Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

BATS-CHIXE:ONTL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£913.2m

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

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

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

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

ONTL key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA-4.6x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for ONTL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average5.4x
ERGO Ergomed
4.6x8.8%UK£701.1m
MXCT MaxCyte
9.1x19.3%UK£314.5m
HVO hVIVO
3.2x7.8%UK£188.5m
DXRX Diaceutics
4.6x18.5%UK£109.3m
ONTL Oxford Nanopore Technologies
5.4x20.0%UK£913.2m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ONTL is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (5.4x) compared to the peer average (5.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ONTL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Life Sciences Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a18.4%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a18.4%
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ONTL is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (5.4x) compared to the European Life Sciences industry average (4.7x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ONTL'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.

ONTL PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio5.4x
Fair PS Ratio4.2x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ONTL is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (5.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (4.2x).


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 ONTL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£1.05
UK£1.82
+73.1%
28.0%UK£2.82UK£1.00n/a9
Jun ’25UK£1.07
UK£1.98
+85.7%
33.8%UK£3.50UK£1.00n/a10
May ’25UK£1.01
UK£2.02
+100.2%
33.4%UK£3.50UK£1.00n/a10
Apr ’25UK£1.22
UK£2.20
+80.0%
30.3%UK£3.50UK£1.15n/a10
Mar ’25UK£1.33
UK£2.65
+100.1%
31.1%UK£4.00UK£1.30n/a10
Feb ’25UK£1.56
UK£2.81
+80.3%
25.6%UK£4.00UK£1.55n/a10
Jan ’25UK£2.10
UK£3.11
+48.1%
30.3%UK£5.29UK£1.90n/a10
Dec ’24UK£1.93
UK£3.14
+62.8%
30.9%UK£5.29UK£1.90n/a10
Nov ’24UK£2.00
UK£3.28
+64.3%
29.2%UK£5.29UK£1.90n/a10
Oct ’24UK£2.06
UK£3.37
+64.1%
28.3%UK£5.29UK£1.90n/a10
Sep ’24UK£2.37
UK£3.42
+44.7%
26.9%UK£5.29UK£1.90n/a10
Aug ’24UK£2.60
UK£3.43
+32.1%
26.7%UK£5.29UK£1.90n/a10
Jul ’24UK£2.14
UK£3.43
+60.5%
26.7%UK£5.29UK£1.90UK£0.9810
Jun ’24UK£2.67
UK£3.47
+30.0%
28.0%UK£5.29UK£1.70UK£1.0710
May ’24UK£2.29
UK£3.47
+51.2%
28.0%UK£5.29UK£1.70UK£1.0110
Apr ’24UK£2.23
UK£3.52
+57.8%
28.0%UK£5.29UK£1.70UK£1.2210
Mar ’24UK£2.10
UK£4.30
+104.7%
24.8%UK£6.50UK£2.70UK£1.339
Feb ’24UK£2.39
UK£4.70
+96.7%
25.1%UK£6.71UK£3.10UK£1.568
Jan ’24UK£2.48
UK£5.30
+113.8%
25.0%UK£7.20UK£4.00UK£2.107
Dec ’23UK£2.62
UK£5.37
+105.5%
24.0%UK£7.20UK£4.00UK£1.937
Nov ’23UK£2.82
UK£5.36
+90.4%
22.5%UK£7.20UK£4.00UK£2.008
Oct ’23UK£2.58
UK£5.36
+108.3%
22.5%UK£7.20UK£4.00UK£2.068
Sep ’23UK£2.83
UK£5.70
+101.3%
21.9%UK£7.50UK£4.00UK£2.378
Aug ’23UK£3.24
UK£5.80
+78.9%
19.9%UK£7.50UK£4.00UK£2.608
Jul ’23UK£2.68
UK£5.80
+116.7%
19.9%UK£7.50UK£4.00UK£2.148

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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