Valneva Valuation

Is AYJ 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-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: AYJ (€1.86) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€137.49)

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


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 Ratio1.9x
Sales€158.54m
Market Cap€299.57m

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 Average7.9x
HPHA Heidelberg Pharma
13.2x16.6%€111.9m
FYB Formycon
14.5x33.4%€882.0m
BIO3 Biotest
1.5x3.6%€1.3b
MDG1 Medigene
2.2x13.3%€16.7m
AYJ Valneva
1.9x24.6%€299.6m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: AYJ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.9x) compared to the peer average (7.9x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

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

7 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BIO3 Biotest
1.5x3.6%US$1.42b
CNW co.don
0.7xn/aUS$6.97m
V9Z Aceragen
0.4xn/aUS$3.12m
PA8 Paion
0.2x30.2%US$2.78m
AYJ 1.9xIndustry Avg. 8.3xNo. of Companies7PS0612182430+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: AYJ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.9x) compared to the European Biotechs industry average (8x).


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 Ratio1.9x
Fair PS Ratio2.1x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: AYJ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x).


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€1.86
€6.83
+267.7%
35.4%€11.00€2.85n/a6
Nov ’25€2.62
€7.37
+181.2%
31.0%€11.00€3.70n/a6
Oct ’25€2.62
€7.07
+169.3%
25.1%€9.00€3.90n/a6
Sep ’25€3.22
€8.63
+167.8%
26.1%€11.00€3.90n/a6
Aug ’25€3.30
€8.63
+161.5%
26.1%€11.00€3.90n/a6
Jul ’25€3.30
€8.97
+171.7%
28.5%€12.00€3.90n/a6
Jun ’25€4.12
€8.97
+117.7%
28.5%€12.00€3.90n/a6
May ’25€3.40
€8.95
+163.4%
28.9%€12.00€3.80n/a6
Apr ’25€3.60
€8.95
+148.9%
28.9%€12.00€3.80n/a6
Mar ’25€3.13
€9.27
+195.9%
28.7%€12.40€4.30n/a6
Feb ’25€3.67
€9.17
+149.6%
24.6%€12.00€4.80n/a6
Jan ’25€4.75
€9.37
+97.1%
20.1%€12.00€6.00n/a6
Dec ’24€5.17
€10.03
+94.1%
22.9%€13.00€6.00n/a6
Nov ’24€5.63
€9.73
+72.9%
23.4%€13.00€6.00€2.626
Oct ’24€5.60
€9.73
+73.9%
23.4%€13.00€6.00€2.626
Sep ’24€6.40
€9.73
+52.1%
23.4%€13.00€6.00€3.226
Aug ’24€6.65
€10.30
+54.9%
24.8%€13.00€6.00€3.306
Jul ’24€6.49
€10.30
+58.8%
24.8%€13.00€6.00€3.306
Jun ’24€5.24
€8.98
+71.4%
23.2%€13.00€6.00€4.126
May ’24€4.42
€9.23
+109.1%
22.1%€13.00€6.00€3.406
Apr ’24€4.77
€9.30
+94.8%
23.9%€13.00€6.00€3.605
Mar ’24€5.46
€10.28
+88.3%
17.3%€13.00€8.00€3.136
Feb ’24€6.25
€11.77
+88.3%
23.9%€17.00€8.00€3.676
Jan ’24€6.25
€11.45
+83.2%
26.5%€17.00€8.00€4.756
Dec ’23€6.73
€11.45
+70.2%
26.5%€17.00€8.00€5.176
Nov ’23€7.04
€11.67
+65.7%
24.6%€17.00€8.00€5.636

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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