* Note: Prices are in Million (M) USD.
Description:
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd offers various high-speed connectivity solutions for electrical and optical Ethernet applications in the United States, Mexico, Malaysia, Hong Kong and internationally. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.
These criteria used Company's Cash, EBITDA and Debt balance to determines its fair value:
Cash : $236 M
Debt : $16 M
EBITDA : $63 M
Since Cash is greater than Total Debt, 5 points assigned.
This criteria used industry in which company operates:
Sector: Manufacturing
Industry: Semiconductors & related devices
Based on industry, 5 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Price To Earning (P/E) Ratio to determines its fair value:
Forward PE Ratio: 71.96
Since Forward PE Ratio is greater than 35, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to convert Sales into free cash flow to determine fair value:
Using last 6 overlapping fiscal years (max 20).Average Free Cash Flow: $-19 M
Average Revenue: $172 M
Revenue Converted To Free Cash Flow (%): -11.2%
Since Free Cash Flow (FCF) to Revenue percentage is non-positive, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used company's growth potential to calculate its fair value:
Latest Revenue (2025-04-30): $437 M
Revenue 5 Years Ago (2020-04-30): $54 M
Total Growth over 5 Years: 711.3%
5-Year Revenue CAGR (Historical): 52.0%
Forward 5-Year CAGR (Tapered): 26.0%
Since historical Revenue CAGR is greater than 20, 5 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to buy back its own share:
Latest Share Count (2025-04-30): $181 M
Share Count 5 Years Ago (2021-04-30): $140 M
Company is not buying back its own shares, 0 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's dividend payout ratio to determine its fair value:
Next Year Earnings Per Share (EPS): $2.59
Trailing 12-Month Earnings Per Share (EPS): $1.98
Average Earnings Per Share (EPS): $2.29
Dividend Per Share (DPS): $0
Payout Ratio: 0%
Dividend Yield: 0%
Since Dividend Per Share is less than or equal to 0, 0 point assigned.
Since Dividend Yield is less than 1, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's Return On Equity (ROE%) to determine its fair value:
Using last 4 valid ROE years (max 20).Average ROE: -2.2%
Since Average ROE is non-positive, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's current price to its 52 week low price to determines its fair value:
Current Price: $164
52-Week Low: $24
Threshold Price (15% Above 52-Week Low): $28
Since Current price is not within 15% threshold, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's Market Cap to determines its fair value:
Market Capitalization: $21,285 M
Since Market Cap is between 10B - 100B, 2 points assigned.
% Exposure to Total Portfolio
Based on the market cap, we recommend do not exceed 0.20% exposure of Total Portfolio.
Warren Buffet's Owners' Earnings:
Latest Positive Owners' Earnings (FCF/Share) (2025-04-30): $0.16
Note: Many highly growing companies reinvest heavily back into the business,
so their Owners' Earnings may appear very low. In such cases, other criteria should
be considered to assess the company’s true worth.
Value-Trade has assigned 17 points to above Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (CRDO) stock.
Heads up: One or more P/E inputs look exaggerated and may skew the blend.
• Growth Based PE 50.00 (>2× median)
Further research is recommended; please use your own due diligence.
In such cases, multiplying earnings by the long-run average P/E typically gives a closer, more reliable fair value.
Fair Value PE
20, Industry Based PE
25, Growth Based PE
50, Risk-Free Anchored PE (25% MoS)
17.61. Based on these 4 values, average assigned is
28.15. Value-Trades has assined P/E value
28.15. An average (Current Year EPS + Next Year EPS) earning per share is
$2.285.
Note: Final fair value is the lesser of the blended PE-based fair value and the simple average PE × EPS fair value.Fair value using multiple P/Es (blended): $64.33 (PE 28.15 × EPS $2.29)
Fair value using simple average PE × EPS: $64.33 (PE 28.15 × EPS $2.29)
Lesser of these two: $64.33
So the Final Fair Value is: $64.33
Understanding the Value-Trades P/E Blend (click to expand)
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What goes into the blended P/E?
- 20-Year Avg P/E — Long-run market baseline; conservative anchor.
- Fair Value P/E — Score-based (cash, debt, sector, etc.).
- Industry P/E — Peer group norm.
- Growth-Based P/E — Uses tapered growth rates, floored at 15.
- RCFC-Based P/E — Maps cash conversion efficiency.
- ROE-Based P/E — Higher ROE supports higher multiples.
- Risk-Free Anchored P/E — Macro floor tied to 10y yield w/ MoS.
How it works
- Extreme values are clamped/filtered (IQR method).
- Anchors (20y avg, RCFC/ROE, risk-free) are always kept if valid.
- Final fair value = min(Blended PE × EPS, Avg PE × EPS).
P/E Reference Summary
Using EPS: $2.29
Using Owners' Earnings (Latest FCF/Share): $0.16
Note: Many highly growing companies reinvest heavily back into the business,
so their Owners' Earnings may appear very low. In such cases, other criteria should
be considered to assess the company’s true worth.
| Source |
P/E Ratio |
Implied Fair Value |
| Market (1 Yr Ago) | 746.78 | $1,706.39 |
| Value-Trades Assigned | 28.15 | $64.32 |
