Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

DB:AFS Stock Report

Market Cap: €4.4b

Affiliated Managers Group Valuation

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

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€271.02
Fair Value
43.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
7
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: AFS (€153) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€271.02)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AFS. This is calculated by dividing AFS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AFS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.7x
EarningsUS$511.60m
Market CapUS$5.01b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for AFS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.3x
DWS DWS Group GmbH KGaA
13.7x9.0%€9.5b
MLP MLP
12.7x7.8%€876.7m
O4B OVB Holding
16.8x3.5%€322.1m
MPCK MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital
10.1x10.9%€171.0m
AFS Affiliated Managers Group
9.8x6.2%€5.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AFS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the peer average (13.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HXCK Ernst Russ
4.6x-20.2%US$214.76m
SPT6 Sparta
1.3xn/aUS$96.08m
IPOK Heidelberger Beteiligungsholding
4.2xn/aUS$23.38m
XE8 Black Sea Property
0.7xn/aUS$8.35m
No more companies available in this PE range
AFS 9.7xIndustry Avg. 27.4xNo. of Companies7PE020406080100+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AFS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the German Capital Markets industry average (27.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AFS'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.

AFS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.7x
Fair PE Ratio16.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AFS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.7x).


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 AFS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€153.00
€166.41
+8.8%
5.3%€176.90€148.60n/a7
Apr ’26€155.00
€196.96
+27.1%
5.6%€209.13€181.05n/a7
Mar ’26€161.00
€196.96
+22.3%
5.6%€209.13€181.05n/a7
Feb ’26€182.00
€193.43
+6.3%
5.8%€207.42€175.73n/a7
Jan ’26€179.00
€194.14
+8.5%
3.5%€204.47€186.15n/a7
Dec ’25€178.00
€186.48
+4.8%
5.1%€198.18€168.65n/a7
Nov ’25€178.00
€190.55
+7.0%
5.9%€206.61€168.21n/a7
Oct ’25€159.00
€182.44
+14.7%
6.2%€202.97€165.25n/a7
Sep ’25€156.00
€181.51
+16.4%
6.2%€201.93€164.40n/a7
Aug ’25€171.00
€185.40
+8.4%
8.2%€209.05€155.40n/a7
Jul ’25€144.00
€177.10
+23.0%
6.3%€192.64€154.85n/a7
Jun ’25€148.00
€177.10
+19.7%
6.3%€192.64€154.85n/a7
May ’25€148.00
€175.67
+18.7%
8.0%€200.80€154.74€144.007
Apr ’25€154.00
€172.24
+11.8%
5.9%€190.86€156.41€155.007
Mar ’25€144.00
€169.79
+17.9%
5.9%€189.46€155.27€161.007
Feb ’25€138.00
€162.37
+17.7%
6.5%€175.43€140.34€182.007
Jan ’25€138.00
€149.70
+8.5%
7.5%€166.71€131.90€179.007
Dec ’24€124.00
€143.60
+15.8%
5.7%€157.11€132.31€178.007
Nov ’24€116.00
€149.81
+29.1%
5.5%€165.83€139.45€178.007
Oct ’24€124.00
€151.62
+22.3%
5.8%€166.47€137.96€159.007
Sep ’24€122.00
€151.62
+24.3%
5.8%€166.47€137.96€156.007
Aug ’24€125.00
€151.75
+21.4%
6.7%€172.33€139.51€171.007
Jul ’24€137.00
€161.98
+18.2%
7.6%€179.70€145.04€144.007
Jun ’24€129.00
€166.60
+29.1%
7.6%€183.64€148.22€148.007
May ’24€130.00
€162.19
+24.8%
9.5%€178.20€132.17€148.008
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 7 Analysts
€166.78
Fair Value
8.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
7
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2025/05/05 22:55
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/05 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

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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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Analyst Sources

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. is covered by 13 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Alexander ParisBarrington Research Associates, Inc.
Craig SiegenthalerBofA Global Research
William KatzCitigroup Inc