City Holding Company

NasdaqGS:CHCO Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.8b

City Holding Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: CHCO ($120.3) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($203.32)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CHCO. This is calculated by dividing CHCO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CHCO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio15.4x
EarningsUS$114.85m
Market CapUS$1.78b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CHCO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average12.3x
FCF First Commonwealth Financial
11.2x3.1%US$1.7b
CASH Pathward Financial
10.7x5.6%US$1.8b
FBNC First Bancorp
17.7x14.9%US$1.8b
OFG OFG Bancorp
9.7x-1.4%US$1.9b
CHCO City Holding
15.4x-2.1%US$1.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CHCO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.4x) compared to the peer average (12.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FRCB First Republic Bank
0.02xn/aUS$27.98m
BKGM BankGuam Holding
1xn/aUS$18.48m
SBNY Signature Bank
0.002xn/aUS$2.18m
BCBH.F Caribbean Investment Holdings
0.00001xn/aUS$132.00
No more companies available in this PE range
CHCO 15.4xIndustry Avg. 12.5xNo. of Companies84PE0612182430+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CHCO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.4x) compared to the US Banks industry average (12.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CHCO'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.

CHCO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio15.4x
Fair PE Ratio11.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CHCO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.4x).

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 CHCO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$120.30
US$127.33
+5.8%
6.2%US$138.00US$115.00n/a6
Dec ’25US$131.32
US$125.33
-4.6%
6.9%US$138.00US$113.00n/a6
Nov ’25US$116.93
US$118.40
+1.3%
6.7%US$125.00US$103.00n/a5
Oct ’25US$114.53
US$121.00
+5.6%
5.3%US$126.00US$109.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$118.74
US$121.00
+1.9%
5.3%US$126.00US$109.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$117.12
US$121.00
+3.3%
5.3%US$126.00US$109.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$105.74
US$106.50
+0.7%
4.1%US$113.00US$99.00n/a6
Jun ’25US$102.22
US$106.50
+4.2%
4.1%US$113.00US$99.00n/a6
May ’25US$103.98
US$106.67
+2.6%
4.1%US$113.00US$99.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$103.22
US$104.67
+1.4%
3.6%US$110.00US$100.00n/a6
Mar ’25US$100.31
US$105.17
+4.8%
4.3%US$113.00US$100.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$102.21
US$105.17
+2.9%
4.3%US$113.00US$100.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$110.26
US$101.67
-7.8%
6.4%US$113.00US$95.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$99.76
US$95.17
-4.6%
2.6%US$97.00US$90.00US$131.326
Nov ’24US$91.90
US$95.17
+3.6%
2.6%US$97.00US$90.00US$116.936
Oct ’24US$90.35
US$98.67
+9.2%
2.3%US$101.00US$95.00US$114.536
Sep ’24US$92.71
US$99.83
+7.7%
2.4%US$103.00US$95.00US$118.746
Aug ’24US$98.80
US$99.33
+0.5%
2.4%US$103.00US$95.00US$117.126
Jul ’24US$89.99
US$94.00
+4.5%
2.9%US$98.00US$89.00US$105.746
Jun ’24US$87.91
US$94.17
+7.1%
2.9%US$98.00US$89.00US$102.226
May ’24US$91.68
US$94.17
+2.7%
2.9%US$98.00US$89.00US$103.986
Apr ’24US$90.88
US$96.25
+5.9%
3.6%US$102.00US$93.00US$103.224
Mar ’24US$97.35
US$96.25
-1.1%
3.6%US$102.00US$93.00US$100.314
Feb ’24US$96.31
US$95.00
-1.4%
4.6%US$102.00US$90.00US$102.214
Jan ’24US$93.09
US$94.75
+1.8%
4.2%US$101.00US$90.00US$110.264
Dec ’23US$101.68
US$94.75
-6.8%
4.2%US$101.00US$90.00US$99.764

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 Analysis2024/12/19 00:46
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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 here.

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Analyst Sources

City Holding Company is covered by 17 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James BeuryBoenning & Scattergood, Inc.
Manuel NavasD.A. Davidson & Co.
null nullD.A. Davidson & Co.