Qiagen Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: QIA (€39.94) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€42.19)

Significantly Below Fair Value: QIA is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

QIA 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/Revenue5.3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA16x
PEG Ratio2.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for QIA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average60.2x
1SXP SCHOTT Pharma KGaA
36.2x15.7%€5.7b
SRT3 Sartorius
131.9x28.0%€17.5b
GXI Gerresheimer
30.1x20.4%€3.5b
ERF Eurofins Scientific
42.6x20.4%€10.9b
QIA Qiagen
28.3x12.2%€9.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: QIA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.3x) compared to the peer average (60.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does QIA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Life Sciences Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a21.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: QIA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.3x) compared to the European Life Sciences industry average (35.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is QIA'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.

QIA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio28.3x
Fair PE Ratio22.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: QIA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.2x).


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 QIA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€39.94
€46.79
+17.2%
8.9%€55.93€39.62n/a17
Apr ’25€39.64
€47.36
+19.5%
9.5%€57.43€39.46n/a16
Mar ’25€39.88
€47.36
+18.8%
9.5%€57.43€39.46n/a16
Feb ’25€40.14
€47.87
+19.3%
9.3%€57.25€40.55n/a16
Jan ’25€40.62
€46.16
+13.6%
10.1%€56.35€39.45n/a17
Dec ’24€39.14
€45.79
+17.0%
10.6%€56.68€39.68n/a16
Nov ’24€36.81
€48.03
+30.5%
11.8%€58.53€40.97n/a15
Oct ’24€39.45
€51.00
+29.3%
8.8%€58.51€41.44n/a15
Sep ’24€42.82
€49.98
+16.7%
10.2%€60.48€40.16n/a14
Aug ’24€44.12
€49.74
+12.7%
10.4%€59.31€39.38n/a14
Jul ’24€42.41
€51.18
+20.7%
10.4%€60.94€40.47n/a14
Jun ’24€43.94
€51.92
+18.2%
10.3%€61.32€40.72n/a13
May ’24€41.76
€52.45
+25.6%
8.1%€58.26€44.17€39.0811
Apr ’24€43.21
€53.45
+23.7%
10.4%€60.57€41.52€39.6412
Mar ’24€44.09
€52.46
+19.0%
10.2%€59.54€40.81€39.8812
Feb ’24€46.22
€51.31
+11.0%
9.7%€59.41€40.73€40.1412
Jan ’24€48.46
€54.44
+12.3%
9.2%€63.85€43.77€40.6211
Dec ’23€49.12
€54.44
+10.8%
9.2%€63.85€43.77€39.1411
Nov ’23€45.93
€57.71
+25.7%
10.7%€65.87€45.16€36.8111
Oct ’23€44.31
€57.48
+29.7%
12.8%€72.67€42.89€39.4511
Sep ’23€46.39
€57.48
+23.9%
12.8%€72.67€42.89€42.8211
Aug ’23€50.00
€57.48
+15.0%
12.8%€72.67€42.89€44.1211
Jul ’23€46.87
€55.05
+17.5%
12.3%€70.38€46.43€42.4111
Jun ’23€43.55
€55.05
+26.4%
12.3%€70.38€46.43€43.9411
May ’23€45.40
€55.05
+21.3%
12.3%€70.38€46.43€41.7611

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


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