Sanofi Valuation

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

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€270.72
Fair Value
63.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
21
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: SNW (€99.23) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€270.72)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SNW. This is calculated by dividing SNW's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SNW's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio27.4x
Earnings€4.51b
Market Cap€123.56b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SNW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.6x
MRK Merck KGaA
23.3x10.3%€62.7b
DMP Dermapharm Holding
24x17.3%€2.2b
PSG PharmaSGP Holding
16.2x13.6%€302.2m
ZTS Zoetis
31.1x10.0%US$74.8b
SNW Sanofi
27.4x13.3%€123.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SNW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the peer average (23.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SNW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Pharmaceuticals Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SNW 27.4xIndustry Avg. 20.6xNo. of Companies9PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SNW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the European Pharmaceuticals industry average (20.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SNW'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.

SNW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio27.4x
Fair PE Ratio22.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SNW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.4x).


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 SNW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€99.23
€114.04
+14.9%
7.5%€123.00€85.00n/a21
Jan ’26€93.59
€113.80
+21.6%
7.5%€123.00€85.00n/a21
Dec ’25€91.84
€114.09
+24.2%
7.4%€126.00€90.00n/a21
Nov ’25€98.63
€114.09
+15.7%
7.4%€126.00€90.00n/a21
Oct ’25€102.90
€113.40
+10.2%
8.9%€130.00€85.00n/a22
Sep ’25€101.50
€109.63
+8.0%
8.5%€125.00€85.00n/a22
Aug ’25€95.65
€109.91
+14.9%
8.4%€125.00€85.00n/a23
Jul ’25€92.27
€108.09
+17.1%
9.2%€125.00€80.00n/a22
Jun ’25€89.43
€107.86
+20.6%
9.0%€125.00€80.00n/a22
May ’25€92.92
€107.73
+15.9%
9.0%€125.00€80.00n/a22
Apr ’25€91.43
€107.27
+17.3%
9.1%€125.00€80.00n/a22
Mar ’25€87.55
€106.73
+21.9%
9.9%€125.00€80.00n/a22
Feb ’25€89.40
€106.45
+19.1%
10.3%€125.00€80.00n/a22
Jan ’25€89.83
€104.60
+16.4%
11.1%€125.00€80.00€93.5920
Dec ’24€86.15
€105.40
+22.3%
11.1%€125.00€80.00€91.8420
Nov ’24€86.35
€106.55
+23.4%
11.5%€134.00€80.00€98.6320
Oct ’24€101.56
€114.76
+13.0%
10.0%€138.00€90.00€102.9021
Sep ’24€98.76
€113.18
+14.6%
9.6%€138.00€90.00€101.5022
Aug ’24€97.69
€111.30
+13.9%
8.5%€138.24€90.00€95.6521
Jul ’24€97.83
€110.57
+13.0%
8.5%€137.83€90.00€92.2721
Jun ’24€94.06
€110.48
+17.5%
8.5%€137.83€90.00€89.4321
May ’24€97.00
€109.63
+13.0%
6.9%€124.00€90.00€92.9221
Apr ’24€99.79
€108.19
+8.4%
7.6%€124.00€85.00€91.4322
Mar ’24€88.50
€106.88
+20.8%
8.8%€124.00€85.00€87.5523
Feb ’24€88.50
€107.75
+21.7%
9.2%€128.00€85.00€89.4023
Jan ’24€90.59
€106.87
+18.0%
11.5%€134.00€85.00€89.8321
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 21 Analysts
€114.28
Fair Value
13.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
21
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2025/01/21 03:17
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/21 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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Sanofi is covered by 61 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Kamla SinghAlphaValue
John EadeArgus Research Company
Odile RundquistBaader Helvea Equity Research