Vasta Platform Limited

NasdaqGS:VSTA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$149.9m

Vasta Platform Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: VSTA ($1.92) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($4)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for VSTA. This is calculated by dividing VSTA's market cap by their current revenue.
What is VSTA's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.6x
SalesR$1.53b
Market CapR$928.25m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for VSTA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average2.3x
LGCY Legacy Education
2x19.6%US$103.0m
QSG QuantaSing Group
0.2x-1.3%US$108.9m
NRDY Nerdy
1x6.4%US$333.7m
NAMI Jinxin Technology Holding
6.1xn/aUS$331.1m
VSTA Vasta Platform
0.6x13.6%US$149.9m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: VSTA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x) compared to the peer average (2.3x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

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

15 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
WW WW International
0.1x-3.7%US$126.98m
QSG QuantaSing Group
0.2x-1.3%US$108.87m
BEDU Bright Scholar Education Holdings
0.2xn/aUS$60.64m
BODI Beachbody Company
0.1x-12.9%US$47.57m
VSTA 0.6xIndustry Avg. 1.3xNo. of Companies15PS012345+
15 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: VSTA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x) compared to the US Consumer Services industry average (1.3x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is VSTA'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.

VSTA PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.6x
Fair PS Ratio0.9x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: VSTA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x).

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 VSTA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$1.92
US$2.60
+35.3%
8.3%US$2.79US$2.30n/a3
Dec ’25US$2.51
US$2.68
+6.7%
7.0%US$2.85US$2.42n/a3
Nov ’25US$2.70
US$2.68
-0.8%
7.0%US$2.85US$2.42n/a3
Oct ’25US$2.60
US$2.92
+12.3%
8.1%US$3.16US$2.59n/a3
Sep ’25US$2.20
US$4.05
+83.9%
25.7%US$5.81US$3.13n/a4
Aug ’25US$2.96
US$4.18
+41.2%
25.3%US$5.72US$2.93n/a5
Jul ’25US$3.05
US$4.14
+35.6%
25.2%US$5.65US$2.90n/a5
Jun ’25US$3.50
US$4.98
+42.3%
15.7%US$6.14US$3.93n/a5
May ’25US$3.79
US$5.08
+34.0%
17.9%US$6.19US$3.85n/a5
Apr ’25US$4.01
US$5.18
+29.2%
17.5%US$6.41US$3.99n/a5
Mar ’25US$3.85
US$5.22
+35.5%
16.5%US$6.40US$3.93n/a5
Feb ’25US$4.09
US$4.93
+20.6%
14.2%US$5.91US$3.93n/a4
Jan ’25US$4.46
US$5.38
+20.8%
16.7%US$6.33US$4.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$4.17
US$5.38
+29.2%
16.7%US$6.33US$4.00US$2.514
Nov ’24US$4.02
US$5.15
+28.2%
16.3%US$6.21US$3.88US$2.704
Oct ’24US$4.13
US$5.08
+23.0%
15.0%US$5.96US$3.90US$2.604
Sep ’24US$4.02
US$5.10
+27.0%
15.0%US$5.99US$3.92US$2.204
Aug ’24US$3.51
US$5.62
+60.0%
7.5%US$6.19US$5.20US$2.963
Jul ’24US$3.35
US$5.84
+74.3%
12.1%US$6.83US$5.22US$3.053
Jun ’24US$3.20
US$5.88
+83.7%
13.7%US$6.83US$4.96US$3.504
May ’24US$4.12
US$5.78
+40.5%
11.9%US$6.52US$4.92US$3.795
Apr ’24US$3.19
US$5.78
+81.2%
11.9%US$6.52US$4.92US$4.015
Mar ’24US$3.90
US$5.80
+48.7%
11.6%US$6.60US$4.98US$3.855
Feb ’24US$4.20
US$6.02
+43.3%
8.9%US$6.62US$5.05US$4.095
Jan ’24US$4.00
US$6.08
+52.0%
5.1%US$6.59US$5.57US$4.467
Dec ’23US$3.82
US$5.86
+53.3%
5.2%US$6.35US$5.28US$4.178

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 Analysis2024/12/18 22:36
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 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

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Analyst Sources

Vasta Platform Limited is covered by 10 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
Fred MendesBofA Global Research
Flavio YoshidaBofA Global Research
Diego AragãoGoldman Sachs