Standard Chartered PLC

DB:STD Stock Report

Market Cap: €47.5b

Standard Chartered Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

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

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: STD (€21.4) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (€37.43)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: STD is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for STD. This is calculated by dividing STD's market cap by their current earnings.
What is STD's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio12.1x
EarningsUS$4.59b
Market CapUS$55.49b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for STD vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average12.5x
CBK Commerzbank
15.5x14.96%€37.6b
PCZ ProCredit Holding
6.2x19.84%€478.3m
MBK Merkur PrivatBank KgaA
11.9x7.94%€143.1m
BBCA Bank Central Asia
16.5x6.52%Rp949.0t
STD Standard Chartered
12.1x7.80%€41.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: STD is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.1x) compared to the peer average (12.5x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
STD 12.1xIndustry Avg. 11.1xNo. of Companies39PE0612182430+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: STD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.1x) compared to the European Banks industry average (11.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is STD'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.

STD PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.1x
Fair PE Ratio15.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: STD is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.4x).

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 STD forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€21.40
€19.87
-7.16%
12.51%€24.49€16.23n/a14
Jan ’27€20.60
€18.99
-7.84%
9.01%€22.46€16.10n/a15
Dec ’26€19.00
€18.45
-2.88%
8.00%€21.01€16.14n/a15
Nov ’26€17.80
€17.60
-1.11%
9.75%€19.69€14.11n/a15
Oct ’26€16.40
€16.26
-0.82%
13.04%€19.46€12.59n/a15
Sep ’26€16.00
€15.61
-2.42%
10.57%€19.07€12.58n/a15
Aug ’26€15.50
€15.41
-0.60%
10.75%€18.73€12.36n/a15
Jul ’26€13.90
€13.79
-0.82%
9.56%€16.16€11.98n/a14
Jun ’26€13.80
€13.94
+1.03%
11.71%€16.37€10.73n/a14
May ’26€12.47
€14.19
+13.84%
12.82%€17.05€10.76n/a15
Apr ’26€13.85
€15.01
+8.35%
11.73%€17.91€11.30n/a15
Mar ’26€15.16
€14.67
-3.26%
14.04%€18.58€10.23n/a15
Feb ’26€13.02
€12.91
-0.79%
11.25%€15.35€10.15n/a14
Jan ’26€11.84
€12.57
+6.20%
11.58%€15.74€10.42€20.6014
Dec ’25€11.81
€12.30
+4.12%
11.14%€15.59€10.33€19.0014
Nov ’25€10.63
€11.58
+8.95%
12.70%€15.18€9.36€17.8014
Oct ’25€9.53
€10.91
+14.54%
14.50%€15.18€9.02€16.4016
Sep ’25€9.20
€10.87
+18.18%
14.58%€15.20€9.03€16.0016
Aug ’25€9.09
€11.04
+21.49%
16.52%€16.01€8.68€15.5016
Jul ’25€8.44
€10.89
+29.02%
15.87%€15.73€8.88€13.9015
Jun ’25€9.14
€10.82
+18.47%
15.68%€15.56€8.64€13.8015
May ’25€7.96
€10.28
+29.17%
17.06%€15.12€8.07€12.4716
Apr ’25€7.89
€10.02
+27.01%
13.23%€12.34€8.05€13.8516
Mar ’25€7.80
€9.97
+27.79%
13.93%€12.32€7.60€15.1617
Feb ’25€6.93
€9.90
+42.96%
13.71%€12.37€7.71€13.0217
Jan ’25€7.52
€9.84
+30.91%
13.47%€12.39€7.73€11.8417
€20.11
Fair Value
6.4% overvalued intrinsic discount
14
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/21 17:49
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/21 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Standard Chartered PLC is covered by 51 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jesús Gómez DominguezBanco Santander
Amandeep RakkarBarclays
Rohith Chandra-RajanBarclays