Maplebear Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: CART ($43.51) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($104.56)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CART. This is calculated by dividing CART's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CART's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio25.7x
EarningsUS$435.00m
Market CapUS$11.22b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CART vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.1x
ACI Albertsons Companies
11.3x6.2%US$11.5b
CASY Casey's General Stores
30.5x8.3%US$15.6b
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market
43x11.7%US$15.4b
KR Kroger
15.7x5.0%US$44.2b
CART Maplebear
25.7x11.9%US$11.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CART is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.7x) compared to the peer average (25.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CART's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Consumer Retailing Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies available in this PE range
CART 25.7xIndustry Avg. 25.7xNo. of Companies6PE01632486480+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CART is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.7x) compared to the US Consumer Retailing industry average (25.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CART'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.

CART PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.7x
Fair PE Ratio22.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CART is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.5x).


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 CART forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$43.51
US$50.56
+16.2%
12.0%US$60.00US$38.32n/a22
Nov ’25US$44.78
US$45.13
+0.8%
11.7%US$55.00US$35.00n/a22
Oct ’25US$40.45
US$44.47
+9.9%
10.9%US$52.00US$35.00n/a21
Sep ’25US$35.89
US$44.32
+23.5%
11.7%US$52.00US$34.00n/a20
Aug ’25US$33.02
US$42.21
+27.8%
12.1%US$49.00US$32.00n/a21
Jul ’25US$32.40
US$42.37
+30.8%
10.5%US$49.00US$34.00n/a20
Jun ’25US$30.48
US$42.30
+38.8%
10.7%US$49.00US$34.00n/a20
May ’25US$35.46
US$38.84
+9.5%
17.4%US$48.00US$26.00n/a21
Apr ’25US$36.86
US$37.39
+1.4%
17.5%US$48.00US$26.00n/a20
Mar ’25US$33.17
US$33.93
+2.3%
16.3%US$48.00US$26.00n/a19
Feb ’25US$25.25
US$33.57
+33.0%
18.5%US$48.00US$26.00n/a19
Jan ’25US$23.47
US$34.59
+47.4%
18.4%US$48.00US$26.00n/a15
Dec ’24US$25.37
US$35.43
+39.6%
16.7%US$48.00US$29.00US$43.6714
Nov ’24US$25.05
US$35.23
+40.6%
17.7%US$48.00US$28.00US$44.7813

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


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