KBC Group Valuation

Is KBC 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 KBC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: KBC (€68.64) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€117.99)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

KBC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenuen/a
Enterprise Value/EBITDAn/a
PEG Ratio-3.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for KBC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average7.1x
EBS Erste Group Bank
6x-4.8%€17.5b
OBS Oberbank
13xn/a€4.9b
RBI Raiffeisen Bank International
2.6x-8.6%€5.9b
BG BAWAG Group
6.7x-0.02%€4.4b
KBC KBC Group
8.4x-2.5%€28.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: KBC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.4x) compared to the peer average (7.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a0.6%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: KBC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.4x) compared to the European Banks industry average (7.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KBC'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.

KBC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8.4x
Fair PE Ratio6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: KBC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6x).


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 KBC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€68.64
€74.48
+8.5%
9.8%€86.00€60.50n/a18
Apr ’25€69.44
€73.41
+5.7%
9.1%€84.00€60.50n/a18
Mar ’25€65.20
€71.07
+9.0%
10.5%€84.00€58.00n/a19
Feb ’25€59.66
€68.85
+15.4%
10.8%€82.00€54.50n/a20
Jan ’25€58.72
€67.53
+15.0%
11.7%€82.00€54.50n/a20
Dec ’24€53.88
€67.46
+25.2%
11.5%€82.00€54.10n/a20
Nov ’24€52.16
€70.32
+34.8%
10.6%€87.00€56.50n/a19
Oct ’24€59.30
€74.26
+25.2%
10.4%€87.00€61.00n/a19
Sep ’24€61.04
€74.05
+21.3%
10.2%€87.00€61.00n/a20
Aug ’24€68.58
€74.32
+8.4%
10.7%€90.00€61.00n/a20
Jul ’24€62.16
€73.94
+19.0%
10.9%€90.00€61.00n/a19
Jun ’24€59.80
€74.42
+24.4%
10.6%€90.00€61.00n/a19
May ’24€64.58
€75.69
+17.2%
9.6%€90.00€61.00n/a19
Apr ’24n/a
€74.08
0%
13.7%€90.00€43.63€69.4420
Mar ’24n/a
€73.83
0%
12.8%€90.00€43.63€65.2020
Feb ’24€68.18
€69.33
+1.7%
13.0%€85.00€43.63€59.6619
Jan ’24€60.94
€67.51
+10.8%
13.8%€82.00€43.63€58.7218
Dec ’23€52.78
€67.07
+27.1%
13.6%€82.00€43.63€53.8818
Nov ’23€50.82
€67.17
+32.2%
13.9%€82.00€43.63€52.1618
Oct ’23€48.84
€65.69
+34.5%
16.7%€82.00€34.32€59.3017
Sep ’23€46.73
€66.05
+41.3%
16.9%€82.00€34.32€61.0417
Aug ’23€50.56
€68.80
+36.1%
17.3%€88.00€34.32€68.5817
Jul ’23€52.88
€72.47
+37.0%
11.0%€88.00€60.00€62.1617
Jun ’23€58.46
€72.11
+23.4%
11.3%€88.00€60.00€59.8017
May ’23€65.16
€74.71
+14.6%
12.4%€97.00€60.00€64.5817
Apr ’23€65.66
€74.64
+13.7%
13.9%€97.00€60.00n/a18

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


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