BNP Paribas Valuation

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

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

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

Below Fair Value: BNP (€60) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€186.27)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BNP. This is calculated by dividing BNP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BNP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio6.6x
Earnings€10.30b
Market Cap€67.80b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for BNP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average11.2x
CBK Commerzbank
8.9x8.2%€18.8b
PCZ ProCredit Holding
4.3x9.7%€462.9m
WBC Westpac Banking
16.2x0.1%AU$113.5b
USB U.S. Bancorp
15.3x11.6%US$78.5b
BNP BNP Paribas
6.6x7.1%€67.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BNP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.6x) compared to the peer average (11.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BNP 6.6xIndustry Avg. 7.4xNo. of Companies44PE0612182430+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BNP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.6x) compared to the European Banks industry average (7.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BNP'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.

BNP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.6x
Fair PE Ratio12.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BNP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.3x).


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 BNP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€60.00
€80.03
+33.4%
8.6%€96.00€65.30n/a19
Nov ’25€63.13
€80.85
+28.1%
8.5%€96.00€65.30n/a19
Oct ’25€61.04
€80.87
+32.5%
7.8%€95.90€68.30n/a20
Sep ’25€62.38
€81.87
+31.2%
7.7%€95.90€68.30n/a20
Aug ’25€61.92
€81.67
+31.9%
8.0%€95.90€68.30n/a20
Jul ’25€61.94
€81.43
+31.5%
7.9%€95.60€67.20n/a19
Jun ’25€67.56
€81.18
+20.2%
6.9%€90.00€67.20n/a19
May ’25€67.63
€78.47
+16.0%
8.3%€90.00€67.20n/a19
Apr ’25€65.66
€77.27
+17.7%
9.7%€90.00€57.70n/a19
Mar ’25€56.14
€75.97
+35.3%
9.9%€90.00€57.70n/a20
Feb ’25€57.63
€77.67
+34.8%
7.3%€90.00€69.20n/a20
Jan ’25€62.59
€77.80
+24.3%
7.0%€90.00€70.00n/a20
Dec ’24€57.98
€77.50
+33.7%
6.8%€90.00€70.00n/a20
Nov ’24€54.50
€77.77
+42.7%
6.7%€90.00€70.00€63.1320
Oct ’24€60.32
€78.06
+29.4%
8.0%€93.00€69.77€61.0420
Sep ’24€59.64
€77.34
+29.7%
8.2%€93.00€67.00€62.3822
Aug ’24€59.12
€77.07
+30.4%
8.4%€93.00€67.00€61.9222
Jul ’24€58.31
€76.69
+31.5%
7.8%€92.00€67.00€61.9421
Jun ’24€54.88
€76.57
+39.5%
8.4%€92.00€63.42€67.5621
May ’24€58.05
€75.65
+30.3%
9.3%€91.00€63.42€67.6320
Apr ’24€55.16
€74.95
+35.9%
8.6%€88.00€63.42€65.6621
Mar ’24€63.60
€74.20
+16.7%
7.8%€86.40€63.42€56.1420
Feb ’24€63.53
€70.48
+10.9%
11.3%€86.40€55.00€57.6320
Jan ’24€53.57
€68.06
+27.1%
9.1%€83.00€55.00€62.5919
Dec ’23€52.90
€67.69
+28.0%
8.6%€83.00€55.00€57.9819
Nov ’23€47.67
€65.93
+38.3%
9.3%€82.00€54.75€54.5019

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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