Wells Fargo Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: WFC (CHF50.25) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF97.59)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

WFC 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 Ratio3.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for WFC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average6.8x
LLBN Liechtensteinische Landesbank
13.1xn/aCHF 2.2b
939 China Construction Bank
4.3x4.1%HK$1.6t
3988 Bank of China
4.8x5.2%HK$1.5t
1288 Agricultural Bank of China
5x5.6%HK$1.9t
WFC Wells Fargo
12.7x3.7%CHF 215.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WFC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.7x) compared to the peer average (6.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a0.4%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WFC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.7x) compared to the European Banks industry average (7.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WFC'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.

WFC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.7x
Fair PE Ratio15.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WFC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.5x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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