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PBI

Pitney Bowes Inc. Common Stock (PBI) fair value

Industrials · Integrated Freight & Logistics · NYSE · United States
$17.35-1.08%
Market cap $2.4BNext earnings 2026-10-28Updated Oct 17, 2026
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Our verdict
Trades 20% below our fair value
Price
$17.35
Model fair valueConfidence: low
about $21.77
Built from weaker models, sales multiples or analyst targets, so treat it as a rough guide.
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ACCE opinionPitney Bowes Inc. Common Stock (PBI)
Fair value (3 models)
Not available
ACCE price target
$18.00
Rating
Not rated
Horizon
12 months
ACCE price target published on 11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Price used: $17.35 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: Discounted cash flow and P/E comparison.
Fair value: the average of the applicable valuation models (discounted cash flow, multiples, residual income, dividend discount, shareholder yield), each run on the latest financial statements and the market price shown. Opinion columns (fair value, target, rating) are shown apart from the data. Full methodology: acceinvestments.com/data/how-we-value-stocks
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Data
ACCE score
68
out of 100
Analysts
20% buy
5 covering
P/E
14.1x
forward 9.5x
1-year return
+48.8%
Dividend yield
2.28%

Pitney Bowes Inc. Common Stock in four questions

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Overview

ACCE thesis

Pitney Bowes sells postage meters, mailing and shipping software, and a parcel-delivery service, and it earns recurring rental and service revenue from its installed base of equipment. Its moat rests on that installed base and on being embedded in corporate mail and shipping workflows, which gives it sticky customers and high margins even as physical mail volumes decline. Revenue fell 2.3%, so the investment case depends on whether the shipping and software business can offset the shrinking mail franchise and turn that cash into durable free cash flow. At a forward P/E of 7.2 against a trailing 13.9, the market is pricing in a meaningful earnings decline, and a 21.7% operating margin on a $2.3 billion market cap is enough to justify a closer look at the balance sheet and the pace of the shipping segment's growth.

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 18, 2026
⚠ Investor warnings · 3 flagsAI-assisted·How I use AI
  • high
    Revenue shrinking long term
    Revenue has fallen at an 11.8% CAGR over five years and is down 2.3% year over year. Earnings growth of 115.8% rests on a much smaller top line.
  • high
    Heavy insider selling
    Insiders sold $34.65M across the last 10 disclosed transactions with no buys recorded. Insiders hold only 1.7% of the company.
  • moderate
    Elevated short interest
    Short interest stands at 16.9% of the float, a level that signals meaningful bearish positioning among market participants.

AI research notes

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 18, 2026 · figures from 2026-06-30 · prices to Oct 23, 2026
Why it could do well
  • Trailing free cash flow of $300M gives the stock a 12.8% free cash flow yield at a $17.35 share price.
  • Forward earnings are priced at 7.2 times, against a sector median of 23.6 times, a steep discount for the group.
  • Earnings beat expectations by 26.5% last quarter, with earnings per share of 0.43 against 0.34 expected.
Why it could disappoint
  • Revenue fell 2.3% year over year, and the five-year average decline is 11.8% per year.
  • Debt to equity of -2.77 means the company has negative equity, which leaves little cushion for lenders or shareholders.
  • Only 1 of 5 analysts rates the stock Buy or Strong Buy, and the stock still trades 14.8% below their mean target.
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Oct 28, 2026
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Valuation

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Price
$17.35
Model fair valueConfidence: low
about $21.77
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Where it sits vs peers

News and Record

Press releases mentioning this company

Recent performance

1 week
+1.8%
1 month
+6.6%
3 months
-3.0%
6 months
+11.4%
YTD
+64.1%
1 year
+48.8%

SEC filings

Recommendation history, last 12 months

DateTypeNewPreviousPrice
11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTACCE price target$18.00first publication$16.80
1 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$23.30$23.54$16.29
26 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$23.54$23.27$16.36
21 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$23.27$23.64$16.85
13 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$23.64$23.98$17.06
5 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$23.98$24.34$17.58
25 Aug 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$24.34$24.60$16.26
20 Aug 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$24.60$31.79$16.16
7 Aug 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$31.79$31.47$18.00
1 Jul 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$31.47first publication$17.66

This analysis is not personalised investment advice and does not take your situation, objectives or risk tolerance into account. ACCE Investments is not an authorised investment firm.

Investing in shares carries a risk of losing capital. The value of an investment can go down as well as up.

Valuation horizon: 12 months from the publication date.

Conflicts of interest. ACCE Investments is operated by Adrien Chantreuil, who may hold personal positions in the securities analysed. Positions are declared on each security. ACCE receives no payment from the companies analysed or from any intermediary for this analysis.

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Snapshot

Growth43Value84Quality53Momentum90Total68
Valuation
Trailing P/E
14.1x
Forward P/E
9.5x
PEG
0.12
P/B
9.57x
EV / Revenue
1.9x
Book value/sh
$-6.30
Enterprise value
$3.7B
Profitability
ROE
11.0%
FCF yield
12.46%
ROIC
no data
Health and risk
Debt / equity
-2.77
Dividend yield
2.28%
Beta
1.65

Price

+47.4% · 1Y

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Answered from Pitney Bowes Inc. Common Stock fundamentals + recent valuations. Every number shows its source and date.

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 67% of peers
low 12.1x14.1xhigh 82.0x
ROEbetter than 83% of peers
low 3%11%high 11%
Div yieldbetter than 17% of peers
low 0.0%2.3%high 4.8%

Peers

Prices Oct 23, 2026
CompanyPriceFair valuevs fair valueP/EROEQualityScore
PBI Pitney Bowes Inc. Common Stock$17.35--14.1x11.0%5368
IDL.PA ID Logistics Group SA€363.00€44719% below37.8x10.5%3458
DBI.AX Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure LimitedA$5.74--82.0x3.4%4551
9364.T Kamigumi Co., Ltd.¥4814.00--15.9x7.9%4849
9301.T Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation¥1504.50--12.6x11.2%5052
9072.T NIKKON Holdings Co.,Ltd.¥4138.00--32.3x6.9%5140
STF.PA STEF SA€118.80€21645% below12.1x9.6%3959

Sector report card

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  • Business Wire•Oct 6, 2026
    Pitney Bowes Launches the SendPro® CX Series
  • Business Wire•Sep 30, 2026
    Pitney Bowes Announces Repricing of $585 Million Term Loan B, Reducing Interest Margin by 75 Basis Points
  • Business Wire•Sep 21, 2026
    Pitney Bowes Inc. Announces Results of Its Cash Tender Offers for Two Series of Notes
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40 filings
October 2026
Oct 5
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-10-01
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September 2026
Sep 30
8-KCurrent reportPeriod 2026-09-29
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Sep 29
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-26
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