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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR filings and third-party price providers. Scores, valuations, and metrics are algorithmic estimates. This is not investment advice. See our Terms and Methodology.
AEP Plantations plc is a public limited company engaged in the ownership, operation, development, production, and processing of oil palm plantations and rubber estates primarily in Indonesia and Malaysia. The company produces key commodities such as crude palm oil, palm kernels, fresh fruit bunches, rubber slabs, shell nuts, biomass, and biogas products, with operations including biogas plants that generate surplus electricity sold to the national grid. Its segments encompass CPO, palm kernel, FFB, rubber, and others, with the majority of revenue derived from Indonesia across regions like North Sumatera, Bengkulu, South Sumatera, Riau, Bangka, and Kalimantan, alongside Malaysian plantations totaling over 187,000 hectares as of late 2024. Classified in the farm products industry within the consumer defensive sector, AEP Plantations plc employs around 7,486 people and maintains its headquarters in London, United Kingdom. Formerly known as Anglo-Eastern Plantations PLC until a name change in November 2025, it plays a significant role in the global palm oil supply chain, contributing to agricultural commodity markets through sustainable plantation management and processing.
£1.55
+£0.03 (+1.97%)
EOD Jul 3, 2026
24.04% operating margin is above average. ROIC at 14.14%.
Revenue up 25.0% YoY with margins expanding 2.2pp.
Even for strong businesses, today's 1x P/E means the stock needs to keep delivering. There's no margin of safety if growth disappoints.
0.9x earnings, 0.9x FCF. The multiple is below average. Either the market is pricing in deterioration you should investigate, or there's genuine value here.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$465M
▲ +25.0% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$86M
▲ +27.7% YoY
Op. Margin
24.04%
▲ +2.2pp YoY
ROIC
14.14%
▲ +2.6pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$84M
▲ +86.1% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$102M
▲ +23.0% YoY
Net Debt
-$254M
Net Cash Position
Cash & Equiv.
$254M
3Y CAGR: +1.3%
3Y CAGR: -1.1%
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At a P/E of 0.9 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 0.9, AEP Plantations (AEP.XLON) trades below a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $45.67 per share, so at $1.55 the stock looks undervalued (2,846.2% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, AEP Plantations scores 51/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 44.9%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $45.67 per share for AEP.XLON, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $34.25. At today's $1.55, that puts the stock about 2,846.2% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
AEP Plantations scores 51 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 24.0% operating margin and a 14.1% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, AEP Plantations pays a regular dividend of about $0.93 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 44.9% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 40.1% of earnings, so the dividend is well covered. AEP Plantations has grown the dividend at roughly 206.0% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For AEP.XLON's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. AEP.XLON currently trades below its estimated intrinsic value and scores 51/100 on quality (mixed). It also yields about 44.9%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.