DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA

XTRA:DWS Stock Report

Market Cap: €8.0b

DWS Group GmbH KGaA Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: DWS (€39.84) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€86.09)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DWS. This is calculated by dividing DWS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DWS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.3x
Earnings€597.00m
Market Cap€7.97b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for DWS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.3x
MLP MLP
10.2x7.8%€654.7m
DBAN Deutsche Beteiligungs
8.3x35.3%€395.2m
AR40 AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE KGaA
3.5xn/a€355.8m
O4B OVB Holding
15.1x3.5%€279.3m
DWS DWS Group GmbH KGaA
13.3x13.0%€8.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DWS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.3x) compared to the peer average (9.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AR40 AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE KGaA
3.5xn/aUS$371.21m
HXCK Ernst Russ
3.6x-19.3%US$198.88m
VG8 Varengold Bank
2xn/aUS$25.99m
XE8 Black Sea Property
0.7xn/aUS$7.70m
No more companies available in this PE range
DWS 13.3xIndustry Avg. 19.6xNo. of Companies7PE01632486480+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DWS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.3x) compared to the German Capital Markets industry average (19.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DWS'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.

DWS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.3x
Fair PE Ratio17.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DWS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.6x).

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 DWS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€39.84
€44.08
+10.6%
11.9%€57.00€38.00n/a15
Dec ’25€39.42
€43.72
+10.9%
11.8%€57.00€38.00n/a15
Nov ’25€39.68
€43.53
+9.7%
11.8%€57.00€38.00n/a15
Oct ’25€36.84
€41.71
+13.2%
12.8%€57.00€35.00n/a15
Sep ’25€34.92
€41.78
+19.6%
12.9%€57.00€35.00n/a15
Aug ’25€34.00
€41.73
+22.7%
12.5%€57.00€35.00n/a16
Jul ’25€33.58
€42.77
+27.4%
12.2%€57.00€34.00n/a16
Jun ’25€42.66
€43.35
+1.6%
12.0%€57.00€34.00n/a16
May ’25€39.64
€42.73
+7.8%
12.5%€57.00€35.00n/a16
Apr ’25€40.78
€41.36
+1.4%
12.6%€57.00€33.00n/a16
Mar ’25€37.86
€41.04
+8.4%
12.7%€57.00€33.00n/a17
Feb ’25€35.50
€40.53
+14.2%
13.7%€57.00€32.00n/a17
Jan ’25€34.80
€38.08
+9.4%
17.6%€57.00€28.50n/a17
Dec ’24€31.28
€37.49
+19.9%
17.1%€57.00€28.50€39.4217
Nov ’24€27.80
€36.81
+32.4%
16.4%€57.00€28.50€39.6816
Oct ’24€32.20
€37.87
+17.6%
15.9%€57.00€30.50€36.8415
Sep ’24€31.98
€37.54
+17.4%
15.9%€57.00€30.50€34.9216
Aug ’24€31.32
€37.25
+18.9%
16.2%€57.00€29.00€34.0017
Jul ’24€28.04
€36.75
+31.1%
16.5%€57.00€30.50€33.5817
Jun ’24€30.72
€36.75
+19.6%
16.5%€57.00€30.50€42.6617
May ’24€30.10
€36.70
+21.9%
16.4%€57.00€30.50€39.6417
Apr ’24€28.32
€36.81
+30.0%
16.2%€57.00€30.50€40.7817
Mar ’24€30.56
€36.82
+20.5%
16.2%€57.00€30.50€37.8617
Feb ’24€33.12
€36.72
+10.9%
16.2%€57.00€30.50€35.5017
Jan ’24€30.36
€33.92
+11.7%
10.9%€41.00€26.50€34.8016
Dec ’23€30.00
€32.56
+8.5%
12.1%€41.00€26.50€31.2815

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 Analysis2024/12/22 00:36
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA is covered by 32 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Dieter HeinAlphaValue
Jesús Gómez DominguezBanco Santander
Aurelia Sarah FaureBanco Santander