Veren Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: VRN (CA$10.22) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$31.67)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

VRN 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/Revenue2.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA4.9x
PEG Ratio-9.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for VRN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.2x
ERF Enerplus
10.6x8.8%CA$5.6b
MEG MEG Energy
12.9x2.1%CA$7.5b
PSK PrairieSky Royalty
28.9x54.5%CA$6.2b
WCP Whitecap Resources
8.5x0.1%CA$5.8b
VRN Veren
29.3x-3.2%CA$6.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: VRN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.3x) compared to the peer average (15.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does VRN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the CA Oil and Gas Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a6.9%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: VRN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.3x) compared to the Canadian Oil and Gas industry average (11.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is VRN'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.

VRN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio29.3x
Fair PE Ratio9.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: VRN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x).


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 VRN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$10.22
CA$14.65
+43.4%
10.1%CA$19.00CA$13.00n/a13
Jun ’25CA$11.86
CA$14.79
+24.7%
9.9%CA$19.00CA$13.00n/a14
May ’25CA$11.70
CA$14.61
+24.8%
10.5%CA$19.00CA$13.00n/a14
Apr ’25CA$11.13
CA$13.14
+18.1%
7.4%CA$15.00CA$12.00n/a14
Mar ’25CA$10.15
CA$12.79
+26.0%
6.6%CA$14.00CA$12.00n/a14
Feb ’25CA$8.60
CA$13.04
+51.6%
8.1%CA$15.50CA$12.00n/a14
Jan ’25CA$9.19
CA$14.21
+54.7%
12.7%CA$19.00CA$12.00n/a14
Dec ’24CA$9.56
CA$14.77
+54.5%
11.8%CA$19.00CA$13.00n/a11
Nov ’24CA$11.20
CA$14.54
+29.8%
11.2%CA$19.00CA$13.00n/a14
Oct ’24CA$11.26
CA$14.09
+25.1%
8.4%CA$16.00CA$13.00n/a14
Sep ’24CA$11.43
CA$13.77
+20.5%
7.6%CA$16.00CA$13.00n/a14
Aug ’24CA$10.78
CA$13.86
+28.5%
11.1%CA$18.00CA$11.50n/a14
Jul ’24CA$8.92
CA$13.69
+53.5%
13.1%CA$18.00CA$11.00n/a13
Jun ’24CA$8.71
CA$13.81
+58.5%
12.0%CA$18.00CA$12.00CA$11.8613
May ’24CA$9.84
CA$14.10
+43.3%
11.8%CA$18.00CA$12.50CA$11.7013
Apr ’24CA$9.54
CA$13.79
+44.5%
9.7%CA$16.00CA$12.50CA$11.1313
Mar ’24CA$9.63
CA$13.94
+44.8%
13.5%CA$18.50CA$11.50CA$10.1513
Feb ’24CA$9.61
CA$13.94
+45.1%
13.5%CA$18.50CA$11.50CA$8.6013
Jan ’24CA$9.66
CA$14.62
+51.3%
12.9%CA$18.50CA$12.00CA$9.1913
Dec ’23CA$10.24
CA$14.69
+43.5%
13.3%CA$18.50CA$12.00CA$9.5613
Nov ’23CA$10.88
CA$14.69
+35.0%
13.3%CA$18.50CA$12.00CA$11.2013
Oct ’23CA$8.50
CA$14.96
+76.0%
13.2%CA$18.50CA$12.00CA$11.2613
Sep ’23CA$9.55
CA$15.42
+61.4%
14.8%CA$20.00CA$12.00CA$11.4312
Aug ’23CA$10.13
CA$15.42
+52.2%
14.8%CA$20.00CA$12.00CA$10.7812
Jul ’23CA$9.15
CA$15.62
+70.7%
17.6%CA$23.00CA$12.00CA$8.9213
Jun ’23CA$11.35
CA$14.12
+24.4%
18.5%CA$20.00CA$10.00CA$8.7113

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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