National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P.

KWSE:NBK Stock Report

Market Cap: د.ك8.4b

National Bank of KuwaitK.P Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate NBK's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate NBK's fair value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NBK. This is calculated by dividing NBK's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NBK's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.8x
Earningsد.ك565.79m
Market Capد.ك8.38b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for NBK vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.4x
KFH Kuwait Finance House K.S.C.P
21.6x6.9%د.ك12.5b
BOUBYAN Boubyan Bank K.S.C.P
32.6x16.5%د.ك3.0b
GBK Gulf Bank K.S.C.P
23.9x14.8%د.ك1.4b
WARBABANK Warba Bank K.S.C.P
51.3x31.6%د.ك1.0b
NBK National Bank of KuwaitK.P
14.8x9.3%د.ك8.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NBK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.8x) compared to the peer average (32.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NBK's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Asian Banks Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NBK 14.8xIndustry Avg. 8.7xNo. of Companies89PE0612182430+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NBK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.8x) compared to the Asian Banks industry average (8.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NBK'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.

NBK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.8x
Fair PE Ratio22.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NBK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.6x).

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 NBK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentد.ك0.95
د.ك0.98
+3.0%
15.0%د.ك1.19د.ك0.72n/a9
Apr ’26د.ك1.00
د.ك0.96
-3.8%
15.1%د.ك1.19د.ك0.73n/a9
Mar ’26د.ك0.98
د.ك0.90
-8.2%
15.4%د.ك1.11د.ك0.71n/a9
Feb ’26د.ك0.92
د.ك0.86
-6.4%
13.6%د.ك1.11د.ك0.71n/a9
Jan ’26د.ك0.85
د.ك0.84
-1.0%
9.5%د.ك0.98د.ك0.71n/a10
Dec ’25د.ك0.83
د.ك0.84
+1.4%
8.9%د.ك0.97د.ك0.71n/a10
Nov ’25د.ك0.81
د.ك0.84
+3.6%
9.3%د.ك0.97د.ك0.71n/a9
Oct ’25د.ك0.84
د.ك0.85
+1.7%
8.4%د.ك0.97د.ك0.71n/a9
Sep ’25د.ك0.83
د.ك0.85
+2.6%
8.4%د.ك0.97د.ك0.71n/a9
Aug ’25د.ك0.86
د.ك0.85
-0.9%
9.4%د.ك0.97د.ك0.68n/a9
Jul ’25د.ك0.81
د.ك0.85
+4.7%
9.5%د.ك0.97د.ك0.68n/a9
Jun ’25د.ك0.82
د.ك0.85
+4.5%
10.7%د.ك1.04د.ك0.68n/a10
May ’25د.ك0.82
د.ك0.86
+4.2%
11.3%د.ك1.04د.ك0.68د.ك0.9510
Apr ’25د.ك0.87
د.ك0.85
-2.1%
12.1%د.ك1.04د.ك0.65د.ك1.009
Mar ’25د.ك0.89
د.ك0.84
-5.2%
12.0%د.ك1.04د.ك0.65د.ك0.9810
Feb ’25د.ك0.88
د.ك0.84
-5.0%
11.4%د.ك1.04د.ك0.65د.ك0.9210
Jan ’25د.ك0.81
د.ك0.83
+2.9%
10.4%د.ك1.00د.ك0.65د.ك0.8510
Dec ’24د.ك0.80
د.ك0.84
+4.3%
10.2%د.ك1.00د.ك0.65د.ك0.8310
Nov ’24د.ك0.79
د.ك0.84
+6.5%
10.7%د.ك1.00د.ك0.65د.ك0.819
Oct ’24د.ك0.82
د.ك0.84
+2.1%
10.0%د.ك0.97د.ك0.69د.ك0.848
Sep ’24د.ك0.83
د.ك0.86
+2.8%
11.7%د.ك1.00د.ك0.69د.ك0.838
Aug ’24د.ك0.87
د.ك0.87
-0.4%
14.1%د.ك1.07د.ك0.69د.ك0.868
Jul ’24د.ك0.85
د.ك0.88
+3.7%
14.2%د.ك1.07د.ك0.69د.ك0.818
Jun ’24د.ك0.83
د.ك0.89
+7.0%
15.5%د.ك1.09د.ك0.69د.ك0.828
May ’24د.ك0.91
د.ك0.89
-1.9%
15.5%د.ك1.09د.ك0.69د.ك0.828
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 9 Analysts
د.ك0.98
Fair Value
2.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
9
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 Analysis2025/05/06 11:50
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/06 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P. is covered by 20 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ranya GnabaAlphaMena
Kais KriaaAlphaMena
Jaap MeijerArqaam Capital Research Offshore S.A.L.