Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

NYSE:AMBC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$662.0m

Ambac Financial Group Valuation

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

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

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

AMBC 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/Revenue20.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA50.8x
PEG Ratio-1.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for AMBC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average40.8x
IGIC International General Insurance Holdings
5.3x6.7%US$579.2m
UVE Universal Insurance Holdings
8.8x7.4%US$582.5m
TIPT Tiptree
43.4xn/aUS$598.4m
DGIC.A Donegal Group
105.6x66.2%US$455.4m
AMBC Ambac Financial Group
73x-63.2%US$662.0m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AMBC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (73x) compared to the peer average (40.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AMBC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Insurance Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a11.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AMBC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (73x) compared to the US Insurance industry average (14.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AMBC'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.

AMBC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio73x
Fair PE Ratio3.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AMBC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (73x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.7x).


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 AMBC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$14.54
US$17.00
+16.9%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
Apr ’25US$15.49
US$17.00
+9.7%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
Mar ’25US$16.19
US$17.00
+5.0%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
Feb ’25US$16.27
US$17.00
+4.5%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
Jan ’25US$16.48
US$17.00
+3.2%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
Dec ’24US$14.84
US$17.00
+14.6%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
Nov ’24US$12.35
US$17.00
+37.7%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
Oct ’24US$12.06
US$17.00
+41.0%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
Sep ’24US$13.16
US$17.00
+29.2%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
Aug ’24US$14.05
US$17.00
+21.0%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
Jul ’24US$14.24
US$17.00
+19.4%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
Jun ’24US$13.89
US$17.00
+22.4%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
May ’24US$15.78
US$17.00
+7.7%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00n/a2
Apr ’24US$15.48
US$17.00
+9.8%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00US$15.492
Mar ’24US$17.07
US$17.00
-0.4%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00US$16.192
Feb ’24US$16.61
US$17.00
+2.3%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00US$16.272
Jan ’24US$17.44
US$17.00
-2.5%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00US$16.482
Dec ’23US$16.20
US$17.00
+4.9%
5.9%US$18.00US$16.00US$14.842

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


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