Is Vistry Group (LSE:VTY) Undervalued As Its New CFO Plan Draws Market Attention?

Vistry Group (LSE:VTY) has drawn fresh attention after confirming a planned finance leadership handover, with Severn Trent CFO Helen Miles set to join and Robert Allen stepping in as interim CFO.

Recent news around the CFO transition has arrived while momentum in Vistry Group shares has started to pick up over the past month, with a 30 day share price return of 7.95% and a 7 day gain of 2.92%. This comes even though the year to date share price return is down 59.39% and the 1 year total shareholder return has fallen 59.52%, pointing to a stock that has been under pressure for several years but has seen interest revive ahead of the trading update and affordable housing grant backed plans.

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Vistry Group now trades after a long run of share price losses, followed by a recent bounce and with a new finance team on the way. Does that mix still tilt the risk reward balance toward buyers at today’s valuation?

Most Popular Narrative: 9% Undervalued

Against a last close of £2.61, the most followed narrative pegs Vistry Group’s fair value at £2.88, framing the CFO change within a broader affordable housing and balance sheet reset story that leans on government backed funding.

The company's Partnerships strategy is now backed by a £350m grant allocation within a wider affordable housing programme. This supports Vistry Group in securing long term partner funded activity that can feed into revenue and operating margin.

See why 38 investors see Vistry Group as 9% undervalued.

Result: Fair Value of £2.88 (UNDERVALUED)

Still, the Vistry Group story can be knocked off course if partnership margins remain under pressure, and if planned land disposals and debt reduction targets slip.

Find out about the key risks to this Vistry Group narrative.

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