Incyte Corporation

DB:ICY Stock Report

Market Cap: €12.4b

Incyte Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: ICY (€64) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€266.67)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As ICY is barely profitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for ICY. This is calculated by dividing ICY's market cap by their current revenue.
What is ICY's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio3.3x
SalesUS$4.08b
Market CapUS$12.92b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for ICY vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.3x
BIO3 Biotest
1.4x3.6%€1.3b
FYB Formycon
14.9x32.0%€905.8m
HPHA Heidelberg Pharma
12.5x16.6%€105.8m
SRT3 Sartorius
4.5x9.2%€13.5b
ICY Incyte
3.3x8.9%€12.9b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ICY is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.3x) compared to the peer average (8.3x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

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

7 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BIO3 Biotest
1.4x3.6%US$1.39b
CNW co.don
0.7xn/aUS$6.97m
V9Z Aceragen
0.4xn/aUS$3.12m
PA8 Paion
0.2x30.2%US$2.78m
ICY 3.3xIndustry Avg. 8.2xNo. of Companies7PS0612182430+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ICY is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.3x) compared to the European Biotechs industry average (8.1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ICY'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.

ICY PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio3.3x
Fair PS Ratio3.4x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ICY is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.4x).

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 ICY forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€64.00
€76.56
+19.6%
12.9%€96.45€50.15n/a24
Dec ’25€71.32
€74.61
+4.6%
12.3%€92.42€49.55n/a23
Nov ’25€67.96
€72.07
+6.0%
12.5%€89.32€47.88n/a23
Oct ’25€59.04
€67.02
+13.5%
15.5%€82.63€43.11n/a22
Sep ’25€59.32
€66.67
+12.4%
15.6%€82.69€43.14n/a21
Aug ’25€59.46
€68.28
+14.8%
15.1%€81.27€44.33n/a22
Jul ’25€56.28
€67.34
+19.7%
15.5%€81.40€48.10n/a22
Jun ’25€52.84
€67.34
+27.4%
15.5%€81.40€48.10n/a22
May ’25€48.96
€68.78
+40.5%
14.7%€82.31€48.64n/a21
Apr ’25€52.54
€69.44
+32.2%
14.1%€84.05€52.99n/a21
Mar ’25€53.92
€70.06
+29.9%
13.6%€85.02€53.60n/a21
Feb ’25€54.32
€70.40
+29.6%
15.7%€84.96€52.99n/a21
Jan ’25€56.64
€70.15
+23.9%
15.6%€84.62€52.77n/a21
Dec ’24€49.61
€70.02
+41.2%
16.5%€85.51€53.33€71.3220
Nov ’24€50.90
€73.73
+44.8%
16.5%€92.74€54.89€67.9620
Oct ’24€55.26
€77.38
+40.0%
13.3%€105.53€60.17€59.0419
Sep ’24€60.50
€77.38
+27.9%
13.3%€105.53€60.17€59.3219
Aug ’24€57.80
€75.85
+31.2%
13.4%€103.80€59.18€59.4619
Jul ’24€56.70
€76.76
+35.4%
14.6%€100.67€55.42€56.2818
Jun ’24€57.34
€76.51
+33.4%
14.8%€101.20€55.70€52.8419
May ’24€66.62
€81.11
+21.7%
15.5%€108.33€55.53€48.9619
Apr ’24€64.93
€82.41
+26.9%
15.8%€109.67€56.69€52.5418
Mar ’24€72.42
€83.28
+15.0%
15.6%€110.55€59.02€53.9218
Feb ’24€77.85
€81.97
+5.3%
16.2%€110.39€57.95€54.3218
Jan ’24€74.27
€83.59
+12.6%
17.2%€116.76€59.81€56.6417
Dec ’23€75.96
€89.46
+17.8%
17.2%€125.13€64.09€49.6117

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 07:45
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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

Incyte Corporation is covered by 55 analysts. 23 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jasper HellwegArgus Research Company
Thomas RussoBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research