U.S. Bancorp Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

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

Below Fair Value: USB ($40.62) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($47.25)

Significantly Below Fair Value: USB 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 USB?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for USB. This is calculated by dividing USB's market cap by their current earnings.
What is USB's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio16.1x
EarningsUS$5.09b
Market CapUS$81.89b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for USB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.4x
CHILE Banco de Chile
7.9x-5.8%CL$11.3t
BSANTANDER Banco Santander-Chile
11.7x9.4%CL$8.9t
BCI Banco de Crédito e Inversiones
7.5x7.3%CL$6.1t
SCOTIABKCL Scotiabank Chile
6.3xn/aCL$2.8t
USB U.S. Bancorp
16.1x11.6%US$81.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: USB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x) compared to the peer average (8.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does USB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the South American Banks Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
USB 16.1xIndustry Avg. 8.7xNo. of Companies9PE0612182430+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: USB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x) compared to the South American Banks industry average (8.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is USB'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.

USB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16.1x
Fair PE Ratio11x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: USB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11x).


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 USB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$40.62
US$53.99
+32.9%
8.0%US$66.00US$49.00n/a21
Nov ’25US$40.62
US$53.03
+30.6%
5.9%US$60.00US$49.00n/a21
Oct ’25US$40.62
US$50.18
+23.5%
5.9%US$57.00US$44.50n/a21
Sep ’25US$40.62
US$49.67
+22.3%
6.1%US$54.00US$43.00n/a22
Aug ’25US$40.62
US$49.56
+22.0%
6.7%US$55.00US$42.00n/a22
Jul ’25US$40.62
US$47.31
+16.5%
7.3%US$53.00US$42.00n/a22
Jun ’25US$40.62
US$47.22
+16.2%
7.5%US$54.00US$42.00n/a22
May ’25US$40.62
US$47.35
+16.6%
7.4%US$54.00US$42.00n/a22
Apr ’25US$40.62
US$48.55
+19.5%
6.9%US$56.00US$44.00n/a22
Mar ’25US$40.62
US$48.23
+18.7%
8.3%US$61.00US$44.00n/a22
Feb ’25US$45.33
US$48.23
+6.4%
8.3%US$61.00US$44.00n/a22
Jan ’25US$45.33
US$43.89
-3.2%
15.5%US$60.00US$31.00n/a24
Dec ’24US$38.65
US$41.12
+6.4%
17.5%US$63.00US$31.00n/a23
Nov ’24US$38.65
US$40.68
+5.3%
17.3%US$60.00US$31.00US$40.6223
Oct ’24US$38.65
US$43.38
+12.2%
14.0%US$62.00US$35.80US$40.6223
Sep ’24US$38.65
US$44.25
+14.5%
14.3%US$67.00US$36.00US$40.6223
Aug ’24US$38.65
US$43.73
+13.2%
16.9%US$70.00US$35.00US$40.6223
Jul ’24US$55.78
US$42.72
-23.4%
20.0%US$70.00US$33.00US$40.6223
Jun ’24US$55.78
US$44.39
-20.4%
17.4%US$67.00US$32.00US$40.6223
May ’24US$55.78
US$45.42
-18.6%
16.1%US$67.00US$37.00US$40.6223
Apr ’24US$55.78
US$52.92
-5.1%
12.2%US$68.00US$39.00US$40.6223
Mar ’24US$55.78
US$55.31
-0.8%
11.6%US$77.00US$44.00US$40.6223
Feb ’24US$55.78
US$54.59
-2.1%
12.1%US$74.00US$44.00US$45.3322
Jan ’24US$55.78
US$52.27
-6.3%
13.2%US$70.00US$43.00US$45.3322
Dec ’23US$55.78
US$52.23
-6.4%
13.6%US$71.00US$43.00US$38.6521
Nov ’23US$55.78
US$51.71
-7.3%
12.0%US$64.00US$43.00US$38.6522

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


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