Risk factor
Low price volatility
Profitability factor
Excellent dividends
About
Crédit Agricole S.A. is a global financial institution offering a comprehensive suite of services, encompassing retail and corporate banking, insurance, and investment solutions. Its operations are structured across several key divisions: Asset Gathering, Large Customers, Specialised Financial Services, French Retail Banking via LCL, and International Retail Banking. The company delivers a wide array of banking and financial products, including various deposit accounts (savings, current), lending facilities, payment solutions, and cash flow management tools. It also provides consumer credit and a range of specialized financial services. In wealth management, it assists individual clients in managing, safeguarding, and transferring their assets, alongside offering broader asset management services. Its insurance portfolio includes coverage for savings and retirement, life and disability (including creditor and group schemes), and property and casualty. Crédit Agricole S.A. also extends financing for property and equipment investments, provides trade receivable financing and administration for businesses, and funds renewable energy and public infrastructure projects. Leasing services are also part of its offering. Its investment banking arm delivers structured finance, international trade finance, commercial banking, capital market activities, and syndication services. Furthermore, it offers extensive asset servicing, covering execution, clearing, foreign exchange, securities lending and borrowing, custody, depositary bank functions, fund administration, outsourced middle-office solutions, fund distribution support, and issuer services. The diverse client base spans individual consumers, corporate entities, financial institutions, government bodies, and local authorities. Established in 1894 and headquartered in Montrouge, France, Crédit Agricole S.A. operates as a subsidiary of SAS Rue La Boétie.
Company Valuation
Considering past and projected metrics, the stock is slightly 'cheaper' than its peers. In particular, the stock is underpriced on P/E. Editor's note: P/CR is Price to
Target Price
The average target price of ACA.PA is 19 and suggests 16% upside potential. Usually, this means a BUY recommendation among investment firms, or a recommendation to increa