Valneva Valuation

Is AYJ 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-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AYJ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AYJ (€2.08) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€129.84)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As AYJ is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for AYJ. This is calculated by dividing AYJ's market cap by their current revenue.
What is AYJ's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio2.1x
Sales€158.54m
Market Cap€332.86m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does AYJ's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for AYJ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average11.4x
SFA Sopharma AD
0.5xn/aлв924.8m
THQM Tchaikapharma High Quality Medicines AD
32.4xn/aлв1.6b
2616 CStone Pharmaceuticals
5.2x34.3%HK$2.6b
300289 Beijing Leadman BiochemistryLtd
7.6xn/aCN¥3.1b
AYJ Valneva
2.1x24.6%€332.9m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: AYJ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the peer average (11.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does AYJ's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Biotechs Industry?

37 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AYJ 2.1xIndustry Avg. 8.0xNo. of Companies37PS0816243240+
37 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: AYJ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the European Biotechs industry average (8.1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AYJ's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AYJ PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.1x
Fair PS Ration/a

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate AYJ's Price-To-Sales 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 AYJ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€2.08
€6.83
+228.4%
35.4%€11.00€2.85n/a6
Nov ’25n/a
€7.37
0%
31.0%€11.00€3.70n/a6
Oct ’25n/a
€7.07
0%
25.1%€9.00€3.90n/a6
Sep ’25n/a
€8.63
0%
26.1%€11.00€3.90n/a6
Aug ’25n/a
€8.63
0%
26.1%€11.00€3.90n/a6
Jul ’25n/a
€8.97
0%
28.5%€12.00€3.90n/a6
Jun ’25€4.06
€8.97
+120.9%
28.5%€12.00€3.90n/a6
May ’25€3.38
€8.95
+164.6%
28.9%€12.00€3.80n/a6
Apr ’25€3.58
€8.95
+150.3%
28.9%€12.00€3.80n/a6
Mar ’25€3.09
€9.27
+200.2%
28.7%€12.40€4.30n/a6
Feb ’25€3.64
€9.17
+151.8%
24.6%€12.00€4.80n/a6
Jan ’25€4.77
€9.37
+96.5%
20.1%€12.00€6.00n/a6
Dec ’24€5.16
€10.03
+94.4%
22.9%€13.00€6.00n/a6
Nov ’24€5.45
€9.73
+78.7%
23.4%€13.00€6.00n/a6
Oct ’24€5.61
€9.73
+73.7%
23.4%€13.00€6.00n/a6
Sep ’24€6.42
€9.73
+51.5%
23.4%€13.00€6.00n/a6
Aug ’24€6.74
€10.30
+52.9%
24.8%€13.00€6.00n/a6
Jul ’24€6.71
€10.30
+53.5%
24.8%€13.00€6.00n/a6
Jun ’24€5.25
€8.98
+71.0%
23.2%€13.00€6.00€4.066
May ’24€4.36
€9.23
+111.6%
22.1%€13.00€6.00€3.386
Apr ’24€4.82
€9.30
+92.8%
23.9%€13.00€6.00€3.585
Mar ’24€5.47
€10.28
+87.9%
17.3%€13.00€8.00€3.096
Feb ’24€6.33
€11.77
+86.0%
23.9%€17.00€8.00€3.646
Jan ’24€6.31
€11.45
+81.5%
26.5%€17.00€8.00€4.776
Dec ’23€6.56
€11.45
+74.5%
26.5%€17.00€8.00€5.166
Nov ’23€7.03
€11.67
+65.9%
24.6%€17.00€8.00€5.456

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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