Avantax, Inc.

NasdaqGS:AVTA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$957.1m

Avantax Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

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

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As AVTA is barely profitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for AVTA. This is calculated by dividing AVTA's market cap by their current revenue.
What is AVTA's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.3x
SalesUS$729.64m
Market CapUS$957.11m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for AVTA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.3x
AAMI Acadian Asset Management
2.1x8.5%US$962.4m
NOAH Noah Holdings
1.9x6.0%US$718.1m
VRTS Virtus Investment Partners
1.7x1.6%US$1.5b
CET Central Securities
55.4xn/aUS$1.3b
AVTA Avantax
1.3x9.0%US$957.1m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: AVTA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.3x) compared to the peer average (17.5x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does AVTA's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

24 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SNEX StoneX Group
0.03xn/aUS$3.20b
CNCK Coincheck Group
0.6xn/aUS$1.10b
OPY Oppenheimer Holdings
0.5xn/aUS$669.27m
BKKT Bakkt Holdings
0.09x-151.2%US$347.80m
AVTA 1.3xIndustry Avg. 3.5xNo. of Companies24PS03.26.49.612.816+
24 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: AVTA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.3x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (2.8x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AVTA'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.

AVTA PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.3x
Fair PS Ratio1.5x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: AVTA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x).

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 AVTA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Dec ’25n/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Nov ’25n/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Oct ’25n/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Sep ’25n/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Aug ’25n/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Jul ’25n/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Jun ’25n/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
May ’25n/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Apr ’25n/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Mar ’25n/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Feb ’25n/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Jan ’25n/a
US$28.00
0%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Dec ’24US$25.99
US$28.00
+7.7%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Nov ’24US$25.83
US$28.00
+8.4%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Oct ’24US$25.58
US$28.00
+9.5%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Sep ’24US$21.11
US$29.00
+37.4%
4.9%US$30.00US$27.00n/a3
Aug ’24US$25.65
US$31.17
+21.5%
5.0%US$32.50US$29.00n/a3
Jul ’24US$22.38
US$31.17
+39.3%
5.0%US$32.50US$29.00n/a3
Jun ’24US$21.21
US$31.17
+46.9%
5.0%US$32.50US$29.00n/a3
May ’24US$25.51
US$33.33
+30.7%
3.7%US$35.00US$32.00n/a3
Apr ’24US$26.32
US$34.00
+29.2%
2.4%US$35.00US$33.00n/a3
Mar ’24US$28.50
US$34.00
+19.3%
2.4%US$35.00US$33.00n/a3
Feb ’24US$29.10
US$29.00
-0.3%
10.2%US$32.00US$25.00n/a3
Jan ’24US$25.53
US$29.00
+13.6%
10.2%US$32.00US$25.00n/a3

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2023/11/27 17:20
End of Day Share Price 2023/11/27 00:00
Earnings2023/09/30
Annual Earnings2022/12/31

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.

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Analyst Sources

Avantax, Inc. is covered by 15 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
Alexander ParisBarrington Research Associates, Inc.
Clayton MoranBenchmark Company
Joshua SieglerCantor Fitzgerald & Co.