IAC Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: IAC ($42.28) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($67.15)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for IAC. This is calculated by dividing IAC's market cap by their current revenue.
What is IAC's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.9x
SalesUS$3.88b
Market CapUS$3.65b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for IAC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average3.1x
ATHM Autohome
3.2x2.7%US$3.2b
CARG CarGurus
4.2x13.4%US$3.7b
ZD Ziff Davis
1.7x5.6%US$2.4b
ZI ZoomInfo Technologies
3x1.5%US$3.7b
IAC IAC
0.9x0.5%US$3.6b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: IAC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x) compared to the peer average (3.1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does IAC's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Interactive Media and Services Industry?

23 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FUBO fuboTV
0.3x12.3%US$464.39m
TRVG trivago
0.3x5.7%US$158.05m
SST System1
0.2x1.4%US$86.09m
SY So-Young International
0.4x5.9%US$78.25m
IAC 0.9xIndustry Avg. 1.2xNo. of Companies23PS01.63.24.86.48+
23 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: IAC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x) compared to the US Interactive Media and Services industry average (1.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IAC'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.

IAC PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.9x
Fair PS Ratio1.6x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: IAC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.6x).


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 IAC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$42.28
US$68.33
+61.6%
19.9%US$105.00US$54.00n/a12
Dec ’25US$47.33
US$69.50
+46.8%
18.6%US$105.00US$55.00n/a12
Nov ’25US$48.97
US$73.92
+50.9%
18.6%US$110.00US$57.00n/a12
Oct ’25US$51.66
US$75.36
+45.9%
17.2%US$110.00US$65.00n/a11
Sep ’25US$52.78
US$75.36
+42.8%
17.2%US$110.00US$65.00n/a11
Aug ’25US$49.45
US$76.09
+53.9%
16.3%US$110.00US$65.00n/a11
Jul ’25US$45.91
US$76.64
+66.9%
16.5%US$110.00US$65.00n/a11
Jun ’25US$49.79
US$76.64
+53.9%
16.5%US$110.00US$65.00n/a11
May ’25US$47.85
US$73.25
+53.1%
16.6%US$110.00US$63.00n/a13
Apr ’25US$53.43
US$74.02
+38.5%
16.5%US$110.00US$63.00n/a13
Mar ’25US$56.97
US$73.30
+28.7%
16.4%US$110.00US$63.00n/a14
Feb ’25US$51.50
US$75.35
+46.3%
24.6%US$128.00US$60.00n/a15
Jan ’25US$52.38
US$74.69
+42.6%
25.4%US$128.00US$54.00n/a15
Dec ’24US$48.92
US$74.22
+51.7%
26.0%US$128.00US$54.00US$47.3315
Nov ’24US$42.07
US$81.95
+94.8%
22.8%US$135.00US$66.00US$48.9714
Oct ’24US$50.39
US$82.86
+64.4%
22.1%US$135.00US$66.00US$51.6614
Sep ’24US$55.76
US$84.50
+51.5%
22.0%US$135.00US$66.00US$52.7816
Aug ’24US$69.62
US$88.06
+26.5%
21.8%US$135.00US$71.00US$49.4516
Jul ’24US$62.80
US$85.93
+36.8%
24.4%US$135.00US$61.00US$45.9116
Jun ’24US$55.58
US$85.62
+54.0%
24.5%US$135.00US$61.00US$49.7916
May ’24US$53.35
US$80.99
+51.8%
27.7%US$135.00US$54.00US$47.8516
Apr ’24US$51.60
US$80.99
+57.0%
27.7%US$135.00US$54.00US$53.4316
Mar ’24US$51.55
US$82.27
+59.6%
27.5%US$135.00US$54.00US$56.9715
Feb ’24US$58.54
US$82.60
+41.1%
31.8%US$135.00US$46.00US$51.5015
Jan ’24US$44.40
US$83.60
+88.3%
31.2%US$135.00US$46.00US$52.3815
Dec ’23US$52.47
US$88.62
+68.9%
27.8%US$135.00US$65.00US$48.9213

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 05:04
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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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

IAC Inc. is covered by 26 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Ross SandlerBarclays
Daniel KurnosBenchmark Company