Macy's Valuation

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

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€23.77
Fair Value
55.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
12
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: FDO (€10.54) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€23.77)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for FDO. This is calculated by dividing FDO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is FDO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio5.7x
EarningsUS$582.00m
Market CapUS$3.33b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for FDO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.6x
HBM HORNBACH Baumarkt
19.6xn/a€2.2b
FIE Fielmann Group
29x15.8%€4.4b
HBH HORNBACH Holding KGaA
10.1x1.1%€1.6b
CEC Ceconomy
19.6x42.0%€1.5b
FDO Macy's
5.7x6.0%€3.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FDO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.7x) compared to the peer average (19.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FDO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Multiline Retail Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FDO 5.7xIndustry Avg. 19.4xNo. of Companies24PE01632486480+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FDO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.7x) compared to the Global Multiline Retail industry average (19.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FDO'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.

FDO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio5.7x
Fair PE Ratio12.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FDO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.1x).


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 FDO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€10.54
€12.04
+14.2%
29.1%€21.01€5.25n/a12
Apr ’26€11.92
€13.85
+16.2%
24.5%€22.02€7.34n/a11
Mar ’26€13.75
€16.16
+17.5%
21.9%€23.89€8.60n/a11
Feb ’26€15.01
€16.51
+10.0%
22.2%€24.28€8.74n/a11
Jan ’26€16.59
€16.59
-0.02%
22.0%€23.89€8.60n/a11
Dec ’25€15.10
€16.63
+10.1%
20.5%€23.82€9.53n/a11
Nov ’25€14.05
€16.08
+14.4%
21.0%€22.56€9.02n/a11
Oct ’25€13.74
€16.08
+17.0%
21.0%€22.56€9.02n/a11
Sep ’25€13.97
€16.50
+18.1%
21.5%€22.51€9.00n/a12
Aug ’25€15.47
€19.00
+22.8%
21.1%€24.77€9.17n/a11
Jul ’25€16.99
€19.68
+15.8%
19.5%€24.89€9.22n/a11
Jun ’25€17.89
€19.68
+10.0%
19.5%€24.89€9.22n/a11
May ’25€17.21
€18.77
+9.1%
20.2%€23.08€9.23€10.0713
Apr ’25€18.20
€18.55
+1.9%
20.2%€22.89€9.15€11.9213
Mar ’25€16.53
€18.53
+12.1%
19.1%€23.13€9.25€13.7513
Feb ’25€16.92
€16.61
-1.8%
22.4%€22.97€10.11€15.0113
Jan ’25€18.17
€16.13
-11.2%
22.4%€22.78€10.02€16.5914
Dec ’24€14.40
€14.22
-1.2%
21.0%€22.85€10.05€15.1014
Nov ’24€11.16
€14.71
+31.8%
23.8%€23.58€9.43€14.0513
Oct ’24€10.94
€15.23
+39.2%
24.5%€23.37€9.35€13.7413
Sep ’24€11.28
€15.31
+35.7%
24.5%€23.14€9.26€13.9713
Aug ’24€14.78
€17.34
+17.3%
21.0%€23.41€11.02€15.4713
Jul ’24€14.73
€17.34
+17.7%
21.0%€23.41€11.02€16.9913
Jun ’24€12.77
€19.60
+53.5%
20.4%€25.09€11.85€17.8912
May ’24€14.59
€21.94
+50.5%
18.0%€26.58€12.83€17.2113
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 12 Analysts
€12.13
Fair Value
13.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
12
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 Analysis2025/05/04 23:00
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/02 00:00
Earnings2025/02/01
Annual Earnings2025/02/01

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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Macy's, Inc. is covered by 37 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher GrajaArgus Research Company
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Robert DrbulBarclays