ACV Auctions Inc.

NasdaqGS:ACVA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.7b

ACV Auctions Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: ACVA ($21.9) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($73.72)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for ACVA. This is calculated by dividing ACVA's market cap by their current revenue.
What is ACVA's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio6.2x
SalesUS$596.02m
Market CapUS$3.65b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for ACVA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.4x
UNF UniFirst
1.3x2.4%US$3.2b
DRVN Driven Brands Holdings
1.1x7.8%US$2.7b
VSEC VSE
1.9x18.1%US$2.0b
KAR OPENLANE
1.3x5.1%US$2.1b
ACVA ACV Auctions
6.2x21.0%US$3.7b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ACVA is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.2x) compared to the peer average (1.4x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does ACVA's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Commercial Services Industry?

23 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ABM ABM Industries
0.4x2.1%US$3.17b
NVRI Enviri
0.3x4.4%US$607.42m
ACCO ACCO Brands
0.3x-0.006%US$487.63m
QUAD Quad/Graphics
0.1x-8.1%US$367.44m
ACVA 6.2xIndustry Avg. 1.3xNo. of Companies23PS01.63.24.86.48+
23 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ACVA is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.2x) compared to the US Commercial Services industry average (1.3x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ACVA'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.

ACVA PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio6.2x
Fair PS Ratio2.7x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ACVA is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.2x) 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 ACVA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$21.90
US$25.19
+15.0%
11.3%US$28.00US$18.00n/a13
Dec ’25US$22.62
US$25.04
+10.7%
11.0%US$28.00US$18.00n/a13
Nov ’25US$17.04
US$23.23
+36.3%
11.2%US$28.00US$16.00n/a13
Oct ’25US$19.77
US$22.77
+15.2%
11.4%US$28.00US$16.00n/a13
Sep ’25US$18.71
US$22.15
+18.4%
13.6%US$28.00US$16.00n/a13
Aug ’25US$16.32
US$22.23
+36.2%
12.2%US$28.00US$16.00n/a13
Jul ’25US$17.50
US$22.08
+26.2%
12.6%US$28.00US$16.00n/a13
Jun ’25US$17.85
US$22.00
+23.2%
12.9%US$28.00US$16.00n/a13
May ’25US$16.91
US$21.54
+27.4%
13.8%US$28.00US$15.00n/a13
Apr ’25US$18.28
US$20.77
+13.6%
11.8%US$24.00US$15.00n/a13
Mar ’25US$17.89
US$20.77
+16.1%
11.8%US$24.00US$15.00n/a13
Feb ’25US$13.33
US$20.07
+50.6%
12.3%US$23.00US$15.00n/a14
Jan ’25US$15.15
US$20.15
+33.0%
11.5%US$23.00US$15.00n/a13
Dec ’24US$15.78
US$20.15
+27.7%
11.5%US$23.00US$15.00US$22.6213
Nov ’24US$13.44
US$20.31
+51.1%
13.2%US$23.00US$15.00US$17.0413
Oct ’24US$15.18
US$21.00
+38.3%
11.0%US$23.00US$15.00US$19.7712
Sep ’24US$16.87
US$21.00
+24.5%
10.6%US$23.00US$15.00US$18.7113
Aug ’24US$17.64
US$20.15
+14.3%
12.0%US$23.00US$15.00US$16.3213
Jul ’24US$17.27
US$19.23
+11.4%
14.4%US$23.00US$14.00US$17.5013
Jun ’24US$17.04
US$17.57
+3.1%
9.6%US$20.00US$14.00US$17.8514
May ’24US$13.47
US$14.68
+9.0%
12.8%US$18.00US$11.00US$16.9114
Apr ’24US$12.91
US$14.61
+13.1%
12.1%US$17.00US$11.00US$18.2814
Mar ’24US$11.83
US$14.46
+22.3%
12.0%US$17.00US$11.00US$17.8914
Feb ’24US$10.29
US$12.93
+25.6%
12.9%US$15.00US$10.00US$13.3314
Jan ’24US$8.21
US$12.79
+55.7%
12.9%US$15.00US$10.00US$15.1514
Dec ’23US$8.88
US$12.79
+44.0%
12.9%US$15.00US$10.00US$15.7814

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

Discover undervalued companies

7D

1Y

7D

1Y

7D

1Y

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 23:47
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

Details of the analysis model used to generate this report is available on our Github page, we also have guides on how to use our reports and tutorials on Youtube.

Learn about the world class team who designed and built the Simply Wall St analysis model.

Industry and Sector Metrics

Our industry and section metrics are calculated every 6 hours by Simply Wall St, details of our process are available on .

Analyst Sources

ACV Auctions Inc. is covered by 23 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Gary PrestopinoBarrington Research Associates, Inc.
Nathaniel SchindlerBofA Global Research
Curtis NagleBofA Global Research