Avantor Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: AVTR (€20) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€28.74)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AVTR is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AVTR. This is calculated by dividing AVTR's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AVTR's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio46.2x
EarningsUS$309.60m
Market CapUS$14.30b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for AVTR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average111.3x
SRT3 Sartorius
195.3x36.4%€13.7b
DIM Sartorius Stedim Biotech
109.1x31.9%€17.5b
RVTY Revvity
54.8x19.9%US$14.0b
DIVISLAB Divi's Laboratories
86.1x23.7%₹1.6t
AVTR Avantor
46.2x36.4%€14.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AVTR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (46.2x) compared to the peer average (111.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AVTR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Life Sciences Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AVTR 46.2xIndustry Avg. 36.9xNo. of Companies3PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AVTR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (46.2x) compared to the European Life Sciences industry average (36.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AVTR'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.

AVTR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio46.2x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate AVTR's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


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 AVTR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€20.00
€25.24
+26.2%
7.8%€30.51€22.19n/a19
Nov ’25€20.80
€25.24
+21.4%
7.8%€30.51€22.19n/a19
Oct ’25€23.20
€25.84
+11.4%
7.6%€30.72€21.68n/a19
Sep ’25€23.20
€25.41
+9.5%
6.6%€27.72€21.46n/a19
Aug ’25€24.20
€26.17
+8.1%
6.7%€28.64€22.17n/a18
Jul ’25€19.50
€25.82
+32.4%
6.6%€28.03€21.49n/a18
Jun ’25€22.00
€25.63
+16.5%
6.2%€27.65€21.20n/a18
May ’25€22.80
€25.94
+13.8%
6.0%€28.04€21.50n/a19
Apr ’25€23.79
€25.49
+7.1%
6.5%€27.93€21.41n/a19
Mar ’25€23.08
€25.13
+8.9%
7.0%€27.72€21.25n/a19
Feb ’25€21.23
€23.13
+9.0%
8.8%€27.70€20.31n/a19
Jan ’25€20.96
€22.29
+6.4%
10.7%€27.52€17.89n/a20
Dec ’24€19.38
€21.97
+13.3%
11.6%€28.35€18.43n/a19
Nov ’24€16.31
€21.97
+34.7%
11.6%€28.35€18.43€20.8019
Oct ’24€20.19
€23.30
+15.4%
9.2%€28.40€19.88€23.2018
Sep ’24€20.37
€22.49
+10.4%
9.0%€27.42€19.19€23.2018
Aug ’24€18.67
€22.43
+20.1%
9.2%€27.28€19.10€24.2018
Jul ’24€18.78
€23.47
+25.0%
8.5%€27.31€20.03€19.5018
Jun ’24€18.53
€23.43
+26.4%
8.7%€27.35€20.05€22.0017
May ’24€16.84
€23.43
+39.2%
8.7%€27.35€20.05€22.8017
Apr ’24€19.60
€25.87
+32.0%
6.4%€27.66€22.13€23.7916
Mar ’24€22.75
€26.19
+15.1%
6.2%€28.00€22.40€23.0817
Feb ’24€22.10
€24.79
+12.2%
7.1%€27.61€22.09€21.2317
Jan ’24€19.61
€25.34
+29.2%
9.4%€31.04€21.64€20.9617
Dec ’23€21.64
€27.46
+26.9%
9.2%€33.41€23.29€19.3816
Nov ’23€20.27
€27.46
+35.5%
9.2%€33.41€23.29€16.3116

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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