Shield Therapeutics plc

AIM:STX Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£23.9m

Shield Therapeutics Valuation

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

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
UK£0.30
Fair Value
90.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
3
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: STX (£0.03) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£0.3)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for STX. This is calculated by dividing STX's market cap by their current revenue.
What is STX's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.4x
SalesUS$21.47m
Market CapUS$31.00m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for STX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average2.3x
FUM Futura Medical
3.6x32.0%UK£30.1m
KNB Kanabo Group
3.3xn/aUK£3.8m
EAH ECO Animal Health Group
0.5x3.0%UK£39.6m
ANCR Animalcare Group
2x8.5%UK£151.1m
STX Shield Therapeutics
1.4x31.8%UK£23.9m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: STX is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x) compared to the peer average (2.3x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does STX's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Pharmaceuticals Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
EAH ECO Animal Health Group
0.5x3.0%US$51.52m
No more companies available in this PS range
STX 1.4xIndustry Avg. 3.6xNo. of Companies4PS02.44.87.29.612+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: STX is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x) compared to the European Pharmaceuticals industry average (3.6x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is STX'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.

STX PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.4x
Fair PS Ratio2.7x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: STX is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.7x).

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 STX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£0.03
UK£0.14
+356.8%
56.5%UK£0.23UK£0.038n/a3
Mar ’26UK£0.033
UK£0.14
+322.2%
56.5%UK£0.23UK£0.038n/a3
Feb ’26UK£0.028
UK£0.17
+498.2%
79.1%UK£0.30UK£0.035n/a2
Jan ’26UK£0.027
UK£0.17
+520.4%
79.1%UK£0.30UK£0.035n/a2
Dec ’25UK£0.029
UK£0.17
+477.6%
79.1%UK£0.30UK£0.035n/a2
Nov ’25UK£0.03
UK£0.17
+458.3%
79.1%UK£0.30UK£0.035n/a2
Oct ’25UK£0.044
UK£0.17
+280.7%
79.1%UK£0.30UK£0.035n/a2
Sep ’25UK£0.05
UK£0.16
+220.0%
87.5%UK£0.30UK£0.02n/a2
Aug ’25UK£0.03
UK£0.16
+433.3%
87.5%UK£0.30UK£0.02n/a2
Jul ’25UK£0.018
UK£0.16
+788.9%
87.5%UK£0.30UK£0.02n/a2
Jun ’25UK£0.021
UK£0.16
+680.5%
87.5%UK£0.30UK£0.02n/a2
Feb ’25UK£0.059
UK£0.37
+516.3%
42.2%UK£0.50UK£0.15UK£0.0283
Jan ’25UK£0.067
UK£0.37
+447.3%
42.2%UK£0.50UK£0.15UK£0.0273
Dec ’24UK£0.063
UK£0.37
+482.0%
42.2%UK£0.50UK£0.15UK£0.0293
Nov ’24UK£0.061
UK£0.47
+672.4%
5.3%UK£0.50UK£0.45UK£0.032
Oct ’24UK£0.076
UK£0.47
+520.9%
5.3%UK£0.50UK£0.45UK£0.0442
Sep ’24UK£0.10
UK£0.56
+444.6%
20.4%UK£0.68UK£0.45UK£0.052
Aug ’24UK£0.11
UK£0.56
+425.6%
20.4%UK£0.68UK£0.45UK£0.032
Jul ’24UK£0.068
UK£0.59
+774.1%
15.3%UK£0.68UK£0.50UK£0.0182
Jun ’24UK£0.068
UK£0.59
+774.1%
15.3%UK£0.68UK£0.50UK£0.0212
May ’24UK£0.073
UK£0.59
+702.7%
15.3%UK£0.68UK£0.50UK£0.0182
Apr ’24UK£0.06
UK£0.59
+883.3%
15.3%UK£0.68UK£0.50UK£0.022
Mar ’24UK£0.075
UK£0.59
+681.5%
15.3%UK£0.68UK£0.50UK£0.0222
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 3 Analysts
UK£0.14
Fair Value
78.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
3
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2025/03/19 07:36
End of Day Share Price 2025/03/19 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
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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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Shield Therapeutics plc is covered by 12 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Howard MillerCanaccord Genuity
Michael MitchellCavendish
Stuart HarrisCavendish