Habib Bank Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: HBL (PKR144.7) is trading above our estimate of fair value (PKR45.92)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HBL. This is calculated by dividing HBL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HBL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio3.6x
EarningsPK₨58.89b
Market CapPK₨197.88b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for HBL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average4.9x
SCBPL Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan)
4.5xn/aPK₨195.1b
NBP National Bank of Pakistan
7.8x41.3%PK₨128.3b
MCB MCB Bank
4.5x-9.5%PK₨291.4b
ABL Allied Bank
2.8xn/aPK₨131.7b
HBL Habib Bank
3.6x4.4%PK₨197.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HBL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.6x) compared to the peer average (4.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HBL 3.6xIndustry Avg. 8.5xNo. of Companies82PE0612182430+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HBL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.6x) compared to the Asian Banks industry average (8.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HBL'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.

HBL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio3.6x
Fair PE Ratio4.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HBL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.1x).


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 HBL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentPK₨144.70
PK₨152.23
+5.2%
7.8%PK₨170.00PK₨130.30n/a6
Nov ’25PK₨133.93
PK₨152.23
+13.7%
7.8%PK₨170.00PK₨130.30n/a6
Oct ’25PK₨124.94
PK₨147.58
+18.1%
9.8%PK₨170.00PK₨125.00n/a8
Sep ’25PK₨125.42
PK₨146.33
+16.7%
10.0%PK₨170.00PK₨125.00n/a8
Aug ’25PK₨133.24
PK₨143.08
+7.4%
12.4%PK₨170.00PK₨115.00n/a8
Jul ’25PK₨125.07
PK₨136.07
+8.8%
15.6%PK₨170.00PK₨100.00n/a9
Jun ’25PK₨113.97
PK₨136.07
+19.4%
15.6%PK₨170.00PK₨100.00n/a9
May ’25PK₨116.47
PK₨127.46
+9.4%
12.4%PK₨158.00PK₨100.00n/a8
Apr ’25PK₨104.99
PK₨127.71
+21.6%
12.7%PK₨160.00PK₨100.00n/a8
Mar ’25PK₨117.06
PK₨129.39
+10.5%
15.3%PK₨169.00PK₨100.00n/a7
Feb ’25PK₨111.72
PK₨129.23
+15.7%
16.6%PK₨169.00PK₨100.00n/a6
Jan ’25PK₨115.75
PK₨112.23
-3.0%
11.8%PK₨132.00PK₨93.00n/a6
Dec ’24PK₨111.54
PK₨112.23
+0.6%
11.8%PK₨132.00PK₨93.00n/a6
Nov ’24PK₨95.45
PK₨112.23
+17.6%
11.8%PK₨132.00PK₨93.00PK₨133.936
Oct ’24PK₨90.44
PK₨119.06
+31.6%
10.9%PK₨135.00PK₨100.00PK₨124.947
Sep ’24PK₨95.87
PK₨119.06
+24.2%
10.9%PK₨135.00PK₨100.00PK₨125.427
Aug ’24PK₨96.65
PK₨119.06
+23.2%
10.9%PK₨135.00PK₨100.00PK₨133.247
Jul ’24PK₨73.23
PK₨118.49
+61.8%
7.5%PK₨130.00PK₨102.44PK₨125.077
Jun ’24PK₨72.96
PK₨118.49
+62.4%
7.5%PK₨130.00PK₨102.44PK₨113.977
May ’24PK₨72.51
PK₨118.49
+63.4%
7.5%PK₨130.00PK₨102.44PK₨116.477
Apr ’24PK₨73.28
PK₨118.63
+61.9%
7.8%PK₨130.00PK₨102.44PK₨104.997
Mar ’24PK₨70.02
PK₨125.21
+78.8%
17.7%PK₨176.00PK₨102.44PK₨117.067
Feb ’24PK₨72.41
PK₨142.06
+96.2%
21.4%PK₨195.00PK₨102.44PK₨111.727
Jan ’24PK₨63.73
PK₨153.30
+140.5%
15.5%PK₨195.00PK₨129.79PK₨115.756
Dec ’23PK₨67.92
PK₨144.54
+112.8%
21.3%PK₨195.00PK₨92.00PK₨111.547
Nov ’23PK₨69.97
PK₨155.77
+122.6%
23.7%PK₨224.10PK₨92.00PK₨95.459

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


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