GEREGU
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No fair value published
The derivation ran and was refused by our own plausibility checks. We publish no number rather than a plausible-looking one.
Why · 3 checks
Our valuation methods disagree
The earnings-based and book-based readings of this company differ by more than 2.5×. That spread is real information, but averaging it would manufacture a number no method actually produced.
The derivation failed our plausibility check
The computed value landed outside the 0.4×–2.5× band that real price targets occupy. A result that far from the traded price means one of our inputs is wrong, not that the market is wrong by that much — so we publish nothing rather than clamp it into range.
Implied book multiple is far from the peer group
At the computed value this company would trade at a P/B a long way from its sector median. Either the book-value input or the peer anchor is unreliable.
What we would need
- Earnings and book value drawn from the same set of accounts, so the two legs can be reconciled.
- A per-share input (earnings or book value) that reconciles to the latest audited totals.
- A verified book value per share, or a peer group with enough clean constituents.
Show what the engine computed
Rejected figure · ₦101.52 — floor — raw base ₦101.52 is 0.12x price. This figure is shown only to document what was refused; it is not an estimate and no upside is computed from it.
Method spread · 4.30× between the highest and lowest valuation leg.
Methods disagree · The valuation legs disagree by 4.3x (Blended P/E band ₦131.89 vs Blended P/B band ₦30.67). No point estimate is defensible until the inputs are reconciled.
Failed plausibility rail · Fair value hit our plausibility bounds: floor — raw base ₦101.52 is 0.12x price. The published base is the rail, not a derivation.
Implied P/B off peers · Implied P/B at base 6.57x is 3.30x the sector median 1.99x.
Geregu Power Plc trades at a P/E of 217.9x and P/B of 53.4x on a single-quarter EPS annualisation of ₦10.90, embedding an extreme premium that our multiple-based valuation cannot reconcile with either earnings power or book value — the blended fair-value computation collapsed to ₦101.52, triggering the credibility floor at 0.12x the current price of ₦825.70. Fundamental quality is mixed: ROE is optically elevated (independent data source: 21.0%; per-share data: 70.6%) with the discrepancy unresolved, the company is mid-CEO transition with an acting appointment subject to NERC approval, and the committee score returns a net score of -3 across value, momentum, income, and risk dimensions. At current pricing, the stock offers no conventional margin of safety and the valuation architecture is internally inconsistent, making a confident long thesis untenable.
Verdict published 2026-09-05 · fundamentals through July-September 2026 · reviewed as the data changes
Verdict moderated to Watch — Avoid was refused
Fair value hit our plausibility bounds, so there is no defensible valuation behind an extreme call.
Source: NGX live market data · Investo intelligence. Educational only — not financial advice.