Poste Italiane Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: PST (€11.92) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€9.56)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PST is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

PST 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/Revenue6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA22.2x
PEG Ratio1.8x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for PST vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.2x
G Assicurazioni Generali
9.7x5.6%€35.5b
US UnipolSai Assicurazioni
11.2x7.2%€7.6b
UNI Unipol Gruppo
5.5x-7.5%€6.0b
POW Power Corporation of Canada
10.3x8.1%CA$24.1b
PST Poste Italiane
8x4.5%€15.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PST is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8x) compared to the peer average (9.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a4.1%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PST is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8x) compared to the European Insurance industry average (11.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PST'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.

PST PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8x
Fair PE Ratio8.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PST is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.9x).


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 PST forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€11.92
€13.07
+9.7%
8.6%€14.50€11.10n/a15
Apr ’25€11.61
€12.83
+10.6%
8.3%€14.50€11.10n/a15
Mar ’25€11.29
€11.78
+4.4%
11.1%€14.20€9.50n/a14
Feb ’25€10.00
€11.54
+15.5%
11.6%€14.20€9.10n/a14
Jan ’25€10.28
€11.54
+12.3%
11.6%€14.20€9.10n/a14
Dec ’24€9.92
€11.55
+16.4%
11.6%€14.20€9.10n/a14
Nov ’24€9.32
€11.51
+23.4%
10.9%€13.60€9.10n/a14
Oct ’24€9.97
€11.86
+19.0%
9.3%€13.80€9.50n/a14
Sep ’24€10.23
€11.82
+15.6%
9.5%€13.80€9.50n/a14
Aug ’24€10.29
€11.79
+14.6%
9.8%€13.80€9.50n/a14
Jul ’24€9.92
€11.45
+15.5%
11.3%€13.80€9.20n/a14
Jun ’24€9.76
€11.41
+16.9%
11.1%€13.80€9.20n/a14
May ’24€9.43
€11.71
+24.3%
12.4%€14.80€9.20€11.9214
Apr ’24€9.41
€11.83
+25.7%
12.2%€14.80€9.20€11.6114
Mar ’24€10.05
€11.82
+17.7%
12.5%€14.80€9.10€11.2914
Feb ’24€9.82
€11.81
+20.3%
12.6%€14.80€9.10€10.0014
Jan ’24€9.13
€12.02
+31.7%
11.1%€14.80€9.70€10.2813
Dec ’23€9.39
€11.99
+27.8%
11.6%€14.80€9.20€9.9213
Nov ’23€8.85
€12.00
+35.7%
12.7%€14.80€8.70€9.3213
Oct ’23€7.79
€12.21
+56.7%
11.9%€14.80€8.70€9.9712
Sep ’23€7.89
€12.21
+54.8%
11.9%€14.80€8.70€10.2312
Aug ’23€8.25
€12.23
+48.2%
12.4%€14.80€8.70€10.2911
Jul ’23€8.92
€13.36
+49.9%
8.3%€16.40€12.10€9.9211
Jun ’23€10.02
€13.48
+34.5%
8.1%€16.40€12.10€9.7610
May ’23€9.38
€13.51
+44.0%
7.1%€15.80€12.10€9.4312

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


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