Upbound Group Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: UPBD ($32.99) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($78.87)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for UPBD. This is calculated by dividing UPBD's market cap by their current earnings.
What is UPBD's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio22.2x
EarningsUS$81.24m
Market CapUS$1.76b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for UPBD vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20.3x
SBH Sally Beauty Holdings
8.6x9.4%US$1.3b
WINA Winmark
35.1x8.4%US$1.4b
ASO Academy Sports and Outdoors
6.6x3.3%US$3.2b
ODP ODP
30.8x47.2%US$778.9m
UPBD Upbound Group
22.2x28.3%US$1.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UPBD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.2x) compared to the peer average (20.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does UPBD's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Specialty Retail Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
TKLF Tokyo Lifestyle
1.8xn/aUS$15.11m
SSOK Sunstock
1.4xn/aUS$1.02m
MASN Maison Luxe
0.08xn/aUS$168.03k
FTCH.Q Farfetch
n/an/aUS$39.55k
UPBD 22.2xIndustry Avg. 16.8xNo. of Companies13PE01224364860+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UPBD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.2x) compared to the US Specialty Retail industry average (16.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UPBD'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.

UPBD PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio22.2x
Fair PE Ratio17.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: UPBD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.6x).


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 UPBD forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$32.99
US$40.89
+23.9%
13.0%US$50.00US$33.00n/a9
Nov ’25US$29.46
US$41.25
+40.0%
13.4%US$50.00US$33.00n/a8
Oct ’25US$29.78
US$42.00
+41.0%
11.2%US$50.00US$35.00n/a8
Sep ’25US$33.30
US$42.25
+26.9%
10.3%US$50.00US$36.00n/a8
Aug ’25US$35.17
US$42.25
+20.1%
10.3%US$50.00US$36.00n/a8
Jul ’25US$30.02
US$41.25
+37.4%
14.1%US$50.00US$31.00n/a8
Jun ’25US$32.82
US$40.71
+24.1%
14.8%US$50.00US$31.00n/a7
May ’25US$31.62
US$41.14
+30.1%
12.6%US$50.00US$34.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$35.01
US$41.14
+17.5%
12.6%US$50.00US$34.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$33.48
US$41.00
+22.5%
12.5%US$50.00US$34.00n/a7
Feb ’25US$33.23
US$38.38
+15.5%
13.5%US$50.00US$31.00n/a8
Jan ’25US$33.97
US$38.00
+11.9%
14.7%US$50.00US$31.00n/a8
Dec ’24US$30.08
US$38.00
+26.3%
14.7%US$50.00US$31.00n/a8
Nov ’24US$26.13
US$39.63
+51.6%
13.5%US$50.00US$32.00US$29.468
Oct ’24US$29.45
US$40.00
+35.8%
12.2%US$50.00US$33.00US$29.788
Sep ’24US$31.33
US$40.00
+27.7%
12.2%US$50.00US$33.00US$33.308
Aug ’24US$34.73
US$37.38
+7.6%
14.3%US$50.00US$32.00US$35.178
Jul ’24US$31.13
US$37.38
+20.1%
14.3%US$50.00US$32.00US$30.028
Jun ’24US$30.84
US$37.00
+20.0%
15.5%US$50.00US$30.00US$32.828
May ’24US$26.90
US$32.00
+19.0%
13.4%US$40.00US$27.00US$31.628
Apr ’24US$24.51
US$32.00
+30.6%
13.4%US$40.00US$27.00US$35.018
Mar ’24US$26.97
US$32.00
+18.7%
13.4%US$40.00US$27.00US$33.488
Feb ’24US$27.67
US$29.75
+7.5%
17.8%US$40.00US$24.00US$33.238
Jan ’24US$22.55
US$30.75
+36.4%
23.2%US$43.00US$23.00US$33.978
Dec ’23US$23.50
US$29.43
+25.2%
22.5%US$43.00US$23.00US$30.087
Nov ’23US$20.90
US$30.57
+46.3%
22.7%US$44.00US$22.00US$26.137

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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