Banco Santander Valuation

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

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

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

Below Fair Value: SAN (€4.33) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€10.23)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SAN. This is calculated by dividing SAN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SAN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio5.6x
Earnings€11.75b
Market Cap€66.11b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SAN 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%€23.8b
BG BAWAG Group
9.3x6.5%€6.2b
RBI Raiffeisen Bank International
2.8x-7.9%€6.4b
OBS Oberbank
13.6xn/a€4.9b
SAN Banco Santander
5.6x-0.2%€66.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SAN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.6x) compared to the peer average (8.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SAN 5.6xIndustry Avg. 7.6xNo. of Companies46PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SAN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.6x) compared to the European Banks industry average (7.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SAN'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.

SAN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio5.6x
Fair PE Ratio6.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SAN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.8x).


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 SAN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€4.33
€5.72
+32.1%
7.4%€6.32€4.70n/a21
Dec ’25€4.32
€5.73
+32.7%
7.4%€6.32€4.70n/a21
Nov ’25€4.60
€5.72
+24.3%
7.3%€6.32€4.70n/a21
Oct ’25€4.42
€5.61
+27.0%
7.6%€6.30€4.70n/a22
Sep ’25€4.48
€5.61
+25.1%
7.5%€6.30€4.70n/a22
Aug ’25€4.35
€5.60
+28.8%
7.4%€6.30€4.70n/a22
Jul ’25€4.46
€5.55
+24.3%
8.6%€6.30€4.30n/a22
Jun ’25€4.81
€5.49
+14.1%
8.8%€6.30€4.30n/a22
May ’25€4.64
€5.28
+14.0%
7.6%€5.95€4.30n/a22
Apr ’25€4.56
€5.11
+12.0%
9.1%€5.80€3.80n/a22
Mar ’25€3.84
€5.01
+30.3%
9.2%€5.55€3.80n/a23
Feb ’25€3.58
€4.96
+38.4%
10.0%€5.55€3.60n/a23
Jan ’25€3.80
€4.92
+29.7%
10.3%€5.55€3.60n/a22
Dec ’24€3.83
€4.92
+28.4%
10.3%€5.55€3.60€4.3222
Nov ’24€3.49
€4.92
+40.9%
11.2%€5.90€3.60€4.6023
Oct ’24€3.52
€4.84
+37.5%
10.0%€5.70€3.80€4.4223
Sep ’24€3.60
€4.84
+34.5%
9.8%€5.70€3.80€4.4824
Aug ’24€3.69
€4.80
+30.1%
10.2%€5.70€3.80€4.3524
Jul ’24€3.39
€4.63
+36.5%
10.0%€5.54€3.80€4.4621
Jun ’24€3.09
€4.58
+48.2%
12.4%€5.54€3.01€4.8120
May ’24€3.27
€4.64
+41.8%
12.9%€5.60€3.01€4.6420
Apr ’24n/a
€4.63
0%
12.0%€5.54€3.01€4.5620
Mar ’24€3.56
€4.47
+25.6%
13.2%€5.82€3.01€3.8420
Feb ’24€3.28
€4.05
+23.6%
14.6%€5.20€3.01€3.5820
Jan ’24€2.81
€4.03
+43.3%
15.1%€5.10€3.01€3.8019
Dec ’23€2.83
€3.99
+41.0%
16.0%€5.10€3.01€3.8319

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 11:41
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 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

Banco Santander, S.A. is covered by 59 analysts. 19 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
José Valle CarrascalAhorro Corporación
David GrinsztajnAlphaValue
Carlos PeixotoBanco BPI, S.A.