Guild Holdings Company

NYSE:GHLD Stock Report

Market Cap: US$847.5m

Guild Holdings Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of GHLD when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: GHLD ($13.87) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($57.26)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

GHLD 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/Revenue3.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA75.2x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does GHLD's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for GHLD vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average2.5x
LDI loanDepot
0.4x15.8%US$741.4m
WSBF Waterstone Financial
1.7xn/aUS$228.4m
HMPT Home Point Capital
3.7x39.9%US$321.4m
VEL Velocity Financial
4.2x11.6%US$584.2m
GHLD Guild Holdings
1.2x21.7%US$847.5m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: GHLD is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.2x) compared to the peer average (2.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GHLD's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Diversified Financial Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a0.3%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: GHLD is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.2x) compared to the US Diversified Financial industry average (2.7x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GHLD's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GHLD PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.2x
Fair PS Ratio3.2x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: GHLD is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.2x).


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 GHLD forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$13.87
US$15.58
+12.4%
12.3%US$18.00US$12.50n/a6
May ’25US$13.60
US$15.58
+14.6%
12.3%US$18.00US$12.50n/a6
Apr ’25US$14.77
US$15.64
+5.9%
11.4%US$18.00US$12.50n/a7
Mar ’25US$14.00
US$14.93
+6.6%
17.6%US$18.00US$10.50n/a7
Feb ’25US$14.34
US$14.42
+0.5%
17.3%US$17.00US$10.50n/a6
Jan ’25US$14.09
US$13.79
-2.2%
16.0%US$17.00US$10.50n/a7
Dec ’24US$12.04
US$13.50
+12.1%
13.9%US$16.00US$10.50n/a7
Nov ’24US$10.38
US$13.86
+33.5%
11.2%US$16.00US$11.00n/a7
Oct ’24US$10.97
US$14.21
+29.6%
11.3%US$16.00US$11.00n/a7
Sep ’24US$12.19
US$14.21
+16.6%
11.3%US$16.00US$11.00n/a7
Aug ’24US$12.40
US$13.71
+10.6%
13.9%US$16.00US$10.00n/a7
Jul ’24US$11.36
US$13.21
+16.3%
14.0%US$16.00US$10.00n/a7
Jun ’24US$10.67
US$13.08
+22.6%
15.0%US$16.00US$10.00n/a6
May ’24US$9.70
US$13.50
+39.2%
15.3%US$16.00US$10.00US$13.606
Apr ’24US$10.40
US$13.42
+29.0%
15.6%US$16.00US$10.00US$14.776
Mar ’24US$11.60
US$13.33
+14.9%
28.2%US$19.00US$8.50US$14.006
Feb ’24US$11.05
US$13.33
+20.7%
28.2%US$19.00US$8.50US$14.346
Jan ’24US$10.09
US$13.17
+30.5%
29.0%US$19.00US$8.50US$14.096
Dec ’23US$10.96
US$13.43
+22.5%
26.7%US$19.00US$8.50US$12.047
Nov ’23US$8.58
US$14.14
+64.8%
19.8%US$19.00US$10.00US$10.387
Oct ’23US$9.24
US$14.21
+53.8%
19.3%US$19.00US$10.00US$10.977
Sep ’23US$9.99
US$14.50
+45.1%
19.8%US$19.00US$10.00US$12.196
Aug ’23US$11.90
US$13.17
+10.6%
25.3%US$19.00US$9.00US$12.406
Jul ’23US$10.40
US$12.25
+17.8%
30.5%US$19.00US$8.00US$11.366
Jun ’23US$10.90
US$12.42
+13.9%
31.2%US$19.00US$8.00US$10.676
May ’23US$8.74
US$14.83
+69.7%
21.7%US$19.00US$10.50US$9.706

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


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