Sanofi Valuation

Is 1SAN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • 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 1SAN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€181.79
Fair Value
52.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
23
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: 1SAN (€86.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€181.79)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 1SAN is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 1SAN?

Key metric: As 1SAN is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 1SAN. This is calculated by dividing 1SAN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 1SAN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio17x
Earnings€6.22b
Market Cap€104.66b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 1SAN's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 1SAN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.4x
REC Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica
26.2x12.40%€10.9b
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb
18.3x7.60%US$98.3b
GSK GSK
19.1x15.43%UK£61.5b
4519 Chugai Pharmaceutical
30.1x6.70%JP¥12.3t
1SAN Sanofi
17x11.46%€104.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 1SAN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17x) compared to the peer average (23.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 1SAN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Pharmaceuticals Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
1SAN 17.0xIndustry Avg. 21.7xNo. of Companies10PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 1SAN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17x) compared to the European Pharmaceuticals industry average (21.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 1SAN'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.

1SAN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17x
Fair PE Ratio70.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 1SAN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (70.5x).


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 1SAN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€86.80
€115.73
+33.33%
6.11%€127.00€100.00n/a23
May ’26€96.57
€117.70
+21.89%
5.06%€127.00€100.00n/a21
Apr ’26€102.30
€119.18
+16.50%
5.43%€130.00€100.00n/a21
Mar ’26€104.14
€116.70
+12.06%
5.68%€125.00€100.00n/a21
Feb ’26€104.08
€116.17
+11.61%
6.09%€125.00€100.00n/a22
Jan ’26€93.15
€113.80
+22.17%
7.52%€123.00€85.00n/a21
Dec ’25€92.21
€114.09
+23.73%
7.40%€126.00€90.00n/a21
Nov ’25€98.69
€114.09
+15.60%
7.40%€126.00€90.00n/a21
Oct ’25€103.86
€113.40
+9.19%
8.94%€130.00€85.00n/a22
Sep ’25€101.50
€109.63
+8.01%
8.52%€125.00€85.00n/a22
Aug ’25€94.57
€109.91
+16.22%
8.40%€125.00€85.00n/a23
Jul ’25€92.03
€108.09
+17.45%
9.17%€125.00€80.00n/a22
Jun ’25€89.67
€107.86
+20.29%
8.98%€125.00€80.00€87.3122
May ’25€92.68
€107.73
+16.24%
9.05%€125.00€80.00€96.5722
Apr ’25€91.12
€107.27
+17.73%
9.08%€125.00€80.00€102.3022
Mar ’25€87.33
€106.73
+22.21%
9.86%€125.00€80.00€104.1422
Feb ’25€89.48
€106.45
+18.97%
10.34%€125.00€80.00€104.0822
Jan ’25€89.49
€104.60
+16.88%
11.08%€125.00€80.00€93.1520
Dec ’24€85.88
€105.40
+22.73%
11.06%€125.00€80.00€92.2120
Nov ’24€86.00
€106.55
+23.90%
11.47%€134.00€80.00€98.6920
Oct ’24€101.74
€114.76
+12.80%
9.96%€138.00€90.00€103.8621
Sep ’24€98.72
€113.18
+14.64%
9.62%€138.00€90.00€101.5022
Aug ’24€96.86
€111.30
+14.91%
8.51%€138.24€90.00€94.5721
Jul ’24€98.34
€110.57
+12.44%
8.50%€137.83€90.00€92.0321
Jun ’24€93.90
€110.48
+17.65%
8.46%€137.83€90.00€89.6721
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 23 Analysts
€115.77
Fair Value
25.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
23
Number of Analysts

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/06/03 19:49
End of Day Share Price 2025/06/03 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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

Sanofi is covered by 66 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Kamla SinghAlphaValue
John EadeArgus Research Company
Odile RundquistBaader Helvea Equity Research