HealthEquity Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: HQY ($82.74) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($157.02)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

HQY 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/Revenue7.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA26.6x
PEG Ratio2.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for HQY vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.2x
MOH Molina Healthcare
16.7x15.9%US$18.1b
PGNY Progyny
41.2x21.7%US$2.5b
CNC Centene
13.2x8.9%US$36.3b
HUM Humana
21.5x14.2%US$43.1b
HQY HealthEquity
89.5x39.1%US$7.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HQY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (89.5x) compared to the peer average (23.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HQY's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Healthcare Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a17.0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HQY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (89.5x) compared to the US Healthcare industry average (25.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HQY'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.

HQY PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio89.5x
Fair PE Ratio49.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HQY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (89.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (49.5x).


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 HQY forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$82.74
US$104.43
+26.2%
5.6%US$115.00US$92.00n/a14
Jun ’25US$81.68
US$100.71
+23.3%
5.6%US$110.00US$92.00n/a14
May ’25US$79.75
US$98.81
+23.9%
7.0%US$110.00US$84.20n/a15
Apr ’25US$81.63
US$97.09
+18.9%
7.5%US$110.00US$84.20n/a14
Mar ’25US$81.05
US$93.66
+15.6%
8.7%US$110.00US$79.00n/a14
Feb ’25US$75.62
US$87.73
+16.0%
8.9%US$110.00US$77.00n/a14
Jan ’25US$66.30
US$88.33
+33.2%
9.3%US$110.00US$77.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$69.39
US$85.83
+23.7%
10.1%US$110.00US$73.00n/a12
Nov ’24US$68.10
US$86.50
+27.0%
9.2%US$110.00US$77.00n/a12
Oct ’24US$73.05
US$84.08
+15.1%
6.9%US$94.00US$72.00n/a12
Sep ’24US$66.42
US$81.77
+23.1%
8.1%US$94.00US$71.00n/a13
Aug ’24US$67.58
US$81.77
+21.0%
8.1%US$94.00US$71.00n/a13
Jul ’24US$63.14
US$81.77
+29.5%
8.1%US$94.00US$71.00n/a13
Jun ’24US$55.63
US$81.31
+46.2%
8.2%US$94.00US$69.00US$81.6813
May ’24US$54.02
US$81.31
+50.5%
8.2%US$94.00US$69.00US$79.7513
Apr ’24US$58.71
US$81.31
+38.5%
8.2%US$94.00US$69.00US$81.6313
Mar ’24US$65.39
US$82.23
+25.8%
7.3%US$94.00US$72.00US$81.0513
Feb ’24US$58.99
US$83.15
+41.0%
9.3%US$101.00US$72.00US$75.6213
Jan ’24US$61.64
US$82.43
+33.7%
9.8%US$101.00US$68.00US$66.3014
Dec ’23US$63.27
US$81.36
+28.6%
11.4%US$104.00US$68.00US$69.3914
Nov ’23US$78.50
US$80.64
+2.7%
11.1%US$104.00US$68.00US$68.1014
Oct ’23US$67.17
US$79.07
+17.7%
11.7%US$100.00US$64.00US$73.0514
Sep ’23US$65.71
US$75.77
+15.3%
12.8%US$95.00US$59.00US$66.4213
Aug ’23US$57.05
US$75.77
+32.8%
12.8%US$95.00US$59.00US$67.5813
Jul ’23US$57.67
US$77.17
+33.8%
11.3%US$95.00US$64.00US$63.1412
Jun ’23US$62.17
US$75.92
+22.1%
12.4%US$95.00US$64.00US$55.6312

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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