Sanofi Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: SAN (€91.31) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€283.91)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SAN. This is calculated by dividing SAN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SAN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio25.4x
Earnings€4.51b
Market Cap€114.47b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SAN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19x
IPN Ipsen
13.3x7.0%€8.8b
VIRP Virbac
19.5x10.8%€2.7b
VETO Vetoquinol
20.6x8.9%€971.4m
BOI Boiron
22.7x26.2%€538.2m
SAN Sanofi
25.4x17.9%€114.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SAN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.4x) compared to the peer average (19x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SAN 25.4xIndustry Avg. 21.1xNo. of Companies7PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SAN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.4x) compared to the European Pharmaceuticals industry average (21.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SAN'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.

SAN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.4x
Fair PE Ratio33.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SAN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.2x).


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 SAN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€91.31
€114.09
+24.9%
7.4%€126.00€90.00n/a21
Nov ’25€98.70
€114.09
+15.6%
7.4%€126.00€90.00n/a21
Oct ’25€103.92
€113.40
+9.1%
8.9%€130.00€85.00n/a22
Sep ’25€101.20
€109.63
+8.3%
8.5%€125.00€85.00n/a22
Aug ’25€95.03
€109.91
+15.7%
8.4%€125.00€85.00n/a23
Jul ’25€91.85
€108.09
+17.7%
9.2%€125.00€80.00n/a22
Jun ’25€89.76
€107.86
+20.2%
9.0%€125.00€80.00n/a22
May ’25€93.08
€107.73
+15.7%
9.0%€125.00€80.00n/a22
Apr ’25€90.96
€107.27
+17.9%
9.1%€125.00€80.00n/a22
Mar ’25€87.31
€106.73
+22.2%
9.9%€125.00€80.00n/a22
Feb ’25€89.53
€106.45
+18.9%
10.3%€125.00€80.00n/a22
Jan ’25€89.76
€104.60
+16.5%
11.1%€125.00€80.00n/a20
Dec ’24€85.78
€105.40
+22.9%
11.1%€125.00€80.00n/a20
Nov ’24€86.85
€106.55
+22.7%
11.5%€134.00€80.00€98.7020
Oct ’24€101.48
€114.76
+13.1%
10.0%€138.00€90.00€103.9221
Sep ’24€98.61
€113.18
+14.8%
9.6%€138.00€90.00€101.2022
Aug ’24€96.58
€111.30
+15.2%
8.5%€138.24€90.00€95.0321
Jul ’24€98.20
€110.57
+12.6%
8.5%€137.83€90.00€91.8521
Jun ’24€94.21
€110.48
+17.3%
8.5%€137.83€90.00€89.7621
May ’24€100.00
€109.63
+9.6%
6.9%€124.00€90.00€93.0821
Apr ’24€100.24
€108.19
+7.9%
7.6%€124.00€85.00€90.9622
Mar ’24€88.35
€106.88
+21.0%
8.8%€124.00€85.00€87.3123
Feb ’24€88.70
€107.75
+21.5%
9.2%€128.00€85.00€89.5323
Jan ’24€89.84
€106.87
+19.0%
11.5%€134.00€85.00€89.7621
Dec ’23€87.45
€105.34
+20.5%
10.6%€130.00€85.00€85.7818
Nov ’23€86.85
€108.18
+24.6%
10.8%€130.00€85.00€86.8523

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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