Pinnacle West Capital Corporation

NYSE:PNW Stock Report

Market Cap: US$10.4b

Pinnacle West Capital Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: PNW ($91.58) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($110.91)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PNW is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PNW. This is calculated by dividing PNW's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PNW's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio16.9x
EarningsUS$615.61m
Market CapUS$10.45b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for PNW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19x
AGR Avangrid
12.4x0.5%US$13.9b
IDA IDACORP
22.4x12.8%US$6.2b
EVRG Evergy
17.2x6.6%US$14.7b
LNT Alliant Energy
24x10.4%US$15.6b
PNW Pinnacle West Capital
16.9x5.8%US$10.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PNW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.9x) compared to the peer average (19x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PNW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electric Utilities Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies available in this PE range
PNW 16.9xIndustry Avg. 20.9xNo. of Companies7PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PNW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.9x) compared to the US Electric Utilities industry average (20.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PNW'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.

PNW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16.9x
Fair PE Ratio19.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PNW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.5x).


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 PNW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$91.58
US$91.71
+0.1%
7.5%US$105.00US$80.00n/a14
Nov ’25US$85.83
US$90.86
+5.9%
7.2%US$105.00US$78.00n/a14
Oct ’25US$90.51
US$88.92
-1.8%
8.5%US$104.00US$75.00n/a13
Sep ’25US$87.52
US$85.50
-2.3%
7.8%US$95.00US$75.00n/a12
Aug ’25US$88.07
US$80.63
-8.5%
7.4%US$95.00US$72.00n/a12
Jul ’25US$75.72
US$79.96
+5.6%
6.9%US$95.00US$72.00n/a12
Jun ’25US$78.86
US$79.50
+0.8%
6.8%US$95.00US$74.00n/a12
May ’25US$74.94
US$76.00
+1.4%
9.2%US$95.00US$68.00n/a11
Apr ’25US$74.05
US$75.75
+2.3%
9.1%US$95.00US$68.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$68.05
US$75.25
+10.6%
9.6%US$95.00US$68.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$70.13
US$77.73
+10.8%
8.2%US$95.00US$71.00n/a11
Jan ’25US$71.84
US$77.73
+8.2%
8.1%US$95.00US$72.00n/a11
Dec ’24US$75.08
US$77.55
+3.3%
8.5%US$95.00US$71.00n/a11
Nov ’24US$75.57
US$79.00
+4.5%
9.6%US$95.00US$69.00US$85.8311
Oct ’24US$73.68
US$79.42
+7.8%
10.2%US$95.00US$61.00US$90.5112
Sep ’24US$75.97
US$79.33
+4.4%
10.4%US$95.00US$61.00US$87.5212
Aug ’24US$82.28
US$79.55
-3.3%
10.2%US$95.00US$61.00US$88.0711
Jul ’24US$81.46
US$78.27
-3.9%
12.3%US$95.00US$55.00US$75.7211
Jun ’24US$76.07
US$76.55
+0.6%
12.6%US$92.00US$55.00US$78.8611
May ’24US$78.92
US$75.73
-4.0%
11.3%US$92.00US$55.00US$74.9411
Apr ’24US$79.24
US$74.00
-6.6%
12.5%US$92.00US$55.00US$74.0511
Mar ’24US$73.29
US$74.58
+1.8%
12.3%US$92.00US$55.00US$68.0512
Feb ’24US$76.53
US$74.67
-2.4%
12.3%US$91.00US$55.00US$70.1312
Jan ’24US$76.04
US$73.08
-3.9%
13.1%US$91.00US$56.00US$71.8412
Dec ’23US$77.80
US$71.08
-8.6%
13.2%US$91.00US$56.00US$75.0812
Nov ’23US$67.81
US$67.21
-0.9%
14.9%US$89.00US$54.00US$75.5714

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


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