QuidelOrtho Corporation

DB:QL1A Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.3b

QuidelOrtho Valuation

Is QL1A undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • 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 QL1A when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: QL1A (€34.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€99.5)

Significantly Below Fair Value: QL1A is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for QL1A?

Key metric: As QL1A is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for QL1A. This is calculated by dividing QL1A's market cap by their current revenue.
What is QL1A's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.9x
SalesUS$2.82b
Market CapUS$2.43b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does QL1A's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for QL1A vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.8x
AFX Carl Zeiss Meditec
2.5x7.9%€5.2b
EUZ Eckert & Ziegler
2.9x6.0%€802.1m
DRW3 Drägerwerk KGaA
0.2x4.2%€792.8m
SBS Stratec
1.4x7.7%€353.7m
QL1A QuidelOrtho
0.9x1.4%€2.4b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: QL1A is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x) compared to the peer average (1.8x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does QL1A's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Medical Equipment Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
DRW3 Drägerwerk KGaA
0.2x4.2%US$834.66m
PHH2 Paul Hartmann
0.3xn/aUS$751.55m
U4W0 Quotient
0.07xn/aUS$2.78m
MF6 MagForce
0.3xn/aUS$404.27k
No more companies available in this PS range
QL1A 0.9xIndustry Avg. 3.4xNo. of Companies4PS01.63.24.86.48+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: QL1A is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x) compared to the European Medical Equipment industry average (3.4x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is QL1A'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.

QL1A PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.9x
Fair PS Ratio1.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: QL1A is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.3x).

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 QL1A forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€34.60
€48.34
+39.7%
19.6%€60.07€35.67n/a6
Nov ’25€35.60
€47.03
+32.1%
17.9%€57.34€34.04n/a6
Oct ’25€40.80
€47.03
+15.3%
17.9%€57.34€34.04n/a6
Sep ’25€38.20
€45.78
+19.8%
22.1%€59.31€35.21n/a5
Aug ’25€38.80
€45.78
+18.0%
22.1%€59.31€35.21n/a5
Jul ’25€30.80
€46.76
+51.8%
21.7%€59.85€34.60n/a5
Jun ’25€40.60
€47.65
+17.4%
24.3%€63.04€34.30n/a5
May ’25€38.00
€51.05
+34.3%
27.2%€75.55€34.51n/a6
Apr ’25€44.14
€54.49
+23.4%
28.6%€75.06€34.29n/a5
Mar ’25€41.74
€56.55
+35.5%
26.3%€75.50€34.49n/a6
Feb ’25€63.96
€90.28
+41.2%
34.6%€143.61€59.99n/a6
Jan ’25€67.24
€90.28
+34.3%
34.6%€143.61€59.99n/a6
Dec ’24€63.46
€96.11
+51.5%
32.4%€144.85€60.51n/a6
Nov ’24€59.66
€115.07
+92.9%
22.7%€159.77€80.84€35.606
Oct ’24€68.94
€113.30
+64.4%
22.7%€157.32€79.59€40.806
Sep ’24€77.66
€112.01
+44.2%
22.7%€155.52€78.68€38.206
Aug ’24€77.48
€111.77
+44.3%
21.4%€154.07€81.04€38.806
Jul ’24€75.70
€115.31
+52.3%
21.4%€159.59€83.95€30.806
Jun ’24€79.40
€115.31
+45.2%
21.4%€159.59€83.95€40.606
May ’24€81.28
€112.85
+38.8%
22.0%€157.45€79.18€38.006
Apr ’24€81.50
€117.90
+44.7%
22.1%€163.17€82.06€44.146
Mar ’24€80.50
€117.90
+46.5%
22.1%€163.17€82.06€41.746
Feb ’24€80.50
€118.00
+46.6%
22.0%€164.40€88.38€63.966
Jan ’24€78.50
€117.06
+49.1%
22.0%€163.10€87.68€67.246
Dec ’23€83.00
€126.67
+52.6%
39.2%€219.81€90.33€63.465
Nov ’23€90.00
€126.55
+40.6%
39.3%€219.61€86.24€59.665

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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