Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited

DB:ICK Stock Report

Market Cap: €269.1b

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

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

Below Fair Value: ICK (€0.56) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€2.17)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ICK. This is calculated by dividing ICK's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ICK's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio4.5x
EarningsCN¥349.38b
Market CapCN¥2.05t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for ICK 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
9.1x8.8%€19.3b
WFC Wells Fargo
14.5x3.6%US$247.5b
1288 Agricultural Bank of China
4.9x5.6%HK$1.8t
BAC Bank of America
16.3x9.7%US$358.7b
ICK Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
4.5x4.2%€2.2t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ICK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.5x) compared to the peer average (11.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ICK 4.5xIndustry Avg. 7.4xNo. of Companies45PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ICK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.5x) compared to the European Banks industry average (7.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ICK'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.

ICK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio4.5x
Fair PE Ratio13.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ICK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.2x).


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 ICK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€0.56
€0.64
+15.5%
14.0%€0.82€0.47n/a18
Nov ’25€0.55
€0.63
+14.2%
13.9%€0.81€0.46n/a18
Oct ’25€0.54
€0.60
+9.6%
10.9%€0.72€0.46n/a18
Sep ’25€0.51
€0.60
+17.3%
10.5%€0.73€0.46n/a19
Aug ’25€0.51
€0.61
+19.8%
10.8%€0.74€0.46n/a19
Jul ’25€0.54
€0.61
+11.9%
10.4%€0.74€0.46n/a20
Jun ’25€0.52
€0.58
+11.6%
13.5%€0.74€0.34n/a20
May ’25€0.49
€0.57
+16.6%
14.8%€0.75€0.35n/a20
Apr ’25€0.47
€0.56
+19.4%
14.1%€0.74€0.35n/a21
Mar ’25€0.47
€0.56
+18.8%
13.0%€0.74€0.38n/a21
Feb ’25€0.46
€0.56
+23.9%
13.0%€0.74€0.38n/a21
Jan ’25€0.42
€0.56
+32.9%
12.9%€0.73€0.38n/a21
Dec ’24€0.42
€0.58
+37.1%
11.7%€0.74€0.38n/a21
Nov ’24€0.44
€0.58
+30.5%
11.8%€0.74€0.39€0.5521
Oct ’24€0.44
€0.59
+31.8%
11.4%€0.74€0.42€0.5422
Sep ’24€0.41
€0.59
+42.6%
12.3%€0.73€0.41€0.5123
Aug ’24€0.44
€0.60
+36.4%
13.3%€0.78€0.42€0.5123
Jul ’24€0.48
€0.60
+25.4%
11.9%€0.78€0.48€0.5422
Jun ’24€0.49
€0.62
+25.0%
11.8%€0.80€0.50€0.5222
May ’24€0.48
€0.61
+27.2%
11.1%€0.73€0.50€0.4922
Apr ’24€0.48
€0.64
+32.3%
11.0%€0.75€0.51€0.4722
Mar ’24€0.47
€0.64
+36.6%
12.0%€0.77€0.51€0.4724
Feb ’24€0.48
€0.64
+33.6%
12.2%€0.77€0.51€0.4624
Jan ’24€0.48
€0.64
+32.8%
14.3%€0.79€0.45€0.4224
Dec ’23€0.47
€0.63
+33.6%
15.5%€0.79€0.44€0.4224
Nov ’23€0.45
€0.65
+44.3%
15.4%€0.82€0.46€0.4424

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


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