AstraZeneca Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: AZN (SEK1671.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value (SEK2623.57)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

AZN 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/Revenue5.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA16.5x
PEG Ratio2.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for AZN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average87.4x
CAMX Camurus
66.5x50.0%kr28.7b
MRK Merck
141.9x26.1%US$327.3b
SECARE Swedencare
125.7x50.2%kr9.0b
ROG Roche Holding
15.3x8.8%CHF178.0b
AZN AstraZeneca
36.9x16.6%kr187.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AZN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.9x) compared to the peer average (87.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a48.1%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AZN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.9x) compared to the European Pharmaceuticals industry average (25.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AZN'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.

AZN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio36.9x
Fair PE Ratio109.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AZN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (109.3x).


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 AZN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentkr1,671.50
kr1,796.69
+7.5%
13.3%kr2,408.18kr1,435.79n/a20
Apr ’25kr1,452.50
kr1,741.55
+19.9%
14.9%kr2,400.15kr1,295.83n/a21
Mar ’25kr1,330.50
kr1,670.58
+25.6%
14.3%kr2,315.92kr1,237.58n/a21
Feb ’25kr1,379.50
kr1,713.19
+24.2%
12.1%kr2,259.03kr1,416.71n/a21
Jan ’25kr1,353.50
kr1,668.55
+23.3%
10.4%kr2,143.54kr1,355.20n/a21
Dec ’24kr1,348.50
kr1,720.99
+27.6%
10.3%kr2,202.95kr1,392.77n/a21
Nov ’24kr1,420.50
kr1,854.30
+30.5%
9.9%kr2,403.82kr1,507.36n/a22
Oct ’24kr1,491.00
kr1,855.40
+24.4%
9.3%kr2,357.69kr1,545.35n/a22
Sep ’24kr1,499.00
kr1,852.38
+23.6%
10.4%kr2,371.78kr1,466.73n/a23
Aug ’24kr1,515.50
kr1,819.34
+20.0%
10.4%kr2,354.77kr1,432.52n/a23
Jul ’24kr1,548.00
kr1,830.31
+18.2%
9.6%kr2,353.22kr1,445.93n/a22
Jun ’24kr1,581.50
kr1,812.74
+14.6%
9.9%kr2,359.13kr1,449.56n/a22
May ’24kr1,511.00
kr1,699.05
+12.4%
10.0%kr2,251.34kr1,394.08kr1,671.5022
Apr ’24kr1,443.00
kr1,641.07
+13.7%
10.3%kr2,153.50kr1,277.77kr1,452.5023
Mar ’24kr1,357.00
kr1,623.09
+19.6%
14.1%kr2,215.84kr872.32kr1,330.5025
Feb ’24kr1,322.00
kr1,607.02
+21.6%
15.1%kr2,198.90kr832.04kr1,379.5025
Jan ’24kr1,403.50
kr1,567.56
+11.7%
15.0%kr2,176.69kr840.32kr1,353.5025
Dec ’23kr1,421.50
kr1,500.61
+5.6%
15.3%kr2,151.29kr830.52kr1,348.5025
Nov ’23kr1,310.00
kr1,536.01
+17.3%
15.1%kr2,205.00kr887.27kr1,420.5024
Oct ’23kr1,237.50
kr1,578.96
+27.6%
14.8%kr2,245.47kr935.30kr1,491.0025
Sep ’23kr1,320.00
kr1,547.69
+17.2%
13.2%kr2,030.72kr902.90kr1,499.0025
Aug ’23kr1,345.50
kr1,449.70
+7.7%
13.3%kr1,903.44kr846.31kr1,515.5025
Jul ’23kr1,343.50
kr1,470.39
+9.4%
11.8%kr1,937.44kr946.26kr1,548.0026
Jun ’23kr1,288.50
kr1,403.78
+8.9%
12.1%kr1,830.07kr897.00kr1,581.5024
May ’23kr1,317.50
kr1,414.96
+7.4%
11.9%kr1,684.54kr901.72kr1,511.0024

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


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