iQIYI, Inc.

DB:IQ8 Stock Report

Market Cap: €1.9b

iQIYI Valuation

Is IQ8 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-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 IQ8 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: IQ8 (€1.98) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€2.88)

Significantly Below Fair Value: IQ8 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for IQ8?

Key metric: As IQ8 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IQ8. This is calculated by dividing IQ8's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IQ8's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.1x
EarningsCN¥1.42b
Market CapCN¥14.35b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does IQ8's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for IQ8 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.6x
EVD CTS Eventim KGaA
31.3x13.9%€7.9b
EDL Edel SE KGaA
7.8x-0.4%€96.2m
SAX Ströer SE KGaA
22.4x28.0%€2.6b
SPM Splendid Medien
4.9xn/a€12.1m
IQ8 iQIYI
10.1x18.0%€2.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IQ8 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.1x) compared to the peer average (16.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IQ8's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Entertainment Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IQ8 10.1xIndustry Avg. 12.8xNo. of Companies12PE01224364860+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IQ8 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.1x) compared to the European Entertainment industry average (12.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IQ8'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.

IQ8 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.1x
Fair PE Ratio20.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IQ8 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.9x).

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 IQ8 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€1.98
€2.56
+29.1%
23.5%€4.31€1.73n/a21
Dec ’25€1.99
€2.49
+25.1%
23.8%€4.25€1.70n/a22
Nov ’25€2.18
€3.16
+45.1%
35.4%€7.38€2.12n/a21
Oct ’25€2.54
€3.08
+21.3%
38.3%€7.25€1.70n/a21
Sep ’25€1.94
€3.07
+58.4%
37.7%€7.19€1.99n/a21
Aug ’25€3.04
€4.28
+40.7%
26.9%€7.45€2.79n/a22
Jul ’25€3.30
€5.67
+71.9%
20.0%€8.35€3.92n/a22
Jun ’25€4.26
€5.61
+31.7%
20.0%€8.26€3.87n/a22
May ’25€4.62
€5.50
+19.0%
27.0%€9.27€3.31n/a22
Apr ’25€3.62
€5.55
+53.3%
28.5%€9.20€3.28n/a22
Mar ’25€3.40
€5.56
+63.5%
28.5%€9.22€3.29n/a22
Feb ’25€3.12
€5.78
+85.2%
26.8%€9.32€3.33n/a22
Jan ’25€4.28
€6.26
+46.4%
20.3%€9.14€4.57n/a23
Dec ’24€4.02
€6.25
+55.5%
20.6%€9.21€4.61€1.9924
Nov ’24€4.32
€6.81
+57.7%
21.3%€9.46€4.83€2.1824
Oct ’24€4.40
€6.95
+58.0%
19.3%€9.46€4.74€2.5423
Sep ’24€4.56
€7.37
+61.6%
37.9%€19.41€4.66€1.9425
Aug ’24€5.65
€7.66
+35.5%
37.0%€19.47€4.67€3.0424
Jul ’24€4.66
€7.57
+62.5%
38.2%€19.40€2.57€3.3024
Jun ’24€3.76
€7.89
+109.9%
38.7%€20.15€2.61€4.2623
May ’24€5.25
€8.32
+58.5%
36.5%€20.27€2.55€4.6223
Apr ’24€6.46
€8.44
+30.7%
36.4%€20.54€2.59€3.6223
Mar ’24€6.40
€8.42
+31.6%
40.0%€20.90€2.64€3.4021
Feb ’24€6.08
€5.06
-16.8%
33.9%€9.50€2.73€3.1220
Jan ’24€4.82
€4.55
-5.6%
37.4%€9.42€2.51€4.2821
Dec ’23€2.84
€4.22
+48.6%
45.3%€9.67€2.41€4.0221

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 Analysis2024/12/22 06:38
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.

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Analyst Sources

iQIYI, Inc. is covered by 50 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Yanfang JiangBenchmark Company
Yiwen ZhangBOCI Research Ltd.
Yiqun ChenBOCI Research Ltd.