Computershare Limited (CPU.AX)

DCF Valuation · Financial Services · Capital Markets

Valuation as at 2026-08-12 · see also the ASX 300 Most Undervalued screen

About Computershare Limited

Computershare Limited provides issuer, corporate trust, employee share plans and voucher, communication and utilities, technology and operations, and mortgage and property rental services. It offers issuer services, including register maintenance, corporate actions, stakeholder relationship management, corporate governance, and related services; corporate trust comprises trust and agency services; mortgage and property rental services, including tenancy bond protection services; and employee share plans and voucher services comprising administration and related services for employee share and option plans, and childcare voucher administration services. The company also provides communication services and utilities operations consisting of document composition and printing, intelligent mailing, inbound process automation, scanning, and electronic delivery.

Source: Yahoo Finance company profile · factual description, not KashVector commentary

Computershare Limited CPU.AX

Financial Services · Capital Markets

Price
$40.61
Market Cap
$23.49B
Free Cash Flow
$1.02B
Beta
1.00
P/E (TTM)
28.0x
52-Week Range
$26.73–$43.79

Computershare Limited's price & financial trends

Annual reporting periods — this market does not have reliable quarterly data on Yahoo (either it isn't required, or coverage is incomplete), so annual is the most granular consistent series across free cash flow and dividends.

Data as at 2026-08-12

Share price · last 2 years

$40.61 +43% vs 2024-08
ASX 200 $28.43$35.16$39.89$34.72$30.18$40.61 2024-082025-012025-062025-112026-042026-08

Earnings per share (diluted) Per year

$1.03 +174% vs FY22
$0.38$0.74$0.59$1.03FY22FY23FY24FY25

Free cash flow Per year

$0.78B +102% vs FY22
$0.39B$0.49B$0.61B$0.78BFY22FY23FY24FY25

Dividend per share Per year

$0.49 +58% vs FY22
$0.31$0.35$0.46$0.49FY22FY23FY24FY25

Value investing scale · Buffett · Dalio · Graham

Partial Fit
12 / 17 combined score

2 criteria had no data

See the full Buffett, Dalio & Graham breakdown for CPU.AX →

Intrinsic value estimate · 5-year forecast

BEAR
$10.74
vs current $40.61
-73.5% ❌ Overvalued
BASE
$13.86
vs current $40.61
-65.9% ❌ Overvalued
BULL
$18.14
vs current $40.61
-55.3% ❌ Overvalued

Assumptions used in this valuation

Every input below is either fetched live from Yahoo Finance or a documented default — nothing is hidden.

Starting free cash flow
$0.61B
Reported free cash flow (Yahoo), then ×0.6 — the financial-sector haircut the DCF tool and every screen apply
Risk-free rate
4.80% ● LIVE
Live 10-yr govt bond
Beta
1.00
Floored for non-US stocks
Equity risk premium
6.00%
Market-specific seed
Cost of debt
5.80%
Synthetic rating A+, ICR 7.6x
Tax rate
25.00%
Estimated default
Capital structure
E 91% / D 9%
Market cap vs total debt
Projection horizon
5 years
+ terminal value beyond
BearBaseBull
5-yr FCF growth2.5%5.0%7.5%
Terminal growth2.5%2.5%2.5%
WACC (discount rate)11.21%10.21%9.21%

Cost of Equity = Risk-free rate + Beta × Equity Risk Premium = 4.80% + 1.00 × 6.00% = 10.80% · WACC = weighted by 91%/9% capital structure

These numbers come from running Computershare Limited's cash flows through the mechanical DCF formula and assumptions above — not from any view on the news, management, or CPU.AX's competitive position. What is DCF?

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Not financial advice. DCF valuations are highly sensitive to assumptions — small changes in growth rate or discount rate produce large swings in output. This is a mechanical calculation, not a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell.

About this valuation

Computed on 2026-08-12 from Yahoo Finance data, using the same engine as the full DCF tool and the ASX 300 Most Undervalued screen. Every figure above is a point-in-time snapshot of that date — change any assumption yourself in the interactive tool for a live one.

Frequently asked questions

Is Computershare Limited (CPU.AX) undervalued?

The Base-case DCF estimates intrinsic value at $13.86 vs a price of $40.61 on 2026-08-12 — a -65.9% margin, so the Base case reads overvalued. This is a mechanical output, not advice.