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PFSI

PennyMac Financial Services Inc. Common Stock (PFSI) fair value

Financial Services · Mortgage Finance · NYSE · United States
$63.68+0.51%
Market cap $3.3BNext earnings 2026-10-29Updated Oct 21, 2026
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Our verdict
Trades 30% below our fair value
Price
$63.68
Model fair valueConfidence: good
$90.64
Model range
$71.38 to $133
Fair value $90.64
Price $63.68
3 models fit PennyMac Financial Services Inc. Common Stock and they disagree: 0 of 3 land within 15% of the average. The price is below every model.
Two or more of our models back this value.
Large discount(i)Bronze40
Valued as a bank: Residual income, P/E comparison, Dividend discount, and Graham number.
ACCE opinionPennyMac Financial Services Inc. Common Stock (PFSI)
Fair value (3 models)
$90.64
ACCE price target
$62.00
Rating
Undervalued
Horizon
12 months
Fair value published on 21 Oct 2026, 11:06 CEST; previously $88.17 since 16 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
ACCE price target published on 11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Rating published on 21 Oct 2026, 11:06 CEST.
Price used: $63.68 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: P/E comparison, Graham number, and Residual income.
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
Price vs fair value
29.7% below
+42.3% to fair value
ACCE score
36
out of 100
Analysts
50% buy
8 covering
P/E
8.2x
forward 9.0x
1-year return
-50.5%
Dividend yield
2.02%

PennyMac Financial Services Inc. Common Stock in four questions

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Overview

ACCE thesis

PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI) earns its revenue mainly from mortgage production and servicing, with its PennyMac Loan Services unit collecting fees on a large servicing book and its PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust arm holding mortgage-related investments. The business is a mortgage originator and servicer rather than a bank, so its earnings swing with rate cycles and the value of its servicing rights. At an 8.2x trailing P/E and 9.0x forward P/E, the market is pricing it as a cyclical lender, and the 9.4% ROE and 4.5% operating margin suggest the stock is not cheap on fundamentals alone. Revenue growth of 1.8% is weak, so any case here rests on a mortgage-rate recovery or a reset in servicing economics rather than organic expansion. The stock's 38/100 score and absence from major indexes put it in the category worth a deeper look only if you have a view on the rate cycle.

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 18, 2026
⚠ Investor warnings · 4 flagsAI-assisted·How I use AI
  • high
    Earnings collapse year over year
    Earnings fell 83.9% year over year while revenue grew only 1.8%, so the profit line is deteriorating far faster than the top line.
  • high
    Negative free cash flow
    Free cash flow was $-1,411,827,000, and debt-to-equity sits at 5.35, leaving the balance sheet heavily leveraged with cash consumption.
  • moderate
    Elevated short interest
    Short interest stands at 11.3% of shares, signalling meaningful bearish positioning among sellers of the stock.
  • moderate
    Insider selling without buying
    Insiders recorded $0.00M in buys against $1.57M in sales across the last 10 disclosed transactions.

AI research notes

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 18, 2026 · figures from 2026-10-16 · prices to Oct 23, 2026
Why it could do well
  • The stock trades at 8.3x trailing earnings and 9.0x forward earnings, below the sector median forward P/E of 11.8x.
  • Half of the eight analysts covering the stock rate it Buy or Strong Buy, and their mean price target sits 36.4% above the share price.
Why it could disappoint
  • Free cash flow over the last twelve months was negative at -$1.4B, and the stock's free cash flow yield is -45.1%.
  • Return on invested capital is only 1.5%, and debt equals 5.35 times shareholder equity, leaving little margin for error.
  • The latest quarter missed expectations, with earnings per share of 1.39 against 2.08 expected, a surprise of -33.2%.
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Oct 29, 2026
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Valuation

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Where PFSI's valuation models land
Price
$63.68
Model fair value
$90.64
Model range
$71.38 to $133
Fair value $90.64
Price $63.68
The price is below the whole model range.
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Wall Street consensus

Mixed50% buy · 8 covering analysts
● Strong buy 3● Buy 1● Hold 4● Sell 0● Strong sell 0
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Where it sits vs peers

News and Record

Press releases mentioning this company

Recent performance

1 week
+5.6%
1 month
-2.9%
3 months
-24.5%
6 months
-30.3%
YTD
-51.7%
1 year
-50.5%

SEC filings

Recommendation history, last 12 months

DateTypeNewPreviousPrice
21 Oct 2026, 11:06 CESTRatingUndervaluedfirst publication$60.27
21 Oct 2026, 11:06 CESTFair value$90.64$88.17$60.27
16 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$88.17$90.12$57.75
11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTACCE price target$62.00first publication$59.90
11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$90.12$106$59.90
27 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$106$108$65.46
19 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$108$115$66.51
11 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$115$109$70.91
8 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$109$116$73.29
6 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$116$114$73.29

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

Growth19Value60Quality49Momentum17Total36
Valuation
Trailing P/E
8.2x
Forward P/E
9.0x
PEG
no data
P/B
0.79x
EV / Revenue
6.0x
Book value/sh
$83.49
Enterprise value
$26.3B
Profitability
ROE
9.4%
FCF yield
-42.89%
ROIC
1.5%
Health and risk
Debt / equity
5.35
Dividend yield
2.02%
Beta
1.45

Price

-52.0% · 1Y

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Answered from PennyMac Financial Services Inc. Common Stock fundamentals + recent valuations. Every number shows its source and date.

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 20% of peers
low 4.8x8.2xhigh 28.9x
ROEbetter than 40% of peers
low -8%9%high 16%
Div yieldbetter than 50% of peers
low 0.0%2.0%high 7.8%

Peers

Prices Oct 23, 2026
CompanyPriceFair valuevs fair valueP/EROEQualityScore
PFSI PennyMac Financial Services Inc. Common Stock$63.68$9130% below8.2x9.4%4936
LICHSGFIN.NS LIC Housing Finance Limited₹490.00--4.8x-7669
UWMC UWM Holdings Corporation Class A Common Stock$1.45----7.7%2935
OSB.L OSB Group Plc£4.83£946% below6.4x12.9%7653
PAG.L Paragon Banking Group PLC£7.09£1239% below7.9x12.0%7755
WD Walker & Dunlop Inc Common Stock$34.16$4829% below28.9x2.4%4533
VEL Velocity Financial Inc. Common Stock$15.30$3151% below5.6x16.3%7247

Sector report card

Where PFSI ranks against its sector peers on each metric.

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  • Business Wire•Oct 13, 2026
    KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to EFMT 2026-CNF1
  • Business Wire•Oct 8, 2026
    PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. Announces Date for Release of Third Quarter 2026 Results
  • Business Wire•Oct 7, 2026
    KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to PMT Loan Trust 2026-CNF9 (PMTLT 2026-CNF9)
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40 filings
September 2026
Sep 14
8-KCurrent reportPeriod 2026-09-14
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August 2026
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Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-07-31
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Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-07-31
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