Deutsche Börse Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: DBO (€221.7) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€230.38)

Significantly Below Fair Value: DBO is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DBO. This is calculated by dividing DBO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DBO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio22x
Earnings€1.85b
Market Cap€40.57b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for DBO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average45.8x
MSCI MSCI
39.7x9.5%US$47.6b
NDAQ Nasdaq
47.4x17.6%US$45.4b
TW Tradeweb Markets
64.4x17.3%US$31.7b
388 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
31.7x8.3%HK$380.9b
DBO Deutsche Börse
22x5.3%€40.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DBO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22x) compared to the peer average (45.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DBO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Capital Markets Industry?

18 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
DBO 22.0xIndustry Avg. 13.0xNo. of Companies37PE01224364860+
18 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DBO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22x) compared to the European Capital Markets industry average (13x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DBO'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.

DBO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio22x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate DBO'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 DBO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€221.70
€228.00
+2.8%
6.2%€249.00€195.00n/a17
Dec ’25€222.20
€225.29
+1.4%
6.9%€249.00€194.00n/a17
Nov ’25€216.40
€222.24
+2.7%
6.9%€242.00€195.00n/a17
Oct ’25€210.70
€212.94
+1.1%
6.7%€239.00€192.00n/a18
Sep ’25€203.40
€208.56
+2.5%
6.0%€230.00€185.00n/a18
Aug ’25€186.60
€208.50
+11.7%
5.9%€229.00€185.00n/a18
Jul ’25€191.15
€204.83
+7.2%
6.2%€227.00€185.00n/a18
Jun ’25€183.15
€204.56
+11.7%
6.0%€227.00€185.00n/a18
May ’25€181.15
€204.56
+12.9%
6.0%€227.00€185.00n/a18
Apr ’25€189.90
€203.83
+7.3%
6.2%€231.00€185.00n/a18
Mar ’25€192.85
€203.89
+5.7%
6.0%€231.00€185.00n/a19
Feb ’25€185.75
€200.05
+7.7%
7.8%€230.00€170.00n/a19
Jan ’25€186.20
€197.37
+6.0%
7.5%€230.00€170.00n/a19
Dec ’24€176.10
€195.53
+11.0%
7.8%€230.00€170.00€222.2019
Nov ’24€157.75
€191.26
+21.2%
8.2%€224.00€168.00€216.4019
Oct ’24€163.85
€193.06
+17.8%
8.2%€233.00€170.00€210.7017
Sep ’24€164.60
€194.18
+18.0%
8.1%€233.00€170.00€203.4017
Aug ’24€171.10
€195.39
+14.2%
7.8%€233.00€170.00€186.6018
Jul ’24€169.05
€194.18
+14.9%
7.3%€215.00€170.00€191.1517
Jun ’24€163.75
€195.24
+19.2%
8.0%€224.00€170.00€183.1517
May ’24€173.50
€194.56
+12.1%
7.5%€221.00€170.00€181.1516
Apr ’24€179.80
€193.50
+7.6%
7.2%€219.00€170.00€189.9018
Mar ’24€165.70
€193.45
+16.7%
7.1%€219.00€170.00€192.8519
Feb ’24€166.45
€192.01
+15.4%
8.1%€219.00€165.00€185.7519
Jan ’24€161.40
€191.01
+18.3%
8.4%€215.00€165.00€186.2019
Dec ’23€178.10
€192.59
+8.1%
8.5%€215.00€165.00€176.1019

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 Analysis2024/12/27 16:54
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 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

Deutsche Börse AG is covered by 45 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jesús Domínguez AnguloBanco de Sabadell. S.A.
Neil SmithBankhaus Lampe KG
Joanna NaderBarclays