Synchrony Financial Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: SFE (€37.58) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€76.53)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SFE. This is calculated by dividing SFE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SFE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio7.1x
EarningsUS$2.89b
Market CapUS$19.72b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SFE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.4x
OT8 Eleving Group
9.6xn/a€195.2m
DBK Deutsche Bank
8.1x13.4%€31.5b
E4I Multitude
6.5x15.4%€101.6m
DWS DWS Group GmbH KGaA
13.5x13.1%€8.0b
SFE Synchrony Financial
7.1x-8.1%€19.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SFE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.1x) compared to the peer average (12.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SFE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Consumer Finance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SFE 7.1xIndustry Avg. 8.3xNo. of Companies5PE0612182430+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SFE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.1x) compared to the European Consumer Finance industry average (8.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SFE'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.

SFE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio7.1x
Fair PE Ratio13.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SFE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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