Bank of America Corporation

WBAG:BOAC Stock Report

Market Cap: €322.1b

Bank of America Valuation

Is BOAC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of BOAC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: BOAC (€42.21) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€71.38)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BOAC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for BOAC?

Key metric: As BOAC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BOAC. This is calculated by dividing BOAC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BOAC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio15.2x
EarningsUS$21.94b
Market CapUS$333.77b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does BOAC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for BOAC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.4x
EBS Erste Group Bank
7.7x-2.0%€23.9b
BG BAWAG Group
9.3x6.5%€6.3b
RBI Raiffeisen Bank International
2.9x-7.9%€6.4b
OBS Oberbank
13.6xn/a€4.9b
BOAC Bank of America
15.2x9.9%€333.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BOAC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.2x) compared to the peer average (8.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BOAC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Banks Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BOAC 15.2xIndustry Avg. 7.7xNo. of Companies43PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BOAC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.2x) compared to the European Banks industry average (7.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BOAC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

BOAC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio15.2x
Fair PE Ratio8.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BOAC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst BOAC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€42.21
€47.40
+12.3%
10.9%€55.00€38.11n/a21
Dec ’25€45.37
€45.59
+0.5%
10.1%€54.38€37.68n/a21
Nov ’25€38.75
€42.52
+9.7%
7.9%€48.80€36.37n/a21
Oct ’25€35.61
€40.90
+14.9%
7.4%€46.98€35.68n/a21
Sep ’25€36.40
€41.03
+12.7%
7.3%€46.82€35.57n/a22
Aug ’25€36.65
€42.07
+14.8%
7.9%€48.10€35.15n/a22
Jul ’25€37.18
€38.01
+2.3%
6.8%€42.84€34.46n/a23
Jun ’25€36.29
€37.21
+2.5%
6.8%€42.48€32.32n/a23
May ’25€35.07
€37.48
+6.9%
6.9%€43.02€31.80n/a23
Apr ’25€34.94
€35.46
+1.5%
9.1%€42.83€30.72n/a21
Mar ’25€31.74
€34.75
+9.5%
10.1%€46.21€28.65n/a23
Feb ’25€30.58
€34.58
+13.1%
11.0%€46.12€27.67n/a22
Jan ’25€30.70
€31.41
+2.3%
14.0%€45.18€25.30n/a23
Dec ’24€28.14
€30.78
+9.4%
15.6%€46.86€25.27€45.3723
Nov ’24€24.96
€31.78
+27.3%
15.0%€46.29€25.51€38.7522
Oct ’24€26.20
€32.82
+25.3%
13.0%€45.42€26.02€35.6122
Sep ’24€26.80
€32.55
+21.5%
13.9%€45.49€25.99€36.4022
Aug ’24€28.70
€31.94
+11.3%
15.4%€46.72€25.16€36.6522
Jul ’24€26.32
€32.23
+22.4%
16.1%€44.70€25.54€37.1822
Jun ’24€25.92
€33.37
+28.7%
14.1%€43.63€26.00€36.2922
May ’24€26.56
€33.07
+24.5%
13.6%€42.90€25.56€35.0723
Apr ’24€26.22
€36.27
+38.3%
14.0%€47.97€25.83€34.9423
Mar ’24€32.02
€38.03
+18.8%
13.5%€49.66€30.92€31.7423
Feb ’24€32.89
€36.89
+12.2%
12.6%€47.34€30.04€30.5823
Jan ’24€30.94
€38.88
+25.7%
11.9%€49.02€30.16€30.7024
Dec ’23€34.87
€39.67
+13.8%
12.5%€52.25€30.40€28.1423

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 11:10
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Bank of America Corporation is covered by 62 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Stephen BiggarArgus Research Company
David GeorgeBaird
Jason GoldbergBarclays