LendingClub Valuation

Is 8LCA 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 8LCA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 8LCA (€7.16) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€9.01)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 8LCA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 8LCA?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

8LCA key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.03x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA0.2x
PEG Ratio0.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 8LCA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 8LCA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.3x
FRU Multitude
10.3x25.5%€113.7m
MUX Mutares SE KGaA
2.2x-148.3%€887.6m
MLP MLP
12.6x10.3%€614.4m
GLJ Grenke
12.1x18.2%€1.0b
8LCA LendingClub
22.3x42.5%€835.6m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 8LCA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x) compared to the peer average (9.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 8LCA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Consumer Finance Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a19.7%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 8LCA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x) compared to the European Consumer Finance industry average (8.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 8LCA'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.

8LCA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio22.3x
Fair PE Ratio28.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 8LCA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.9x).


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 8LCA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€7.16
€9.76
+36.3%
14.3%€12.18€6.56n/a9
Apr ’25€8.10
€9.51
+17.4%
14.9%€12.00€6.46n/a9
Mar ’25€7.40
€9.51
+28.5%
14.9%€12.00€6.46n/a9
Feb ’25€8.04
€9.40
+17.0%
15.0%€11.96€6.44n/a9
Jan ’25€7.98
€8.45
+5.9%
22.8%€11.91€6.41n/a10
Dec ’24€5.73
€8.08
+41.1%
24.0%€11.83€6.37n/a10
Nov ’24€4.89
€8.45
+72.9%
24.8%€12.24€6.59n/a9
Oct ’24€5.83
€10.95
+87.8%
20.5%€14.28€8.57n/a9
Sep ’24€6.52
€10.91
+67.4%
18.5%€13.83€8.30n/a9
Aug ’24€7.47
€10.69
+43.2%
19.2%€13.68€8.21n/a9
Jul ’24€9.13
€10.41
+14.0%
21.1%€13.71€8.23n/a9
Jun ’24€7.58
€10.09
+33.1%
21.8%€13.61€8.16n/a8
May ’24€6.40
€10.09
+57.7%
21.8%€13.61€8.16€7.168
Apr ’24€6.52
€11.47
+75.8%
21.0%€15.68€8.30€8.107
Mar ’24€8.75
€11.72
+33.9%
20.0%€15.67€8.30€7.407
Feb ’24€8.53
€11.72
+37.4%
20.0%€15.67€8.30€8.047
Jan ’24€8.00
€15.80
+97.5%
19.3%€19.07€11.44€7.987
Dec ’23€9.80
€16.48
+68.2%
18.2%€20.24€12.15€5.737
Nov ’23€10.85
€16.48
+51.9%
18.2%€20.24€12.15€4.897
Oct ’23€11.48
€22.75
+98.1%
36.1%€41.09€15.41€5.837
Sep ’23€12.66
€24.59
+94.2%
30.0%€40.14€18.06€6.526
Aug ’23€13.50
€23.26
+72.3%
29.2%€39.00€17.55€7.477
Jul ’23€11.33
€28.43
+150.9%
46.1%€57.27€15.27€9.137
Jun ’23€14.90
€29.71
+99.4%
40.7%€57.11€17.13€7.587
May ’23€15.70
€29.71
+89.2%
40.7%€57.11€17.13€6.407

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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