Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc.

TSX:CPH Stock Report

Market Cap: CA$367.7m

Cipher Pharmaceuticals Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate CPH's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate CPH's fair value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CPH. This is calculated by dividing CPH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CPH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio16.1x
EarningsUS$15.86m
Market CapUS$256.14m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CPH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27.2x
RX BioSyent
18.2xn/aCA$131.9m
GRIN Grown Rogue International
36.5xn/aCA$200.0m
MDP Medexus Pharmaceuticals
24.6x50.4%CA$81.4m
GTII Green Thumb Industries
29.4x34.2%CA$2.7b
CPH Cipher Pharmaceuticals
16.1x10.0%CA$367.7m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CPH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x) compared to the peer average (27.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CPH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Pharmaceuticals Industry?

12 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CPH 16.1xIndustry Avg. 18.6xNo. of Companies12PE01224364860+
12 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CPH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x) compared to the North American Pharmaceuticals industry average (18.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CPH'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.

CPH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16.1x
Fair PE Ratio19.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CPH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.3x).

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 CPH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$14.30
CA$16.70
+16.8%
10.1%CA$18.60CA$14.50n/a3
Dec ’25CA$15.35
CA$16.70
+8.8%
10.1%CA$18.60CA$14.50n/a3
Nov ’25CA$15.24
CA$16.83
+10.5%
10.9%CA$19.00CA$14.50n/a3
Oct ’25CA$14.69
CA$16.17
+10.1%
7.3%CA$17.00CA$14.50n/a3
Sep ’25CA$18.99
CA$15.83
-16.6%
6.5%CA$17.00CA$14.50n/a3
Aug ’25CA$12.34
CA$13.67
+10.8%
22.8%CA$17.00CA$9.50n/a3
Jul ’25CA$8.20
CA$10.67
+30.1%
8.0%CA$11.50CA$9.50n/a3
Jun ’25CA$8.76
CA$10.67
+21.8%
8.0%CA$11.50CA$9.50n/a3
May ’25CA$8.58
CA$7.62
-11.2%
19.9%CA$9.25CA$5.60n/a3
Apr ’25CA$8.11
CA$7.62
-6.1%
19.9%CA$9.25CA$5.60n/a3
Mar ’25CA$7.22
CA$6.62
-8.4%
15.3%CA$8.00CA$5.60n/a3
Feb ’25CA$5.90
CA$5.53
-6.2%
11.1%CA$6.25CA$4.75n/a3
Jan ’25CA$5.54
CA$5.45
-1.6%
9.6%CA$6.00CA$4.75n/a3
Dec ’24CA$6.33
CA$5.45
-13.9%
9.6%CA$6.00CA$4.75CA$15.353
Nov ’24CA$4.39
CA$4.33
-1.3%
7.2%CA$4.75CA$4.00CA$15.243
Oct ’24CA$4.25
CA$4.33
+2.0%
7.2%CA$4.75CA$4.00CA$14.693
Sep ’24CA$3.97
CA$4.33
+9.2%
7.2%CA$4.75CA$4.00CA$18.993
Aug ’24CA$3.66
CA$4.33
+18.4%
7.2%CA$4.75CA$4.00CA$12.343
Jul ’24CA$3.57
CA$4.33
+21.4%
7.2%CA$4.75CA$4.00CA$8.203
Jun ’24CA$3.91
CA$4.33
+10.8%
7.2%CA$4.75CA$4.00CA$8.763
May ’24CA$3.43
CA$4.13
+20.3%
3.0%CA$4.25CA$4.00CA$8.582
Apr ’24CA$3.30
CA$4.13
+25.0%
3.0%CA$4.25CA$4.00CA$8.112
Mar ’24CA$3.78
CA$4.13
+9.1%
3.0%CA$4.25CA$4.00CA$7.222
Feb ’24CA$3.42
CA$4.13
+20.8%
3.0%CA$4.25CA$4.00CA$5.902
Jan ’24CA$3.84
CA$4.13
+7.4%
3.0%CA$4.25CA$4.00CA$5.542
Dec ’23CA$3.47
CA$4.13
+18.9%
3.0%CA$4.25CA$4.00CA$6.332

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 00:09
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. is covered by 12 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Douglas LoeByron Capital Markets
Prakash GowdCIBC Capital Markets
David NovakCormark Securities Inc.