COFACE Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: COFA (€14.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€23.32)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for COFA. This is calculated by dividing COFA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is COFA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio8.6x
Earnings€258.48m
Market Cap€2.21b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for COFA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.8x
FIHL Fidelis Insurance Holdings
4.9x3.2%US$2.3b
SNT Santam
14.5x6.8%R43.3b
DLG Direct Line Insurance Group
6.8x8.0%UK£2.1b
NIACL New India Assurance
16.9x-5.6%₹288.3b
COFA COFACE
8.6x-1.3%€2.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: COFA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.6x) compared to the peer average (10.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does COFA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Insurance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
COFA 8.6xIndustry Avg. 11.8xNo. of Companies12PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: COFA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.6x) compared to the European Insurance industry average (11.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is COFA'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.

COFA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8.6x
Fair PE Ratio9.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: COFA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.2x).


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 COFA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€14.80
€16.33
+10.3%
3.4%€17.20€15.70n/a4
Nov ’25€14.88
€16.33
+9.7%
3.4%€17.20€15.70n/a4
Oct ’25€14.56
€15.18
+4.2%
11.8%€17.20€12.30n/a4
Sep ’25€14.54
€15.18
+4.4%
11.8%€17.20€12.30n/a4
Aug ’25€13.67
€15.18
+11.0%
11.8%€17.20€12.30n/a4
Jul ’25€13.34
€15.18
+13.8%
11.8%€17.20€12.30n/a4
Jun ’25€14.10
€15.18
+7.6%
11.8%€17.20€12.30n/a4
May ’25€14.45
€15.00
+3.8%
11.7%€17.20€12.30n/a4
Apr ’25€14.65
€15.00
+2.4%
11.7%€17.20€12.30n/a4
Mar ’25€13.35
€14.98
+12.2%
12.0%€17.20€12.20n/a4
Feb ’25€12.42
€14.93
+20.2%
12.6%€17.20€12.00n/a4
Jan ’25€11.84
€15.00
+26.7%
11.7%€17.20€12.30n/a4
Dec ’24€11.17
€15.00
+34.3%
11.7%€17.20€12.30n/a4
Nov ’24€11.52
€15.00
+30.2%
11.7%€17.20€12.30€14.884
Oct ’24€12.08
€14.88
+23.1%
11.9%€17.20€12.30€14.564
Sep ’24€12.45
€14.88
+19.5%
11.9%€17.20€12.30€14.544
Aug ’24€13.40
€15.30
+14.2%
8.0%€17.20€14.00€13.674
Jul ’24€12.62
€15.30
+21.2%
8.0%€17.20€14.00€13.344
Jun ’24€13.12
€15.30
+16.6%
8.0%€17.20€14.00€14.104
May ’24€13.86
€15.20
+9.7%
7.0%€16.80€14.00€14.454
Apr ’24€13.05
€15.20
+16.5%
7.0%€16.80€14.00€14.654
Mar ’24€13.98
€15.20
+8.7%
7.0%€16.80€14.00€13.354
Feb ’24€12.89
€14.75
+14.4%
8.0%€16.80€14.00€12.424
Jan ’24€12.14
€14.75
+21.5%
8.0%€16.80€14.00€11.844
Dec ’23€11.72
€14.33
+22.2%
3.2%€15.10€14.00€11.174
Nov ’23€11.20
€14.45
+29.0%
2.9%€15.10€14.00€11.524

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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