iQIYI, Inc.

NasdaqGS:IQ Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.0b

iQIYI Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: IQ ($2.18) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($3.42)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IQ. This is calculated by dividing IQ's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IQ's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.1x
EarningsCN¥1.67b
Market CapCN¥14.53b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for IQ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average39.8x
IMAX IMAX
56x20.9%US$1.3b
MSGE Madison Square Garden Entertainment
9.8x-26.7%US$1.7b
CNK Cinemark Holdings
16.7x7.7%US$4.0b
MSGS Madison Square Garden Sports
76.8x-8.5%US$5.3b
IQ iQIYI
9.1x18.0%US$2.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IQ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.1x) compared to the peer average (39.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IQ's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Entertainment Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IH iHuman
4.7xn/aUS$85.73m
RDBX Redbox Entertainment
1.2x-121.8%US$76.65m
GMM Global Mofy AI
0.7xn/aUS$11.91m
MSGM Motorsport Games
0.7xn/aUS$3.47m
IQ 9.1xIndustry Avg. 21.5xNo. of Companies6PE020406080100+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IQ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.1x) compared to the US Entertainment industry average (21.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IQ'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.

IQ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.1x
Fair PE Ratio20.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IQ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.9x).

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 IQ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$2.18
US$3.40
+55.9%
35.3%US$7.93US$2.28n/a21
Nov ’25US$2.46
US$3.42
+39.2%
35.4%US$8.00US$2.30n/a21
Oct ’25US$3.01
US$3.44
+14.4%
38.3%US$8.10US$1.91n/a21
Sep ’25US$2.15
US$3.41
+58.8%
37.7%US$8.00US$2.21n/a21
Aug ’25US$3.21
US$4.61
+43.8%
26.9%US$8.03US$3.01n/a22
Jul ’25US$3.58
US$6.08
+69.7%
20.0%US$8.94US$4.20n/a22
Jun ’25US$4.63
US$6.09
+31.6%
20.0%US$8.97US$4.20n/a22
May ’25US$5.00
US$5.90
+17.9%
27.0%US$9.94US$3.55n/a22
Apr ’25US$4.29
US$6.02
+40.4%
28.5%US$9.99US$3.57n/a22
Mar ’25US$3.82
US$6.03
+57.7%
28.5%US$9.99US$3.57n/a22
Feb ’25US$3.29
US$6.24
+89.8%
26.8%US$10.07US$3.59n/a22
Jan ’25US$4.88
US$6.88
+40.9%
20.3%US$10.04US$5.02n/a23
Dec ’24US$4.40
US$6.80
+54.5%
20.6%US$10.02US$5.01n/a24
Nov ’24US$4.66
US$7.20
+54.5%
21.3%US$10.00US$5.11US$2.4624
Oct ’24US$4.74
US$7.36
+55.3%
19.3%US$10.02US$5.02US$3.0123
Sep ’24US$5.11
US$7.97
+56.0%
37.9%US$20.99US$5.04US$2.1525
Aug ’24US$6.12
US$8.40
+37.2%
37.0%US$21.36US$5.13US$3.2124
Jul ’24US$5.34
US$8.26
+54.6%
38.2%US$21.16US$2.80US$3.5824
Jun ’24US$4.18
US$8.47
+102.6%
38.7%US$21.62US$2.80US$4.6323
May ’24US$6.15
US$9.15
+48.8%
36.5%US$22.29US$2.80US$5.0023
Apr ’24US$7.28
US$9.16
+25.8%
36.4%US$22.28US$2.81US$4.2923
Mar ’24US$6.85
US$8.98
+31.1%
40.0%US$22.28US$2.82US$3.8221
Feb ’24US$7.31
US$5.50
-24.8%
33.9%US$10.32US$2.97US$3.2920
Jan ’24US$5.30
US$4.83
-8.9%
37.4%US$9.99US$2.66US$4.8821
Dec ’23US$2.91
US$4.44
+52.7%
45.3%US$10.18US$2.54US$4.4021
Nov ’23US$2.13
US$4.75
+123.1%
36.1%US$9.59US$2.49US$4.6620

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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