Burcon NutraScience Valuation

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

BU (CA$0.14) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] (CA$3.44)

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Price-To-Book vs Peers
Price-To-Book vs Industry
Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: BU (CA$0.14) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$3.44)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As BU barely has revenue we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for BU. This is calculated by dividing BU's market cap by their current book value.
What is BU's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio	11.6x
Book	CA$1.66m
Market Cap	CA$19.25m

BU 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/Revenue	90.3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	-3.4x
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

How does BU's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PB ratio for BU vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PB	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	7.9x
FNDX FendX Technologies	21.5x	n/a	CA$11.7m
AUUA Aluula Composites	2.4x	n/a	CA$23.8m
NANO Nano One Materials	3.4x	9.6%	CA$92.4m
ECO EcoSynthetix	4.3x	n/a	CA$238.6m
BU Burcon NutraScience	11.6x	134.0%	CA$19.3m

Price-To-Book vs Peers: BU is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (11.6x) compared to the peer average (7.9x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

How does BU's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the CA Chemicals Industry?

4 Companies	Price / Book	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
WRX Western Resources	0.1x	n/a	US$17.52m
PRH Pearl River Holdings	0.2x	n/a	US$2.93m
GDNP.H good natured Products	0.2x	n/a	US$1.31m
TOH Total Helium	0.1x	n/a	US$1.10m

No more companies available in this PB range

4 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

No more companies

Price-To-Book vs Industry: BU is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (11.6x) compared to the Canadian Chemicals industry average (1.2x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

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

BU PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio	11.6x
Fair PB Ratio	n/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate BU's Price-To-Book 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?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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