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Should You Buy Truist Financial Corp (TFC) Stock Thursday?

Thursday, January 26, 2023 11:48 AM | InvestorsObserver Analysts

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Should You Buy Truist Financial Corp (TFC) Stock Thursday?

Truist Financial Corp (TFC) receives a strong valuation score of 85 from InvestorsObserver analysis. Our proprietary scoring system considers the overall health of the company by looking at the stock's price, earnings, and growth rate to determine if it represents a good value. TFC holds a better value than 85% of stocks at its current price. Investors who are focused on long-term growth through buy-and-hold investing will find the Valuation Rank especially relevant when allocating their assets.

Valuation Rank - 85
TFC gets a 85 Valuation Rank today. Find out what this means to you and get the rest of the rankings on TFC!

Metrics Analysis

TFC has a trailing twelve month Price to Earnings (PE) ratio of 10.9. The historical average of roughly 15 shows a average value for TFC stock as investors are paying fair share prices relative to the company's earnings. TFC's average trailing PE ratio shows that the firm has been trading around its fair market value recently. Its trailing 12-month earnings per share (EPS) of 4.43 justifies the stock's current price. However, trailing PE ratios do not factor in the company's projected growth rate, resulting in many newer firms having high PE ratios due to high growth potential enticing investors despite inadequate earnings.
TFC currently has a 12-month-forward-PE-to-Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.25. The market is currently overvaluing TFC in relation to its projected growth due to the PEG ratio being above the fair market value of 1. TFC's PEG comes from its forward price to earnings ratio being divided by its growth rate. Because PEG ratios include more fundamentals of a company's overall health with additional focus on the future, they are one of the most used valuation metrics by analysts.

Summary

TFC' has a weak valuation at its current share price on account of a overvalued PEG ratio due to strong growth. TFC's PE and PEG are worse than the market average leading to a below average valuation score. Click Here to get the full Report on Truist Financial Corp (TFC) stock.

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