 33% overvalued on our models.
What matters now
- A high-quality business (quality 76/100), yet the market already pays well above fair value. Quality at a full price, with little margin of safety.
- The price sits above even our optimistic bull case (£28.08). The favourable scenario is already priced in.
- A fairly wide model range (£13.06 to £28.08) leaves room in how you read the outcome.
Price vs Fair Value (5 years)
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 19, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range £9.57 – £29.68 · fair‑value band £13.06 – £28.08 · the £29.68 price screens above the £19.81 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 19, 2026.
Analysis
IMI plc (IMI) currently trades at £29.68, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is £19.81, implying the stock looks roughly 33.3% overvalued today. We read business quality at 76/100 (high 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, IMI plc generated revenue of £2.3B at a net margin of 13.5%. Revenue grew 9.1% year over year. It earns a return on equity of 28.3%. Net debt stands at £531M. Fundamentals as of Jul 19, 2026
Our scenario range runs from £13.06 (bear case) to £28.08 (bull case); at £29.68, the current price sits above 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 -48% fair-value upside, at -33%, IMI screens cheaper 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 25 models by family
Widest divergence: Multiples (£22.24) versus Asset-Based (£3.14). Highest evidence: Growth DCF (80).
Key figures & financial health
More key figures
Figures from reported company fundamentals · as of Jul 19, 2026. TTM = trailing twelve months.
Quality Score breakdown
Of which business quality 73 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 73
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
IMI plc designs and manufactures fluid and motion control solutions in the United Kingdom, Germany, rest of Europe, the United States, rest of the Americas, China, rest of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates through Automation and Life Technology segments.
Full company description
IMI plc designs and manufactures fluid and motion control solutions in the United Kingdom, Germany, rest of Europe, the United States, rest of the Americas, China, rest of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates through Automation and Life Technology segments. The company provides engineer advanced fluid control automation solutions; creates fluid and motion control solutions; pneumatic and electric motion systems for creating smart, safe, and sustainable factories, production lines, and operations; valves, actuators, and digitally connected products. It also develops solutions that reduce emissions from commercial vehicles; and develops new products to support zero emission technologies. In addition, the company offers heating and cooling systems; syringe pumps; and detection technologies. It serves process automation, industrial automation, climate control, life science and fluid control, and transportation sectors. The company was formerly known as Imperial Metal Industries Limited and changed its name to IMI plc in December 1978. IMI plc was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.
Company description, as reported by the company or data provider.
Revenue & earnings trend
FY2021 – FY2025 · reported fiscal years
IMI plc reported revenue of £2.3B in FY2025 versus £1.9B in FY2021, a compound +5.4%/yr. Reported net income was £310M in FY2025, compounding +12.1%/yr from FY2021.
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Peer Group
Specialty Industrial Machinery · 808 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 Specialty Industrial Machinery 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.
VALUE 0: the price sits above our fair-value range.
Insider activity: 40/100
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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