U.S. Bancorp Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: USBC (€48.05) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€91.69)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for USBC. This is calculated by dividing USBC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is USBC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio15.5x
EarningsUS$5.09b
Market CapUS$78.63b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for USBC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8x
EBS Erste Group Bank
6.8x-3.1%€20.9b
BG BAWAG Group
8.6x5.7%€5.7b
RBI Raiffeisen Bank International
2.6x-3.7%€5.9b
OBS Oberbank
14.1xn/a€5.0b
USBC U.S. Bancorp
15.5x11.6%€78.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: USBC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.5x) compared to the peer average (8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
USBC 15.5xIndustry Avg. 7.3xNo. of Companies45PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: USBC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.5x) compared to the European Banks industry average (7.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is USBC'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.

USBC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio15.5x
Fair PE Ratio8.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: USBC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.2x).


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 USBC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€48.05
€51.18
+6.5%
8.0%€62.62€46.49n/a21
Nov ’25€44.59
€48.76
+9.4%
5.9%€55.16€45.05n/a21
Oct ’25€40.46
€45.06
+11.4%
5.9%€51.19€39.97n/a21
Sep ’25€42.41
€45.46
+7.2%
6.1%€49.42€39.35n/a22
Aug ’25€40.52
€45.76
+13.0%
6.7%€50.79€38.79n/a22
Jul ’25€36.92
€44.16
+19.6%
7.3%€49.48€39.21n/a22
Jun ’25€36.70
€43.86
+19.5%
7.5%€50.16€39.01n/a22
May ’25€38.31
€44.29
+15.6%
7.4%€50.51€39.28n/a22
Apr ’25€41.30
€45.20
+9.4%
6.9%€52.14€40.96n/a22
Mar ’25€38.26
€44.37
+16.0%
8.3%€56.12€40.48n/a22
Feb ’25€37.06
€44.37
+19.7%
8.3%€56.12€40.48n/a22
Jan ’25€39.94
€39.65
-0.7%
15.5%€54.21€28.01n/a24
Dec ’24€35.62
€37.78
+6.1%
17.5%€57.88€28.48n/a23
Nov ’24€30.24
€38.44
+27.1%
17.3%€56.69€29.29€44.5923
Oct ’24€31.52
€41.30
+31.0%
14.0%€59.02€34.08€40.4623
Sep ’24€34.16
€40.65
+19.0%
14.3%€61.54€33.07€42.4123
Aug ’24€35.24
€39.42
+11.9%
16.9%€63.10€31.55€40.5223
Jul ’24€30.20
€38.97
+29.0%
20.0%€63.85€30.10€36.9223
Jun ’24€28.20
€40.43
+43.4%
17.4%€61.02€29.14€36.7023
May ’24€29.26
€41.20
+40.8%
16.1%€60.78€33.57€38.3123
Apr ’24€32.80
€48.81
+48.8%
12.2%€62.73€35.98€41.3023
Mar ’24€44.14
€52.43
+18.8%
11.6%€72.99€41.71€38.2623
Feb ’24€45.35
€50.24
+10.8%
12.1%€68.10€40.49€37.0622
Jan ’24€40.78
€49.27
+20.8%
13.2%€65.98€40.53€39.9422
Dec ’23€42.99
€49.62
+15.4%
13.6%€67.45€40.85€35.6221
Nov ’23€43.57
€51.90
+19.1%
12.0%€64.23€43.15€30.2422

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


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