Westpac Banking Corporation

ASX:WBC Stock Report

Market Cap: AU$88.7b

Westpac Banking Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: WBC (A$25.73) is trading below our estimate of fair value (A$29.54)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WBC 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 WBC?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

WBC 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-7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for WBC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.2x
ANZ ANZ Group Holdings
12.1x1.7%AU$85.2b
NAB National Australia Bank
13.9x0.9%AU$103.4b
CBA Commonwealth Bank of Australia
19.3x1.9%AU$187.2b
BFL BSP Financial Group
7.4xn/aAU$2.7b
WBC Westpac Banking
12.4x-1.8%AU$88.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WBC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.4x) compared to the peer average (13.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WBC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Banks Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a1.1%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WBC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.4x) compared to the Global Banks industry average (8.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WBC'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.

WBC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.4x
Fair PE Ratio13x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WBC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13x).


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 WBC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$25.73
AU$23.74
-7.7%
10.7%AU$28.00AU$18.50n/a14
Apr ’25AU$26.10
AU$23.74
-9.1%
10.8%AU$28.00AU$18.50n/a14
Mar ’25AU$26.41
AU$23.22
-12.1%
11.4%AU$28.00AU$17.50n/a14
Feb ’25AU$23.77
AU$22.07
-7.2%
10.9%AU$28.00AU$17.50n/a14
Jan ’25AU$22.90
AU$21.53
-6.0%
10.5%AU$28.00AU$17.50n/a14
Dec ’24AU$21.27
AU$21.79
+2.4%
11.0%AU$28.00AU$17.50n/a15
Nov ’24AU$20.74
AU$21.52
+3.8%
11.4%AU$28.00AU$17.50n/a15
Oct ’24AU$21.15
AU$21.52
+1.7%
11.9%AU$28.00AU$17.50n/a15
Sep ’24AU$21.79
AU$21.92
+0.6%
11.0%AU$28.00AU$17.50n/a16
Aug ’24AU$22.43
AU$22.30
-0.6%
10.1%AU$28.00AU$19.00n/a16
Jul ’24AU$21.34
AU$22.32
+4.6%
10.1%AU$28.00AU$19.00n/a16
Jun ’24AU$20.60
AU$22.50
+9.2%
10.2%AU$28.00AU$19.00n/a16
May ’24AU$22.56
AU$23.63
+4.8%
10.8%AU$29.00AU$19.00n/a16
Apr ’24AU$21.66
AU$24.08
+11.2%
12.5%AU$30.00AU$19.00AU$26.1016
Mar ’24AU$22.07
AU$24.59
+11.4%
12.5%AU$30.00AU$19.00AU$26.4116
Feb ’24AU$23.60
AU$24.72
+4.7%
12.7%AU$30.00AU$19.00AU$23.7716
Jan ’24AU$23.35
AU$24.95
+6.9%
13.6%AU$30.00AU$19.00AU$22.9016
Dec ’23AU$23.92
AU$24.98
+4.4%
14.0%AU$30.00AU$19.00AU$21.2715
Nov ’23AU$24.32
AU$25.05
+3.0%
13.8%AU$30.00AU$17.95AU$20.7416
Oct ’23AU$20.64
AU$24.47
+18.5%
13.0%AU$30.00AU$17.95AU$21.1517
Sep ’23AU$21.23
AU$24.36
+14.7%
12.8%AU$30.00AU$17.95AU$21.7917
Aug ’23AU$21.66
AU$24.23
+11.8%
12.9%AU$30.00AU$18.15AU$22.4317
Jul ’23AU$19.42
AU$24.47
+26.0%
12.3%AU$30.00AU$18.15AU$21.3417
Jun ’23AU$24.10
AU$25.60
+6.2%
8.7%AU$30.00AU$21.50AU$20.6017
May ’23AU$23.87
AU$24.92
+4.4%
11.1%AU$30.00AU$19.25AU$22.5617
Apr ’23AU$23.95
AU$24.81
+3.6%
11.6%AU$30.00AU$19.10AU$21.6617

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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