Qiagen N.V.

DB:QIA Stock Report

Market Cap: €9.6b

Qiagen Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: QIA (€42.83) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€64.06)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for QIA. This is calculated by dividing QIA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is QIA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio107.6x
EarningsUS$92.93m
Market CapUS$10.00b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for QIA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average67.5x
SRT3 Sartorius
194.8x35.2%€13.7b
1SXP SCHOTT Pharma KGaA
25.1x15.7%€3.8b
GXI Gerresheimer
21.5x21.8%€2.5b
ERF Eurofins Scientific
28.5x18.4%€9.3b
QIA Qiagen
107.6x34.4%€10.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: QIA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (107.6x) compared to the peer average (67.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
QIA 107.6xIndustry Avg. 37.3xNo. of Companies4PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: QIA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (107.6x) compared to the European Life Sciences industry average (37.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is QIA'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.

QIA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio107.6x
Fair PE Ratio26x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: QIA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (107.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26x).

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 QIA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€42.83
€48.88
+14.1%
7.0%€57.21€42.91n/a17
Dec ’25€41.17
€48.00
+16.6%
8.0%€56.93€40.32n/a17
Nov ’25€39.57
€46.68
+18.0%
7.8%€55.41€40.46n/a17
Oct ’25€40.43
€46.17
+14.2%
7.8%€54.34€39.68n/a17
Sep ’25€41.70
€46.52
+11.6%
7.8%€54.76€39.99n/a17
Aug ’25€42.18
€46.80
+11.0%
8.4%€55.60€40.60n/a17
Jul ’25€37.75
€47.41
+25.6%
9.0%€57.80€40.94n/a17
Jun ’25€39.24
€46.55
+18.6%
9.3%€56.89€40.30n/a16
May ’25€38.68
€47.25
+22.2%
9.5%€57.85€39.75n/a16
Apr ’25€39.50
€47.66
+20.7%
8.9%€57.32€39.38n/a16
Mar ’25€39.45
€47.42
+20.2%
8.9%€57.03€39.19n/a16
Feb ’25€40.14
€47.71
+18.9%
9.3%€57.05€40.41n/a16
Jan ’25€40.53
€46.16
+13.9%
10.1%€56.35€39.45n/a17
Dec ’24€38.70
€45.79
+18.3%
10.6%€56.68€39.68€41.1716
Nov ’24€36.47
€48.03
+31.7%
11.8%€58.53€40.97€39.5715
Oct ’24€39.28
€51.00
+29.8%
8.8%€58.51€41.44€40.4315
Sep ’24€42.92
€49.98
+16.5%
10.2%€60.48€40.16€41.7014
Aug ’24€44.16
€49.74
+12.6%
10.4%€59.31€39.38€42.1814
Jul ’24€42.60
€51.18
+20.1%
10.4%€60.94€40.47€37.7514
Jun ’24€43.93
€51.92
+18.2%
10.3%€61.32€40.72€39.2413
May ’24€41.43
€52.45
+26.6%
8.1%€58.26€44.17€38.6811
Apr ’24€42.99
€53.45
+24.3%
10.4%€60.57€41.52€39.5012
Mar ’24€44.23
€52.46
+18.6%
10.2%€59.54€40.81€39.4512
Feb ’24€46.27
€51.31
+10.9%
9.7%€59.41€40.73€40.1412
Jan ’24€48.43
€54.44
+12.4%
9.2%€63.85€43.77€40.5311
Dec ’23€49.33
€54.44
+10.4%
9.2%€63.85€43.77€38.7011

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 Analysis2024/12/27 12:09
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/27 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

Qiagen N.V. is covered by 63 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Daniel OwczarskiAvondale Partners
Catherine Ramsey SchulteBaird
Carla BänzigerBank Vontobel AG