IQVIA Holdings Valuation

Is IQVH undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

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

Below Fair Value: IQVH (€209.2) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€322.9)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

IQVH key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA19x
PEG Ratio2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for IQVH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average42.8x
A Agilent Technologies
33.1x9.0%US$40.3b
LONN Lonza Group
57.3x19.9%CHF37.5b
MTD Mettler-Toledo International
33.9x7.7%US$26.7b
WST West Pharmaceutical Services
46.8x10.3%US$26.8b
IQVH IQVIA Holdings
30x15.2%€40.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IQVH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30x) compared to the peer average (42.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a21.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IQVH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30x) compared to the European Life Sciences industry average (35.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IQVH'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.

IQVH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate IQVH'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 IQVH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€209.20
€253.54
+21.2%
5.5%€274.03€232.23n/a18
Apr ’25€234.00
€252.24
+7.8%
5.7%€276.48€230.40n/a19
Mar ’25€231.00
€252.24
+9.2%
5.7%€276.48€230.40n/a19
Feb ’25€191.20
€226.35
+18.4%
6.7%€262.81€202.16n/a18
Jan ’25€208.50
€216.61
+3.9%
7.4%€247.32€183.20n/a19
Dec ’24€197.20
€211.04
+7.0%
8.4%€238.06€174.71n/a19
Nov ’24€168.40
€229.75
+36.4%
7.3%€250.77€198.72n/a19
Oct ’24€188.80
€238.74
+26.5%
5.7%€266.05€208.30n/a19
Sep ’24€208.00
€233.10
+12.1%
5.6%€259.00€202.77n/a20
Aug ’24€199.60
€229.76
+15.1%
8.0%€259.49€182.10n/a20
Jul ’24€205.50
€226.17
+10.1%
8.1%€261.35€183.40n/a20
Jun ’24€185.00
€228.99
+23.8%
8.2%€265.68€186.44n/a20
May ’24€161.60
€224.19
+38.7%
8.1%€259.78€182.30€218.4021
Apr ’24€181.46
€238.38
+31.4%
4.6%€262.74€216.65€234.0021
Mar ’24€197.38
€245.55
+24.4%
4.0%€268.67€221.53€231.0019
Feb ’24€210.35
€235.80
+12.1%
5.1%€261.92€211.37€191.2019
Jan ’24€193.12
€243.37
+26.0%
5.4%€272.18€219.65€208.5019
Dec ’23€210.55
€248.99
+18.3%
5.6%€278.22€224.53€197.2018
Nov ’23€211.65
€261.31
+23.5%
5.8%€288.53€232.85€168.4018
Oct ’23€190.92
€267.90
+40.3%
6.6%€298.65€233.94€188.8018
Sep ’23€210.40
€270.95
+28.8%
6.0%€300.81€235.63€208.0018
Aug ’23€234.95
€259.85
+10.6%
5.6%€284.20€230.30€199.6019
Jul ’23€205.40
€249.14
+21.3%
6.6%€275.36€223.13€205.5018
Jun ’23€196.90
€248.48
+26.2%
7.9%€290.04€219.87€185.0017
May ’23€213.75
€254.52
+19.1%
7.6%€295.06€223.67€161.6017

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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