SouthState Valuation

Is FJ5 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 FJ5 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: FJ5 (€95) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€155.04)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FJ5 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for FJ5?

Key metric: As FJ5 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for FJ5. This is calculated by dividing FJ5's market cap by their current earnings.
What is FJ5's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio15.4x
EarningsUS$497.40m
Market CapUS$7.64b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does FJ5's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for FJ5 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.9x
CBK Commerzbank
8.5x8.9%€18.1b
3618 Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank
4.3x4.8%HK$64.1b
BOKF BOK Financial
15.1x7.4%US$7.0b
BCVN Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
15.7x0.5%CHF 7.1b
FJ5 SouthState
15.4x29.5%€7.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FJ5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.4x) compared to the peer average (10.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FJ5's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Banks Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FJ5 15.4xIndustry Avg. 7.6xNo. of Companies46PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FJ5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.4x) compared to the European Banks industry average (7.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FJ5'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.

FJ5 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio15.4x
Fair PE Ratio15.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FJ5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.2x).


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 FJ5 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€95.00
€116.65
+22.8%
8.4%€130.26€102.28n/a9
Dec ’25€101.00
€104.81
+3.8%
6.6%€113.30€89.70n/a8
Nov ’25€89.50
€99.44
+11.1%
5.3%€106.32€87.83n/a9
Oct ’25€87.00
€97.79
+12.4%
5.8%€103.89€85.82n/a8
Sep ’25€87.00
€98.42
+13.1%
7.2%€103.48€81.53n/a8
Aug ’25€91.00
€98.42
+8.2%
7.2%€103.48€81.53n/a8
Jul ’25€70.50
€85.91
+21.9%
6.2%€94.44€77.78n/a8
Jun ’25€70.50
€85.91
+21.9%
6.2%€94.44€77.78n/a8
May ’25€72.00
€84.94
+18.0%
7.7%€95.14€75.55n/a7
Apr ’25€77.50
€86.65
+11.8%
6.6%€94.96€78.20n/a7
Mar ’25€77.50
€86.15
+11.2%
6.2%€94.68€77.97n/a8
Feb ’25€76.50
€85.98
+12.4%
5.9%€94.18€77.56n/a8
Jan ’25€77.00
€77.38
+0.5%
9.8%€88.08€65.38n/a9
Dec ’24€67.50
€73.37
+8.7%
6.1%€80.44€68.13€101.008
Nov ’24€62.00
€73.37
+18.3%
6.1%€80.44€68.13€89.508
Oct ’24€63.00
€79.34
+25.9%
8.0%€89.86€69.05€87.008
Sep ’24€66.50
€79.73
+19.9%
4.8%€87.94€73.13€87.008
Aug ’24€70.50
€78.64
+11.6%
4.9%€86.50€71.93€91.008
Jul ’24€61.00
€76.43
+25.3%
9.2%€87.41€68.09€70.508
Jun ’24€58.50
€76.20
+30.3%
8.2%€85.93€66.93€70.508
May ’24€61.00
€78.05
+27.9%
6.4%€86.59€69.27€72.008
Apr ’24€65.00
€83.26
+28.1%
7.4%€92.25€72.88€77.508
Mar ’24€76.00
€89.50
+17.8%
3.3%€93.79€85.35€77.507
Feb ’24€73.00
€87.78
+20.2%
3.5%€91.03€82.84€76.507
Jan ’24€72.00
€93.70
+30.1%
2.5%€97.77€90.17€77.007
Dec ’23€84.00
€100.95
+20.2%
2.6%€104.28€96.18€67.507

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 10:02
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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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

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Analyst Sources

SouthState Corporation is covered by 19 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Blair BrantleyBB&T Capital Markets
Benjamin GerlingerCitigroup Inc
null nullD.A. Davidson & Co.