Canadian Western Bank Valuation

Is C7W 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 C7W when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€48.08
Fair Value
18.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
8
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: C7W (€39) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€48.08)

Significantly Below Fair Value: C7W 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 C7W?

Key metric: As C7W is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for C7W. This is calculated by dividing C7W's market cap by their current earnings.
What is C7W's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio21.1x
EarningsCA$267.88m
Market CapCA$5.72b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does C7W's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for C7W vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14x
CBK Commerzbank
10.1x9.3%€21.1b
UCB United Community Banks
21.4x20.1%US$4.0b
LUKN Luzerner Kantonalbank
12xn/aCHF 3.4b
7167 Mebuki Financial GroupInc
12.4x15.2%JP¥644.7b
C7W Canadian Western Bank
21.1x14.7%€5.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: C7W is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.1x) compared to the peer average (13.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does C7W's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Banks Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
C7W 21.1xIndustry Avg. 8.2xNo. of Companies46PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: C7W is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.1x) compared to the European Banks industry average (8.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is C7W'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.

C7W PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21.1x
Fair PE Ratio10.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: C7W is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.6x).


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 C7W forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€39.00
€40.31
+3.4%
3.3%€42.35€38.68n/a8
Jan ’26€38.60
€40.31
+4.4%
3.3%€42.35€38.68n/a8
Dec ’25€39.80
€40.42
+1.5%
8.5%€46.82€35.29n/a8
Nov ’25€36.80
€34.70
-5.7%
15.0%€39.87€21.16n/a9
Oct ’25€34.80
€34.88
+0.2%
14.6%€40.34€21.41n/a9
Sep ’25€34.40
€35.94
+4.5%
7.7%€40.48€30.88n/a8
Aug ’25€31.00
€35.23
+13.6%
4.9%€38.10€31.41n/a8
Jul ’25€28.60
€35.23
+23.2%
4.9%€38.10€31.41n/a8
Jun ’25€17.10
€22.19
+29.8%
8.9%€25.03€18.94n/a10
May ’25€17.60
€23.14
+31.5%
6.9%€25.10€19.68n/a10
Apr ’25€18.70
€23.14
+23.7%
6.9%€25.10€19.68n/a10
Mar ’25€19.30
€23.48
+21.7%
6.9%€25.18€19.74n/a10
Feb ’25€19.90
€23.65
+18.9%
5.7%€25.29€21.88n/a10
Jan ’25€20.60
€23.57
+14.4%
5.4%€25.31€21.89€38.6011
Dec ’24€19.40
€21.81
+12.4%
5.5%€23.46€19.44€39.8011
Nov ’24€18.30
€22.92
+25.2%
4.9%€24.37€20.20€36.8011
Oct ’24€19.40
€22.92
+18.1%
4.9%€24.37€20.20€34.8011
Sep ’24€17.50
€20.79
+18.8%
10.1%€23.89€17.74€34.4013
Aug ’24€17.70
€19.83
+12.0%
10.4%€24.00€17.14€31.0013
Jul ’24€16.60
€19.83
+19.5%
10.4%€24.00€17.14€28.6013
Jun ’24€16.60
€19.83
+19.5%
10.4%€24.00€17.14€17.1013
May ’24€15.70
€21.34
+35.9%
8.7%€24.22€19.37€17.6013
Apr ’24€16.20
€21.34
+31.7%
8.7%€24.22€19.37€18.7013
Mar ’24€18.80
€22.08
+17.4%
8.2%€25.08€19.51€19.3013
Feb ’24€18.90
€20.92
+10.7%
10.5%€24.85€17.95€19.9013
Jan ’24€16.20
€20.92
+29.2%
10.5%€24.85€17.95€20.6013
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 8 Analysts
€40.42
Fair Value
3.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
8
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2025/01/22 16:50
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/22 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/10/31

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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Canadian Western Bank is covered by 23 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John AikenBarclays
Joseph NgBarclays
Sohrab MovahediBMO Capital Markets Equity Research