Valneva Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate AYJ's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate AYJ's fair value for valuation analysis.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for AYJ. This is calculated by dividing AYJ's market cap by their current revenue.
What is AYJ's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio2.6x
Sales€186.06m
Market Cap€479.71m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for AYJ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.1x
FYB Formycon
5.8x18.84%€404.3m
HPHA Heidelberg Pharma
22x39.66%€150.5m
BIO3 Biotest
1.9xn/a€1.4b
2INV 2invest
2.7xn/a€70.0m
AYJ Valneva
2.6x18.12%€479.7m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: AYJ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the peer average (8.1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does AYJ's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Biotechs Industry?

11 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.7.5x16.5%
AYJ Valneva
2.6x18.12%US$534.86m
BIO3 Biotest
1.9xn/aUS$1.60b
2INV 2invest
2.7xn/aUS$78.09m
AYJ 2.6xIndustry Avg. 7.5xNo. of Companies10PS01632486480+
11 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.7.5x21.3%
AYJ Valneva
2.6x61.89%US$534.86m
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: AYJ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the European Biotechs industry average (7.5x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AYJ'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.

AYJ PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.6x
Fair PS Ratio0.9x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: AYJ is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x).


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 AYJ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€2.91
€6.61
+127.30%
31.29%€10.00€3.55n/a5
May ’26€2.88
€6.56
+127.78%
32.67%€10.00€3.30n/a5
Apr ’26€3.26
€6.75
+106.93%
29.66%€10.00€3.30n/a6
Mar ’26€3.38
€6.69
+97.86%
31.45%€10.00€2.95n/a6
Feb ’26€2.66
€6.84
+157.01%
34.90%€11.00€2.95n/a6
Jan ’26€2.13
€6.83
+220.42%
35.38%€11.00€2.85n/a6
Dec ’25€1.88
€6.83
+262.26%
35.38%€11.00€2.85n/a6
Nov ’25€2.62
€7.37
+181.17%
31.01%€11.00€3.70n/a6
Oct ’25€2.62
€7.07
+169.31%
25.06%€9.00€3.90n/a6
Sep ’25€3.22
€8.63
+167.78%
26.10%€11.00€3.90n/a6
Aug ’25€3.30
€8.63
+161.46%
26.10%€11.00€3.90n/a6
Jul ’25€3.30
€8.97
+171.72%
28.53%€12.00€3.90n/a6
Jun ’25€4.12
€8.97
+117.74%
28.53%€12.00€3.90n/a6
May ’25€3.40
€8.95
+163.39%
28.95%€12.00€3.80€2.886
Apr ’25€3.60
€8.95
+148.89%
28.95%€12.00€3.80€3.266
Mar ’25€3.13
€9.27
+195.87%
28.71%€12.40€4.30€3.386
Feb ’25€3.67
€9.17
+149.57%
24.63%€12.00€4.80€2.666
Jan ’25€4.75
€9.37
+97.07%
20.11%€12.00€6.00€2.136
Dec ’24€5.17
€10.03
+94.14%
22.91%€13.00€6.00€1.886
Nov ’24€5.63
€9.73
+72.88%
23.37%€13.00€6.00€2.626
Oct ’24€5.60
€9.73
+73.87%
23.37%€13.00€6.00€2.626
Sep ’24€6.40
€9.73
+52.13%
23.37%€13.00€6.00€3.226
Aug ’24€6.65
€10.30
+54.89%
24.78%€13.00€6.00€3.306
Jul ’24€6.49
€10.30
+58.80%
24.78%€13.00€6.00€3.306
Jun ’24€5.24
€8.98
+71.44%
23.18%€13.00€6.00€4.126
May ’24€4.42
€9.23
+109.09%
22.08%€13.00€6.00€3.406
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 5 Analysts
€6.70
Fair Value
56.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
5
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2025/05/17 14:22
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/16 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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

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Analyst Sources

Valneva SE is covered by 24 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Stéphan DubosqArkeon Finance
Jean-Jacques Le FurBryan Garnier & Co
Bruno BulicBryan Garnier & Co