hVIVO Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: CRO (€0.25) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€0.9)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CRO. This is calculated by dividing CRO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CRO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio8.5x
EarningsUK£17.45m
Market CapUK£147.98m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CRO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average65.3x
GXI Gerresheimer
22.6x21.6%€2.6b
1SXP SCHOTT Pharma KGaA
27.6x15.8%€4.2b
SRT3 Sartorius
194.8x36.4%€13.7b
PSG PharmaSGP Holding
16.2x14.2%€304.6m
CRO hVIVO
8.5x-15.2%€148.0m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CRO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.5x) compared to the peer average (65.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CRO 8.5xIndustry Avg. 36.8xNo. of Companies4PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CRO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.5x) compared to the European Life Sciences industry average (36.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CRO'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.

CRO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8.5x
Fair PE Ratio7.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CRO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.8x).


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 CRO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€0.25
€0.42
+68.0%
14.7%€0.50€0.32n/a7
Nov ’25€0.32
€0.43
+34.0%
10.8%€0.50€0.34n/a7
Oct ’25€0.32
€0.43
+34.0%
10.8%€0.50€0.34n/a7
Sep ’25€0.34
€0.44
+29.7%
10.8%€0.50€0.34n/a7
Aug ’25€0.34
€0.44
+29.0%
10.8%€0.50€0.34n/a7
Jul ’25€0.30
€0.42
+38.5%
10.2%€0.48€0.34n/a7
Jun ’25€0.30
€0.42
+41.3%
10.2%€0.48€0.34n/a7
May ’25€0.32
€0.42
+31.6%
10.2%€0.48€0.34n/a7
Apr ’25€0.32
€0.40
+24.0%
9.9%€0.44€0.34n/a7
Mar ’25€0.27
€0.39
+43.5%
10.5%€0.44€0.34n/a6
Feb ’25€0.35
€0.39
+12.4%
10.5%€0.44€0.34n/a6
Jan ’25€0.26
€0.34
+33.2%
9.5%€0.41€0.31n/a5
Dec ’24€0.22
€0.33
+48.5%
10.1%€0.40€0.31n/a6
Nov ’24€0.21
€0.33
+61.5%
10.1%€0.40€0.31€0.326
Oct ’24€0.22
€0.34
+55.6%
11.7%€0.40€0.31€0.324
Sep ’24€0.20
€0.32
+62.2%
17.4%€0.41€0.26€0.344
Aug ’24€0.18
€0.32
+79.7%
17.4%€0.41€0.26€0.344
Jul ’24€0.15
€0.32
+109.2%
17.4%€0.41€0.26€0.304
Jun ’24€0.17
€0.33
+96.8%
14.3%€0.40€0.29€0.303
May ’24€0.17
€0.33
+96.8%
14.3%€0.40€0.29€0.323
Apr ’24€0.15
€0.32
+114.8%
16.5%€0.40€0.28€0.323
Mar ’24€0.21
€0.32
+50.6%
16.5%€0.40€0.28€0.273
Feb ’24€0.17
€0.32
+87.4%
16.5%€0.40€0.28€0.353
Jan ’24€0.098
€0.35
+256.0%
32.6%€0.51€0.25€0.263
Dec ’23€0.13
€0.35
+167.0%
32.6%€0.51€0.25€0.223
Nov ’23€0.10
€0.34
+235.0%
34.7%€0.50€0.25€0.213

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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