Zymeworks Inc.

DB:ZA8 Stock Report

Market Cap: €933.4m

Zymeworks Valuation

Is ZA8 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • 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 ZA8 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate ZA8's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate ZA8's fair value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ZA8?

Key metric: As ZA8 is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for ZA8. This is calculated by dividing ZA8's market cap by their current revenue.
What is ZA8's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio15.7x
SalesUS$62.20m
Market CapUS$973.93m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does ZA8's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for ZA8 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.4x
FYB Formycon
15.2x32.0%€927.0m
BIO3 Biotest
1.5x3.6%€1.3b
HPHA Heidelberg Pharma
12x16.6%€101.6m
2INV 2invest
8.7xn/a€67.3m
ZA8 Zymeworks
15.7x22.6%€973.9m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ZA8 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (15.7x) compared to the peer average (9.4x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does ZA8's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Biotechs Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BIO3 Biotest
1.5x3.6%US$1.40b
CNW co.don
0.7xn/aUS$6.97m
V9Z Aceragen
0.4xn/aUS$3.12m
PA8 Paion
0.2x30.2%US$2.78m
ZA8 15.7xIndustry Avg. 8.2xNo. of Companies7PS0612182430+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ZA8 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (15.7x) compared to the European Biotechs industry average (8.1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ZA8'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.

ZA8 PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio15.7x
Fair PS Ratio1.4x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ZA8 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (15.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x).

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 ZA8 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€13.50
€19.15
+41.9%
29.6%€28.94€11.57n/a9
Dec ’25€13.30
€17.03
+28.1%
31.3%€26.71€11.45n/a9
Nov ’25€11.30
€13.75
+21.7%
35.4%€25.84€9.23n/a8
Oct ’25€11.20
€12.49
+11.5%
23.8%€18.87€8.99n/a8
Sep ’25€10.30
€13.00
+26.2%
25.7%€19.24€9.16n/a9
Aug ’25€9.60
€13.02
+35.6%
24.5%€18.50€9.25n/a9
Jul ’25€7.85
€12.97
+65.2%
26.0%€18.61€9.31n/a8
Jun ’25€7.65
€12.75
+66.6%
25.3%€18.58€9.29n/a9
May ’25€7.65
€12.97
+69.5%
26.1%€19.22€9.15n/a9
Apr ’25€9.49
€12.97
+36.6%
26.1%€19.22€9.15n/a9
Mar ’25€11.07
€12.33
+11.4%
28.2%€17.64€7.43n/a9
Feb ’25€10.01
€12.18
+21.7%
27.8%€17.31€7.29n/a10
Jan ’25€9.49
€12.18
+28.3%
27.8%€17.31€7.29n/a10
Dec ’24€8.15
€12.65
+55.2%
26.4%€17.78€7.49€13.3011
Nov ’24€6.51
€12.43
+90.9%
27.5%€17.47€7.36€11.3011
Oct ’24€5.80
€12.43
+114.2%
27.5%€17.47€7.36€11.2011
Sep ’24€6.57
€12.43
+89.3%
27.5%€17.47€7.36€10.3011
Aug ’24€6.66
€12.30
+84.7%
28.0%€17.18€7.23€9.6011
Jul ’24€7.71
€12.72
+65.1%
28.0%€17.76€7.48€7.8511
Jun ’24€7.56
€12.63
+67.1%
28.0%€17.64€7.43€7.6511
May ’24€7.54
€12.34
+63.5%
26.8%€16.96€7.34€7.6511
Apr ’24€8.68
€12.34
+42.1%
26.8%€16.96€7.34€9.4911
Mar ’24n/a
€12.80
0%
30.5%€19.59€7.46€11.0711
Feb ’24n/a
€12.38
0%
32.6%€19.33€7.36€10.0111
Jan ’24€7.17
€12.09
+68.6%
34.0%€19.78€7.54€9.4912
Dec ’23€7.31
€12.02
+64.4%
39.1%€20.50€6.83€8.1512

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 17:13
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

Zymeworks Inc. is covered by 17 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David MartinBloom Burton & Co.
Arlinda LeeCanaccord Genuity
Yigal NochomovitzCitigroup Inc