Carrefour Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

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

Below Fair Value: CARR (€13.37) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€27.48)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CARR. This is calculated by dividing CARR's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CARR's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.7x
Earnings€837.00m
Market Cap€8.99b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CARR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20.6x
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings
22.3x7.1%US$12.5b
CENCOSUD Cencosud
27.1x25.7%CL$6.1t
DG Dollar General
12.2x6.7%US$16.7b
LULU Lulu Retail Holdings
20.9x14.8%د.إ19.6b
CARR Carrefour
10.7x14.0%€9.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CARR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.7x) compared to the peer average (20.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CARR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Consumer Retailing Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CARR 10.7xIndustry Avg. 14.7xNo. of Companies10PE01020304050+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CARR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.7x) compared to the European Consumer Retailing industry average (14.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CARR'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.

CARR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CARR's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


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 CARR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€13.37
€16.96
+26.9%
13.5%€22.00€13.00n/a17
Dec ’25€14.45
€16.96
+17.4%
13.5%€22.00€13.00n/a17
Nov ’25€14.73
€17.08
+16.0%
12.8%€22.00€13.00n/a17
Oct ’25€15.46
€17.21
+11.3%
11.5%€22.00€14.00n/a17
Sep ’25€14.48
€17.14
+18.4%
11.9%€22.00€14.00n/a17
Aug ’25€13.82
€17.14
+24.1%
11.9%€22.00€14.00n/a17
Jul ’25€13.47
€17.78
+32.1%
12.1%€22.00€14.00n/a17
Jun ’25€15.04
€18.34
+21.9%
12.7%€23.00€14.00n/a17
May ’25€15.93
€18.81
+18.1%
11.1%€23.00€14.00n/a16
Apr ’25€16.19
€18.98
+17.3%
11.0%€23.00€14.00n/a16
Mar ’25€15.59
€19.04
+22.2%
11.1%€23.00€14.00n/a16
Feb ’25€15.66
€19.68
+25.7%
10.0%€23.00€15.00n/a16
Jan ’25€16.64
€19.94
+19.9%
9.9%€23.00€15.00n/a16
Dec ’24€17.30
€19.88
+14.9%
10.2%€23.00€15.00€14.4516
Nov ’24€16.86
€19.77
+17.3%
10.6%€23.00€15.00€14.7315
Oct ’24€16.30
€20.21
+24.0%
9.3%€23.00€17.00€15.4615
Sep ’24€17.30
€20.41
+18.0%
9.0%€23.00€17.00€14.4815
Aug ’24€18.20
€20.28
+11.5%
8.8%€23.00€17.00€13.8215
Jul ’24€17.23
€20.07
+16.5%
10.5%€23.00€15.00€13.4715
Jun ’24€17.49
€19.93
+14.0%
11.2%€23.00€15.00€15.0414
May ’24€18.94
€20.00
+5.6%
10.4%€23.00€16.00€15.9314
Apr ’24€18.34
€19.82
+8.1%
9.4%€23.00€17.00€16.1914
Mar ’24€18.68
€19.71
+5.6%
10.4%€23.00€15.50€15.5914
Feb ’24€17.49
€19.86
+13.6%
10.0%€23.00€16.50€15.6614
Jan ’24€15.81
€19.60
+24.0%
10.9%€23.00€16.00€16.6415
Dec ’23€16.66
€19.88
+19.3%
11.7%€24.00€16.00€17.3016

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 19:18
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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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

Carrefour SA is covered by 60 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null Research DepartmentAxia Financial Research
Volker BosseBaader Helvea Equity Research
Marta DiazBanco de Sabadell. S.A.