Carter Bankshares, Inc.

NasdaqGS:CARE Stock Report

Market Cap: US$415.5m

Carter Bankshares Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: CARE ($18.01) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($39.01)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CARE 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/Revenuen/a
Enterprise Value/EBITDAn/a
PEG Ratio0.8x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CARE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.9x
CBNK Capital Bancorp
13x31.1%US$420.7m
CSTR CapStar Financial Holdings
14xn/aUS$418.4m
BWB Bridgewater Bancshares
13.3x20.8%US$392.2m
PFIS Peoples Financial Services
27.5x69.3%US$470.2m
CARE Carter Bankshares
29.3x36.9%US$415.5m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CARE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.3x) compared to the peer average (16.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CARE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Banks Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a10.4%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CARE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.3x) compared to the US Banks industry average (11.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CARE'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.

CARE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio29.3x
Fair PE Ratio19.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CARE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.2x).


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 CARE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$18.01
US$22.33
+24.0%
4.2%US$23.00US$21.00n/a3
Jul ’25US$14.91
US$15.00
+0.6%
13.3%US$17.00US$13.00n/a2
Jun ’25US$12.75
US$15.00
+17.6%
13.3%US$17.00US$13.00n/a2
May ’25US$12.74
US$16.67
+30.8%
17.2%US$20.00US$13.00n/a3
Apr ’25US$12.37
US$16.67
+34.7%
17.2%US$20.00US$13.00n/a3
Mar ’25US$13.11
US$17.00
+29.7%
14.4%US$20.00US$14.00n/a3
Feb ’25US$14.44
US$17.00
+17.7%
14.4%US$20.00US$14.00n/a3
Jan ’25US$14.97
US$16.50
+10.2%
10.9%US$19.00US$14.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$13.21
US$15.25
+15.4%
18.6%US$19.00US$12.50n/a4
Nov ’24US$11.05
US$16.00
+44.8%
17.5%US$20.00US$12.50US$18.014
Oct ’24US$12.53
US$17.00
+35.7%
11.6%US$20.00US$14.50US$17.044
Sep ’24US$14.30
US$17.13
+19.8%
10.6%US$20.00US$15.00US$17.304
Aug ’24US$14.79
US$17.13
+15.8%
10.6%US$20.00US$15.00US$16.164
Jul ’24US$14.79
US$17.06
+15.4%
9.4%US$19.50US$15.00US$14.914
Jun ’24US$14.07
US$16.50
+17.3%
11.9%US$19.50US$14.50US$12.754
May ’24US$13.21
US$16.88
+27.7%
9.7%US$19.50US$15.50US$12.744
Apr ’24US$14.00
US$18.08
+29.2%
10.1%US$19.50US$15.50US$12.373
Mar ’24US$17.37
US$20.00
+15.1%
8.2%US$22.00US$18.00US$13.113
Feb ’24US$16.63
US$20.00
+20.3%
8.2%US$22.00US$18.00US$14.443
Jan ’24US$16.59
US$20.33
+22.6%
6.1%US$22.00US$19.00US$14.973
Dec ’23US$18.63
US$21.00
+12.7%
4.8%US$22.00US$20.00US$13.212
Nov ’23US$18.13
US$20.25
+11.7%
8.6%US$22.00US$18.50US$11.052

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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