Dave Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

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

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate DAVE's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate DAVE's fair value for valuation analysis.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DAVE. This is calculated by dividing DAVE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DAVE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio26.7x
EarningsUS$41.25m
Market CapUS$1.10b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for DAVE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17.4x
EZPW EZCORP
8.3x10.3%US$658.5m
FINV FinVolution Group
5.2x11.7%US$1.6b
LC LendingClub
36.3x52.7%US$1.9b
PRAA PRA Group
19.7x42.0%US$823.2m
DAVE Dave
26.7x2.3%US$1.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DAVE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.7x) compared to the peer average (17.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
YRD Yiren Digital
1.7xn/aUS$421.63m
XYF X Financial
1.7xn/aUS$311.46m
JFIN Jiayin Group
2xn/aUS$311.30m
No more companies available in this PE range
DAVE 26.7xIndustry Avg. 12.4xNo. of Companies4PE0816243240+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DAVE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.7x) compared to the US Consumer Finance industry average (12.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DAVE'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.

DAVE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio26.7x
Fair PE Ratio16.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DAVE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x).


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 DAVE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$86.26
US$87.71
+1.7%
21.1%US$115.00US$58.00n/a7
Nov ’25US$38.21
US$61.86
+61.9%
11.8%US$75.00US$53.00n/a7
Oct ’25US$40.00
US$61.86
+54.6%
11.8%US$75.00US$53.00n/a7
Sep ’25US$37.60
US$61.86
+64.5%
11.8%US$75.00US$53.00n/a7
Aug ’25US$34.81
US$63.13
+81.4%
11.3%US$75.00US$53.00n/a6
Jul ’25US$30.09
US$64.50
+114.4%
10.2%US$75.00US$58.00n/a4
Jun ’25US$45.06
US$70.00
+55.3%
7.1%US$75.00US$65.00n/a2
May ’25US$44.97
US$57.50
+27.9%
21.7%US$70.00US$45.00n/a2

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


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