Ipsen Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: IPN (€107.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€293.86)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IPN. This is calculated by dividing IPN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IPN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.3x
Earnings€663.90m
Market Cap€8.83b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for IPN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21.4x
VIRP Virbac
19x10.8%€2.7b
VETO Vetoquinol
19.7x8.9%€933.6m
SAN Sanofi
25.3x17.9%€113.8b
BOI Boiron
21.6x26.2%€519.1m
IPN Ipsen
13.3x7.0%€8.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IPN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.3x) compared to the peer average (21.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IPN 13.3xIndustry Avg. 21.1xNo. of Companies7PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IPN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.3x) compared to the European Pharmaceuticals industry average (21.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IPN'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.

IPN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.3x
Fair PE Ratio20.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IPN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x).


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 IPN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€107.60
€128.19
+19.1%
12.4%€166.00€110.00n/a16
Nov ’25€113.10
€128.00
+13.2%
12.1%€163.00€110.00n/a16
Oct ’25€111.30
€127.19
+14.3%
12.6%€165.00€110.00n/a16
Sep ’25€109.70
€126.50
+15.3%
12.4%€165.00€110.00n/a16
Aug ’25€102.90
€126.50
+22.9%
12.4%€165.00€110.00n/a16
Jul ’25€114.80
€127.28
+10.9%
12.1%€165.00€110.00n/a16
Jun ’25€120.60
€126.40
+4.8%
11.5%€161.00€110.00n/a16
May ’25€114.10
€125.29
+9.8%
11.9%€161.00€110.00n/a15
Apr ’25€110.30
€124.83
+13.2%
11.7%€160.00€110.00n/a15
Mar ’25€101.50
€124.83
+23.0%
11.7%€160.00€110.00n/a15
Feb ’25€105.70
€125.49
+18.7%
12.6%€165.00€110.00n/a15
Jan ’25€107.90
€127.31
+18.0%
13.3%€164.00€110.00n/a14
Dec ’24€102.60
€127.95
+24.7%
13.0%€164.00€110.00n/a14
Nov ’24€112.90
€127.82
+13.2%
13.2%€165.00€106.00€113.1015
Oct ’24€124.20
€127.93
+3.0%
13.0%€163.00€106.00€111.3015
Sep ’24€118.30
€125.00
+5.7%
12.4%€163.00€106.00€109.7016
Aug ’24€116.00
€120.06
+3.5%
14.3%€159.00€100.00€102.9016
Jul ’24€110.20
€118.00
+7.1%
14.8%€159.00€100.00€114.8016
Jun ’24€110.90
€117.06
+5.6%
13.9%€159.00€100.00€120.6016
May ’24€110.00
€116.19
+5.6%
12.8%€159.00€100.00€114.1016
Apr ’24€101.50
€114.25
+12.6%
13.0%€159.00€98.00€110.3017
Mar ’24€106.80
€113.48
+6.3%
10.6%€142.00€98.00€101.5017
Feb ’24€97.05
€111.42
+14.8%
12.6%€142.00€86.00€105.7017
Jan ’24€100.50
€110.44
+9.9%
12.1%€142.00€86.00€107.9018
Dec ’23€107.20
€108.88
+1.6%
12.2%€142.00€86.00€102.6016
Nov ’23€103.10
€107.06
+3.8%
13.0%€142.00€86.00€112.9016

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


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