Sonic Healthcare Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: SAB (€15.88) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€35.05)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

SAB 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/Revenue1.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA14.7x
PEG Ratio1.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SAB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30.7x
FME Fresenius Medical Care
22x20.7%€11.0b
FRE Fresenius SE KGaA
43.4x22.6%€15.3b
SYAB SYNLAB
25x36.4%€2.3b
AFX Carl Zeiss Meditec
32.4x11.9%€9.0b
SAB Sonic Healthcare
25.1x14.5%€12.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SAB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.1x) compared to the peer average (30.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SAB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Healthcare Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a23.4%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SAB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.1x) compared to the European Healthcare industry average (18.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SAB'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.

SAB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.1x
Fair PE Ratio29.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SAB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.9x).


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 SAB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€15.88
€18.75
+18.0%
9.1%€21.34€15.85n/a15
Apr ’25€17.44
€18.52
+6.2%
9.0%€21.07€15.65n/a15
Mar ’25€17.40
€18.35
+5.4%
8.9%€20.41€15.56n/a15
Feb ’25€18.90
€20.36
+7.7%
7.3%€22.53€18.14n/a14
Jan ’25€19.48
€20.41
+4.8%
8.9%€23.98€17.83n/a15
Dec ’24€17.40
€19.86
+14.1%
10.1%€23.45€16.50n/a16
Nov ’24€17.50
€20.48
+17.1%
10.3%€24.01€16.47n/a16
Oct ’24€18.00
€20.61
+14.5%
10.1%€24.10€16.53n/a16
Sep ’24€19.00
€20.20
+6.3%
9.9%€23.55€16.16n/a17
Aug ’24€21.10
€21.44
+1.6%
10.8%€25.89€16.52n/a17
Jul ’24€21.40
€21.35
-0.2%
10.3%€24.80€16.60n/a17
Jun ’24€21.50
€21.64
+0.7%
11.4%€26.44€16.87n/a17
May ’24€20.90
€21.46
+2.7%
9.4%€25.82€18.01n/a15
Apr ’24€22.14
€21.22
-4.1%
10.9%€25.35€15.92€17.4416
Mar ’24€20.25
€21.66
+7.0%
11.1%€25.98€16.31€17.4016
Feb ’24€20.10
€21.83
+8.6%
10.8%€27.80€16.65€18.9015
Jan ’24€18.93
€21.79
+15.1%
10.7%€27.55€16.50€19.4815
Dec ’23€20.40
€22.22
+8.9%
11.2%€27.86€16.68€17.4015
Nov ’23€21.10
€22.57
+7.0%
11.1%€27.23€16.69€17.5015
Oct ’23€20.10
€23.43
+16.5%
11.4%€28.15€17.26€18.0015
Sep ’23€22.84
€25.11
+9.9%
12.7%€33.20€20.37€19.0016
Aug ’23€23.61
€24.91
+5.5%
13.2%€32.83€20.15€21.1016
Jul ’23€21.27
€24.97
+17.4%
12.1%€31.74€19.48€21.4016
Jun ’23€24.00
€25.58
+6.6%
11.9%€32.09€19.69€21.5016
May ’23€24.64
€25.73
+4.4%
12.5%€32.15€19.73€20.9016
Apr ’23€23.58
€25.73
+9.1%
11.9%€32.00€19.64€22.1416

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


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