Deutsche Börse Valuation

Is DB1 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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 DB1 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: DB1 (€221.4) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€233.3)

Significantly Below Fair Value: DB1 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 DB1?

Key metric: As DB1 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DB1. This is calculated by dividing DB1's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DB1's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio22x
Earnings€1.85b
Market Cap€40.61b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does DB1's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for DB1 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average31.4x
DBK Deutsche Bank
8.3x12.6%€32.4b
DWS DWS Group GmbH KGaA
13.4x12.9%€8.0b
MSCI MSCI
40x9.5%US$47.7b
TW Tradeweb Markets
63.9x17.3%US$31.7b
DB1 Deutsche Börse
22x5.4%€40.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DB1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22x) compared to the peer average (31.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DB1's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Capital Markets Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AR40 AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE KGaA
3.8xn/aUS$407.09m
HXCK Ernst Russ
3.7x-18.2%US$204.18m
VG8 Varengold Bank
1.9xn/aUS$25.36m
XE8 Black Sea Property
0.7xn/aUS$7.75m
No more companies available in this PE range
DB1 22.0xIndustry Avg. 19.9xNo. of Companies7PE01632486480+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DB1 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22x) compared to the German Capital Markets industry average (19.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DB1'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.

DB1 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio22x
Fair PE Ratio18.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DB1 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.4x).


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 DB1 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€221.40
€225.29
+1.8%
6.9%€249.00€194.00n/a17
Nov ’25€216.50
€222.24
+2.6%
6.9%€242.00€195.00n/a17
Oct ’25€210.40
€212.94
+1.2%
6.7%€239.00€192.00n/a18
Sep ’25€202.90
€208.56
+2.8%
6.0%€230.00€185.00n/a18
Aug ’25€186.75
€208.50
+11.6%
5.9%€229.00€185.00n/a18
Jul ’25€190.50
€204.83
+7.5%
6.2%€227.00€185.00n/a18
Jun ’25€182.90
€204.56
+11.8%
6.0%€227.00€185.00n/a18
May ’25€181.15
€204.56
+12.9%
6.0%€227.00€185.00n/a18
Apr ’25€189.65
€203.83
+7.5%
6.2%€231.00€185.00n/a18
Mar ’25€192.85
€203.89
+5.7%
6.0%€231.00€185.00n/a19
Feb ’25€185.85
€200.05
+7.6%
7.8%€230.00€170.00n/a19
Jan ’25€186.50
€197.37
+5.8%
7.5%€230.00€170.00n/a19
Dec ’24€176.30
€195.53
+10.9%
7.8%€230.00€170.00€221.5019
Nov ’24€157.85
€191.26
+21.2%
8.2%€224.00€168.00€216.5019
Oct ’24€163.70
€193.06
+17.9%
8.2%€233.00€170.00€210.4017
Sep ’24€164.45
€194.18
+18.1%
8.1%€233.00€170.00€202.9017
Aug ’24€170.70
€195.39
+14.5%
7.8%€233.00€170.00€186.7518
Jul ’24€169.10
€194.18
+14.8%
7.3%€215.00€170.00€190.5017
Jun ’24€163.55
€195.24
+19.4%
8.0%€224.00€170.00€182.9017
May ’24€172.90
€194.56
+12.5%
7.5%€221.00€170.00€181.1516
Apr ’24€179.45
€193.50
+7.8%
7.2%€219.00€170.00€189.6518
Mar ’24€165.95
€193.45
+16.6%
7.1%€219.00€170.00€192.8519
Feb ’24€166.35
€192.01
+15.4%
8.1%€219.00€165.00€185.8519
Jan ’24€161.40
€191.01
+18.3%
8.4%€215.00€165.00€186.5019
Dec ’23€178.30
€192.59
+8.0%
8.5%€215.00€165.00€176.3019

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


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