SouthState Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: SSB ($106.07) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($130.16)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SSB is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SSB. This is calculated by dividing SSB's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SSB's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio16.3x
EarningsUS$497.40m
Market CapUS$8.09b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SSB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27.7x
BOKF BOK Financial
15.8x7.3%US$7.4b
PB Prosperity Bancshares
17.7x13.3%US$7.9b
CBSH Commerce Bancshares
18.5x0.3%US$9.2b
CADE Cadence Bank
58.6x33.0%US$6.9b
SSB SouthState
16.3x27.9%US$8.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SSB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.3x) compared to the peer average (27.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SSB'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
SSB 16.3xIndustry Avg. 12.9xNo. of Companies80PE0612182430+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SSB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.3x) compared to the US Banks industry average (12.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SSB'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.

SSB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16.3x
Fair PE Ratio20.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SSB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.4x).


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 SSB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$106.07
US$109.38
+3.1%
6.4%US$120.00US$95.00n/a8
Nov ’25US$97.42
US$107.56
+10.4%
5.3%US$115.00US$95.00n/a9
Oct ’25US$94.05
US$108.25
+15.1%
5.8%US$115.00US$95.00n/a8
Sep ’25US$97.09
US$106.53
+9.7%
7.2%US$112.00US$88.25n/a8
Aug ’25US$94.51
US$106.53
+12.7%
7.2%US$112.00US$88.25n/a8
Jul ’25US$75.80
US$92.78
+22.4%
6.2%US$102.00US$84.00n/a8
Jun ’25US$77.31
US$92.78
+20.0%
6.2%US$102.00US$84.00n/a8
May ’25US$77.28
US$91.07
+17.8%
7.7%US$102.00US$81.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$83.21
US$93.07
+11.9%
6.6%US$102.00US$84.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$82.31
US$92.81
+12.8%
6.2%US$102.00US$84.00n/a8
Feb ’25US$81.04
US$93.13
+14.9%
5.9%US$102.00US$84.00n/a8
Jan ’25US$84.45
US$85.22
+0.9%
9.8%US$97.00US$72.00n/a9
Dec ’24US$78.61
US$77.53
-1.4%
6.1%US$85.00US$72.00n/a8
Nov ’24US$66.78
US$77.53
+16.1%
6.1%US$85.00US$72.00US$97.428
Oct ’24US$67.36
US$83.88
+24.5%
8.0%US$95.00US$73.00US$94.058
Sep ’24US$74.82
US$86.13
+15.1%
4.8%US$95.00US$79.00US$97.098
Aug ’24US$77.24
US$86.38
+11.8%
4.9%US$95.00US$79.00US$94.518
Jul ’24US$65.80
US$83.06
+26.2%
9.2%US$95.00US$74.00US$75.808
Jun ’24US$63.25
US$84.25
+33.2%
8.2%US$95.00US$74.00US$77.318
May ’24US$67.12
US$85.63
+27.6%
6.4%US$95.00US$76.00US$77.288
Apr ’24US$71.26
US$90.25
+26.6%
7.4%US$100.00US$79.00US$83.218
Mar ’24US$80.31
US$95.43
+18.8%
3.3%US$100.00US$91.00US$82.317
Feb ’24US$80.05
US$96.43
+20.5%
3.5%US$100.00US$91.00US$81.047
Jan ’24US$76.36
US$98.71
+29.3%
2.5%US$103.00US$95.00US$84.457
Dec ’23US$87.04
US$99.71
+14.6%
2.6%US$103.00US$95.00US$78.617
Nov ’23US$90.65
US$99.71
+10.0%
2.6%US$103.00US$95.00US$66.787

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


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