Hologic Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

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

Below Fair Value: HOLX ($78.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($128.24)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HOLX. This is calculated by dividing HOLX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HOLX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio26x
EarningsUS$701.50m
Market CapUS$18.26b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for HOLX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average58.9x
BAX Baxter International
134.9x39.8%US$16.3b
ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings
20.7x8.1%US$22.4b
STE STERIS
36.7x11.5%US$21.7b
PODD Insulet
43.4x1.8%US$18.2b
HOLX Hologic
26x9.2%US$18.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HOLX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26x) compared to the peer average (58.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HOLX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Medical Equipment Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
MHUA Meihua International Medical Technologies
1.3xn/aUS$12.37m
PAVM PAVmed
0.8x-77.8%US$11.86m
RTSL Rapid Therapeutic Science Laboratories
0.3xn/aUS$18.99k
UTRS Minerva Surgical
n/an/aUS$8.00
No more companies available in this PE range
HOLX 26.0xIndustry Avg. 37.2xNo. of Companies10PE020406080100+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HOLX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26x) compared to the US Medical Equipment industry average (37.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HOLX'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.

HOLX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio26x
Fair PE Ratio27.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HOLX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x).


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 HOLX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$78.60
US$87.22
+11.0%
7.2%US$96.00US$70.00n/a15
Nov ’25US$82.33
US$87.14
+5.8%
7.0%US$96.00US$70.00n/a16
Oct ’25US$80.56
US$86.93
+7.9%
7.9%US$96.00US$70.00n/a15
Sep ’25US$81.24
US$87.07
+7.2%
8.6%US$96.00US$70.00n/a15
Aug ’25US$83.20
US$86.50
+4.0%
8.6%US$96.00US$70.00n/a14
Jul ’25US$74.10
US$85.27
+15.1%
7.6%US$95.00US$70.00n/a15
Jun ’25US$73.78
US$85.14
+15.4%
7.8%US$95.00US$70.00n/a14
May ’25US$76.28
US$84.27
+10.5%
7.6%US$95.00US$70.00n/a15
Apr ’25US$76.12
US$82.67
+8.6%
7.6%US$95.00US$70.00n/a15
Mar ’25US$73.65
US$82.67
+12.3%
7.6%US$95.00US$70.00n/a15
Feb ’25US$74.41
US$81.39
+9.4%
7.5%US$95.00US$70.00n/a15
Jan ’25US$71.45
US$80.08
+12.1%
8.1%US$95.00US$70.00n/a16
Dec ’24US$71.15
US$79.83
+12.2%
8.5%US$95.00US$70.00n/a16
Nov ’24US$66.69
US$83.28
+24.9%
9.1%US$95.00US$70.00US$82.3315
Oct ’24US$69.40
US$88.33
+27.3%
8.1%US$95.00US$70.00US$80.5615
Sep ’24US$75.12
US$88.33
+17.6%
8.1%US$95.00US$70.00US$81.2415
Aug ’24US$76.61
US$88.80
+15.9%
8.1%US$98.00US$70.00US$83.2015
Jul ’24US$80.97
US$91.04
+12.4%
8.9%US$105.00US$70.00US$74.1014
Jun ’24US$79.15
US$91.04
+15.0%
8.9%US$105.00US$70.00US$73.7814
May ’24US$87.67
US$87.61
-0.07%
7.9%US$95.00US$70.00US$76.2814
Apr ’24US$80.70
US$86.04
+6.6%
8.5%US$95.00US$70.00US$76.1214
Mar ’24US$79.06
US$86.64
+9.6%
8.9%US$95.00US$70.00US$73.6514
Feb ’24US$82.78
US$82.36
-0.5%
8.6%US$91.00US$70.00US$74.4114
Jan ’24US$74.81
US$77.71
+3.9%
7.4%US$90.00US$70.00US$71.4514
Dec ’23US$76.99
US$77.25
+0.3%
7.3%US$90.00US$70.00US$71.1512
Nov ’23US$74.13
US$77.25
+4.2%
7.3%US$90.00US$70.00US$66.6912

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


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