Canon Inc.

DB:CNN1 Stock Report

Market Cap: €23.8b

Canon Valuation

Is CNN1 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of CNN1 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: CNN1 (€26.75) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (€41.46)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: CNN1 is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CNN1?

Key metric: As CNN1 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CNN1. This is calculated by dividing CNN1's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CNN1's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13x
EarningsJP¥332.05b
Market CapJP¥4.33t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CNN1's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CNN1 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average68.7x
4901 FUJIFILM Holdings
13.5x9.25%JP¥3.7t
PSTG Pure Storage
179.3x32.01%US$25.1b
NTAP NetApp
17.8x7.81%US$20.9b
603019 Dawning Information Industry
63.9x22.11%CN¥134.8b
CNN1 Canon
13x5.23%€4.3t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CNN1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13x) compared to the peer average (71.5x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CNN1's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Tech Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CNN1 13.0xIndustry Avg. 28.5xNo. of Companies6PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CNN1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13x) compared to the European Tech industry average (28.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CNN1'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.

CNN1 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13x
Fair PE Ratio14.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CNN1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.2x).

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 CNN1 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€26.79
€27.69
+3.38%
9.59%€32.93€24.29n/a10
Feb ’27€25.25
€27.69
+9.65%
11.71%€33.24€22.88n/a11
Jan ’27€24.77
€27.58
+11.34%
13.49%€33.45€23.03n/a10
Dec ’26€24.87
€27.71
+11.41%
13.77%€33.80€23.27n/a10
Nov ’26€24.50
€28.44
+16.08%
14.72%€36.11€23.70n/a10
Oct ’26€24.47
€28.54
+16.65%
16.58%€36.87€22.18n/a10
Sep ’26€25.04
€29.11
+16.24%
16.67%€37.29€22.43n/a11
Aug ’26€25.09
€28.43
+13.31%
14.52%€36.72€22.44n/a11
Jul ’26€23.95
€29.69
+23.97%
11.95%€37.27€25.44n/a11
Jun ’26€26.71
€31.17
+16.68%
12.77%€38.57€26.32n/a11
May ’26€26.83
€32.12
+19.70%
13.17%€39.80€26.33n/a11
Apr ’26€28.77
€33.61
+16.82%
8.33%€40.06€30.82n/a11
Mar ’26€32.16
€34.76
+8.07%
8.69%€41.64€32.03n/a11
Feb ’26€30.89
€33.01
+6.86%
6.63%€38.63€31.15€25.2511
Jan ’26€31.03
€31.99
+3.10%
7.32%€37.91€29.05€24.7711
Dec ’25€30.50
€30.85
+1.14%
11.13%€34.82€21.38€24.8711
Nov ’25€29.88
€30.50
+2.08%
11.26%€34.49€21.18€24.5011
Oct ’25€29.91
€31.24
+4.46%
6.15%€34.20€28.60€24.4710
Sep ’25€31.54
€31.24
-0.94%
6.15%€34.20€28.60€25.0410
Aug ’25€26.96
€28.08
+4.15%
14.05%€35.14€21.58€25.0911
Jul ’25€25.71
€26.04
+1.27%
13.50%€32.55€20.71€23.9511
Jun ’25€27.06
€26.39
-2.49%
12.56%€32.25€21.30€26.7111
May ’25€25.29
€25.82
+2.09%
13.20%€31.89€21.06€26.8311
Apr ’25€27.40
€25.56
-6.73%
11.57%€31.17€21.39€28.7711
Mar ’25€27.25
€24.87
-8.75%
11.07%€31.31€21.49€32.1612
Feb ’25€25.65
€24.31
-5.22%
10.31%€29.99€21.87€30.8911
€27.84
Fair Value
3.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
10
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 Analysis2026/02/11 23:30
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/11 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Canon Inc. is covered by 25 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Masahiro NakanomyoBarclays
Takashi IwaiBofA Global Research
Masahiro ShibanoCitigroup Inc