Clarivate Plc

DB:16A Stock Report

Market Cap: €3.3b

Clarivate Valuation

Is 16A 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-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 16A when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 16A (€4.54) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€6.57)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 16A is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 16A?

Key metric: As 16A is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for 16A. This is calculated by dividing 16A's market cap by their current revenue.
What is 16A's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.4x
SalesUS$2.58b
Market CapUS$3.48b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does 16A's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for 16A vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.4x
BDT Bertrandt
0.2x4.0%€183.9m
3D6 Avemio
0.3x6.2%€27.4m
GBF Bilfinger
0.4x4.8%€1.7b
AAD Amadeus FiRe
0.9x3.5%€412.8m
16A Clarivate
1.4x1.5%€3.5b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: 16A is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x) compared to the peer average (0.4x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does 16A's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Professional Services Industry?

24 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
16A 1.4xIndustry Avg. 0.7xNo. of Companies24PS00.81.62.43.24+
24 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: 16A is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x) compared to the European Professional Services industry average (0.7x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 16A'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.

16A PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.4x
Fair PS Ratio1.4x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: 16A is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x).

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 16A forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€4.54
€5.99
+31.9%
20.3%€7.64€3.82n/a9
Dec ’25€5.30
€5.80
+9.5%
20.3%€7.41€3.70n/a9
Nov ’25€5.95
€6.90
+15.9%
17.5%€9.04€4.52n/a9
Oct ’25€6.15
€6.90
+12.1%
17.5%€9.04€4.52n/a9
Sep ’25€5.85
€6.62
+13.2%
20.3%€8.99€4.49n/a10
Aug ’25€6.00
€7.11
+18.4%
15.1%€9.19€5.52n/a10
Jul ’25€5.10
€7.30
+43.1%
17.0%€9.20€5.52n/a10
Jun ’25€5.05
€7.30
+44.5%
17.0%€9.20€5.52n/a10
May ’25€6.40
€7.49
+17.0%
16.1%€9.21€5.53n/a10
Apr ’25€6.80
€7.44
+9.4%
16.1%€9.15€5.49n/a10
Mar ’25€6.45
€7.43
+15.2%
16.8%€9.23€5.54n/a10
Feb ’25€8.10
€8.21
+1.3%
17.7%€10.10€5.51n/a10
Jan ’25€8.10
€7.82
-3.5%
14.5%€9.26€5.56n/a10
Dec ’24€6.85
€7.88
+15.1%
14.5%€9.34€5.60€5.3010
Nov ’24€5.85
€8.05
+37.6%
16.2%€10.41€5.68€5.9510
Oct ’24€6.10
€8.28
+35.7%
17.9%€10.41€5.68€6.1510
Sep ’24€6.65
€8.38
+26.0%
16.5%€10.18€5.55€5.8510
Aug ’24€8.30
€11.24
+35.4%
13.6%€13.82€9.21€6.0010
Jul ’24€8.30
€11.09
+33.6%
14.0%€13.74€9.16€5.1010
Jun ’24€7.00
€11.21
+60.2%
16.6%€13.95€7.91€5.059
May ’24€7.90
€11.60
+46.9%
12.3%€13.73€9.16€6.408
Apr ’24€8.15
€11.83
+45.2%
12.4%€13.83€9.22€6.808
Mar ’24€9.10
€12.03
+32.2%
11.3%€14.07€9.38€6.458
Feb ’24€9.85
€11.07
+12.4%
10.0%€12.97€9.27€8.108
Jan ’24€7.65
€12.00
+56.8%
11.3%€13.99€9.65€8.108
Dec ’23€8.95
€12.00
+34.1%
11.3%€13.99€9.65€6.858

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 00:13
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 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.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Clarivate Plc is covered by 13 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Manav PatnaikBarclays
Heather BalskyBofA Global Research
Zachary CumminsB. Riley Securities, Inc.