Avantor Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: AVG (€22) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€36.52)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

AVG 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/Revenue3.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA17.7x
PEG Ratio1.8x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for AVG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average55.3x
SRT3 Sartorius
131x28.0%€17.4b
1SXP SCHOTT Pharma KGaA
37.5x15.7%€5.9b
GXI Gerresheimer
29.8x20.4%€3.5b
MRK Merck KGaA
22.9x10.1%€64.8b
AVG Avantor
63.3x34.7%€16.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AVG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (63.3x) compared to the peer average (55.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a21.7%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AVG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (63.3x) compared to the European Life Sciences industry average (37.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AVG'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.

AVG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio63.3x
Fair PE Ratio38x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AVG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (63.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38x).


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 AVG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€22.00
€25.94
+17.9%
6.0%€28.04€21.50n/a19
Apr ’25€23.75
€25.49
+7.3%
6.5%€27.93€21.41n/a19
Mar ’25€22.68
€25.13
+10.8%
7.0%€27.72€21.25n/a19
Feb ’25€21.20
€23.13
+9.1%
8.8%€27.70€20.31n/a19
Jan ’25€20.75
€22.29
+7.4%
10.7%€27.52€17.89n/a20
Dec ’24€19.31
€21.97
+13.8%
11.6%€28.35€18.43n/a19
Nov ’24€16.40
€21.97
+34.0%
11.6%€28.35€18.43n/a19
Oct ’24€19.56
€23.30
+19.1%
9.2%€28.40€19.88n/a18
Sep ’24€19.87
€22.49
+13.2%
9.0%€27.42€19.19n/a18
Aug ’24€18.70
€22.43
+20.0%
9.2%€27.28€19.10n/a18
Jul ’24€18.72
€23.47
+25.3%
8.5%€27.31€20.03n/a18
Jun ’24€18.02
€23.43
+30.0%
8.7%€27.35€20.05n/a17
May ’24€17.62
€23.43
+33.0%
8.7%€27.35€20.05€22.0017
Apr ’24€19.66
€25.87
+31.6%
6.4%€27.66€22.13€23.7516
Mar ’24€22.65
€26.19
+15.6%
6.2%€28.00€22.40€22.6817
Feb ’24€22.06
€24.79
+12.4%
7.1%€27.61€22.09€21.2017
Jan ’24€19.44
€25.34
+30.4%
9.4%€31.04€21.64€20.7517
Dec ’23€21.30
€27.46
+29.0%
9.2%€33.41€23.29€19.3116
Nov ’23€20.80
€27.46
+32.1%
9.2%€33.41€23.29€16.4016
Oct ’23€20.21
€34.72
+71.8%
12.6%€41.96€27.97€19.5616
Sep ’23€24.30
€37.27
+53.4%
12.9%€51.12€32.07€19.8716
Aug ’23€28.47
€37.12
+30.4%
14.2%€49.73€31.20€18.7015
Jul ’23€29.00
€40.22
+38.7%
10.2%€48.31€31.26€18.7215
Jun ’23€29.34
€40.22
+37.1%
10.2%€48.31€31.26€18.0215
May ’23€28.95
€40.58
+40.2%
10.1%€48.36€31.29€17.6215

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


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