Investar Holding Corporation

NasdaqGM:ISTR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$160.4m

Investar Holding Valuation

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

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

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

Below Fair Value: ISTR ($16.36) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($26.42)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

ISTR 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 Ratio1.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for ISTR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.1x
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina
9.8xn/aUS$151.9m
EVBN Evans Bancorp
6.6x-37.4%US$159.7m
HONT Honat Bancorp
13xn/aUS$167.1m
WNEB Western New England Bancorp
10.8x-2.1%US$161.4m
ISTR Investar Holding
9.6x7.6%US$160.4m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ISTR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.6x) compared to the peer average (10.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a6.1%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a6.1%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ISTR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.6x) compared to the US Banks industry average (9.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ISTR'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.

ISTR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.6x
Fair PE Ratio10.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ISTR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.3x).


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 ISTR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$16.36
US$20.33
+24.3%
1.2%US$20.50US$20.00n/a3
Mar ’25US$15.75
US$20.33
+29.1%
1.2%US$20.50US$20.00n/a3
Feb ’25US$17.84
US$20.33
+14.0%
1.2%US$20.50US$20.00n/a3
Jan ’25US$14.91
US$15.44
+3.5%
7.3%US$16.25US$13.50n/a4
Dec ’24US$11.52
US$14.13
+22.6%
14.7%US$16.00US$11.00n/a4
Nov ’24US$9.93
US$14.13
+42.2%
14.7%US$16.00US$11.00n/a4
Oct ’24US$10.59
US$15.44
+45.8%
9.6%US$17.50US$13.50n/a4
Sep ’24US$13.20
US$15.81
+19.8%
6.8%US$17.50US$14.75n/a4
Aug ’24US$14.24
US$15.81
+11.0%
6.8%US$17.50US$14.75n/a4
Jul ’24US$12.11
US$14.81
+22.3%
13.4%US$17.75US$13.00n/a4
Jun ’24US$11.22
US$15.94
+42.0%
13.0%US$18.00US$13.00n/a4
May ’24US$12.94
US$16.94
+30.9%
7.0%US$18.00US$15.00n/a4
Apr ’24US$13.96
US$22.50
+61.2%
16.9%US$26.50US$17.00n/a4
Mar ’24US$19.66
US$24.06
+22.4%
8.8%US$26.50US$21.00US$15.754
Feb ’24US$20.78
US$24.06
+15.8%
8.8%US$26.50US$21.00US$17.844
Jan ’24US$21.53
US$25.19
+17.0%
6.3%US$27.00US$23.25US$14.914
Dec ’23US$21.80
US$25.19
+15.5%
6.3%US$27.00US$23.25US$11.524
Nov ’23US$21.43
US$25.19
+17.5%
6.3%US$27.00US$23.25US$9.934
Oct ’23US$19.90
US$25.25
+26.9%
6.3%US$27.00US$23.00US$10.594
Sep ’23US$21.63
US$25.75
+19.0%
5.9%US$27.50US$24.00US$13.204
Aug ’23US$22.47
US$25.63
+14.0%
6.4%US$27.50US$24.00US$14.244
Jul ’23US$22.37
US$24.00
+7.3%
5.1%US$25.00US$22.00US$12.114
Jun ’23US$22.16
US$22.88
+3.2%
9.6%US$25.00US$20.00US$11.224
May ’23US$19.70
US$22.88
+16.1%
9.6%US$25.00US$20.00US$12.944
Apr ’23US$18.92
US$22.75
+20.2%
7.0%US$25.00US$21.00US$13.964
Mar ’23US$20.07
US$22.88
+14.0%
6.6%US$25.00US$21.00US$19.664

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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