Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

DB:LF2 Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.3b

Pacific Premier Bancorp Valuation

Is LF2 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-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LF2 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€30.59
Fair Value
26.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
6
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: LF2 (€22.4) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€30.59)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LF2 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LF2?

Key metric: As LF2 is an unprofitable bank we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for LF2. This is calculated by dividing LF2's market cap by their current book value.
What is LF2's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio0.8x
BookUS$2.94b
Market CapUS$2.38b

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

How does LF2's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PB ratio for LF2 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.8x
PCZ ProCredit Holding
0.5x12.2%€490.0m
6196 Bank of Zhengzhou
0.1xn/aHK$16.6b
FBK FB Financial
1.6x23.4%US$2.5b
HTH Hilltop Holdings
0.9x2.2%US$1.9b
LF2 Pacific Premier Bancorp
0.8x39.6%€2.4b

Price-To-Book vs Peers: LF2 is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (0.8x) compared to the peer average (0.8x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

How does LF2's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Banks Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No. of Companies34PB00.61.21.82.43+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Book vs Industry: LF2 is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (0.8x) compared to the European Banks industry average (0.8x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LF2's PB Ratio compared to its Fair PB Ratio? This is the expected PB Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LF2 PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio0.8x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate LF2's Price-To-Book Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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 LF2 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€22.40
€27.49
+22.7%
6.6%€29.90€24.11n/a6
Jan ’26€20.40
€27.49
+34.7%
6.6%€29.90€24.11n/a6
Dec ’25€25.80
€25.15
-2.5%
6.7%€27.79€23.16n/a7
Nov ’25€23.20
€25.15
+8.4%
6.7%€27.79€23.16n/a7
Oct ’25€22.20
€24.67
+11.1%
6.7%€27.74€22.37n/a7
Sep ’25€22.60
€24.61
+8.9%
7.5%€27.97€22.55n/a7
Aug ’25€24.60
€25.42
+3.3%
6.7%€28.58€23.05n/a7
Jul ’25€21.00
€24.22
+15.3%
6.8%€27.01€21.42n/a7
Jun ’25€19.70
€24.57
+24.7%
5.3%€27.11€23.37n/a7
May ’25€20.20
€24.57
+21.6%
5.3%€27.11€23.37n/a7
Apr ’25€21.80
€26.52
+21.7%
7.6%€29.56€23.09n/a7
Mar ’25€20.80
€27.00
+29.8%
5.6%€29.64€25.01n/a7
Feb ’25€23.20
€27.41
+18.1%
6.7%€30.44€24.90n/a7
Jan ’25€26.60
€24.26
-8.8%
16.7%€30.87€19.98€20.407
Dec ’24€20.20
€23.38
+15.8%
10.9%€28.50€20.23€25.807
Nov ’24€17.60
€21.90
+24.4%
7.1%€23.66€18.92€23.207
Oct ’24€19.70
€25.57
+29.8%
8.1%€28.56€21.89€22.207
Sep ’24€20.80
€24.94
+19.9%
5.5%€27.28€23.64€22.607
Aug ’24€22.80
€24.94
+9.4%
5.5%€27.28€23.64€24.607
Jul ’24€19.00
€23.45
+23.4%
7.5%€25.68€21.09€21.007
Jun ’24€17.30
€24.01
+38.8%
8.3%€27.26€20.90€19.707
May ’24€19.90
€25.28
+27.0%
9.7%€29.95€22.69€20.207
Apr ’24€21.40
€30.06
+40.5%
9.6%€34.38€23.84€21.807
Mar ’24€30.20
€31.55
+4.5%
5.3%€34.97€30.37€20.807
Feb ’24€29.40
€31.55
+7.3%
5.3%€34.97€30.37€23.207
Jan ’24€29.40
€37.04
+26.0%
6.7%€40.52€33.43€26.607
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 6 Analysts
€26.14
Fair Value
14.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
6
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 03:48
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/22 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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

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Analyst Sources

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. is covered by 11 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
Gary TennerD.A. Davidson & Co.
Robert RamseyFBR Capital Markets & Co.
Timothy CoffeyJanney Montgomery Scott LLC