QuidelOrtho Corporation

NasdaqGS:QDEL Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.4b

QuidelOrtho Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: QDEL ($36.18) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($99.55)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for QDEL. This is calculated by dividing QDEL's market cap by their current revenue.
What is QDEL's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.9x
SalesUS$2.82b
Market CapUS$2.43b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for QDEL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average4.7x
ENOV Enovis
1.3x7.4%US$2.6b
LMAT LeMaitre Vascular
10.8x8.6%US$2.3b
LIVN LivaNova
2.3x4.4%US$2.8b
IRTC iRhythm Technologies
4.5x15.0%US$2.5b
QDEL QuidelOrtho
0.9x1.4%US$2.4b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: QDEL is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x) compared to the peer average (4.7x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

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

52 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
VREX Varex Imaging
0.7x2.0%US$559.80m
ARAY Accuray
0.4x5.4%US$170.96m
NVRO Nevro
0.4x2.5%US$169.37m
KEQU Kewaunee Scientific
0.5xn/aUS$108.84m
QDEL 0.9xIndustry Avg. 3.2xNo. of Companies52PS02.85.68.411.214+
52 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: QDEL is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x) compared to the US Medical Equipment industry average (3.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is QDEL'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.

QDEL PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.9x
Fair PS Ratio1.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: QDEL is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.3x).


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 QDEL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$36.18
US$51.50
+42.3%
19.6%US$64.00US$38.00n/a6
Nov ’25US$39.10
US$52.50
+34.3%
17.9%US$64.00US$38.00n/a6
Oct ’25US$44.21
US$52.50
+18.8%
17.9%US$64.00US$38.00n/a6
Sep ’25US$42.25
US$49.40
+16.9%
22.1%US$64.00US$38.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$42.00
US$49.40
+17.6%
22.1%US$64.00US$38.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$31.63
US$50.00
+58.1%
21.7%US$64.00US$37.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$44.19
US$51.40
+16.3%
24.3%US$68.00US$37.00n/a5
May ’25US$39.68
US$54.73
+37.9%
27.2%US$81.00US$37.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$47.00
US$58.80
+25.1%
28.6%US$81.00US$37.00n/a5
Mar ’25US$45.53
US$60.67
+33.2%
26.3%US$81.00US$37.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$69.45
US$99.33
+43.0%
34.6%US$158.00US$66.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$73.70
US$99.33
+34.8%
34.6%US$158.00US$66.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$69.22
US$104.83
+51.4%
32.4%US$158.00US$66.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$60.50
US$121.00
+100.0%
22.7%US$168.00US$85.00US$39.106
Oct ’24US$73.04
US$121.00
+65.7%
22.7%US$168.00US$85.00US$44.216
Sep ’24US$83.63
US$121.00
+44.7%
22.7%US$168.00US$85.00US$42.256
Aug ’24US$85.08
US$125.50
+47.5%
21.4%US$173.00US$91.00US$42.006
Jul ’24US$82.86
US$125.00
+50.9%
21.4%US$173.00US$91.00US$31.636
Jun ’24US$85.65
US$125.00
+45.9%
21.4%US$173.00US$91.00US$44.196
May ’24US$91.97
US$124.00
+34.8%
22.0%US$173.00US$87.00US$39.686
Apr ’24US$89.09
US$125.00
+40.3%
22.1%US$173.00US$87.00US$47.006
Mar ’24US$85.46
US$125.00
+46.3%
22.1%US$173.00US$87.00US$45.536
Feb ’24US$88.51
US$124.17
+40.3%
22.0%US$173.00US$93.00US$69.456
Jan ’24US$85.67
US$124.17
+44.9%
22.0%US$173.00US$93.00US$73.706
Dec ’23US$93.65
US$126.20
+34.8%
39.2%US$219.00US$90.00US$69.225
Nov ’23US$91.52
US$126.20
+37.9%
39.3%US$219.00US$86.00US$60.505

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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