Adagene Inc.

NasdaqGM:ADAG Stock Report

Market Cap: US$125.8m

Adagene Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of ADAG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: ADAG ($2.98) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value ($44.01)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: ADAG is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As ADAG barely has revenue we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for ADAG. This is calculated by dividing ADAG's market cap by their current book value.
What is ADAG's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio3.3x
BookUS$37.91m
Market CapUS$125.84m

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

How does ADAG's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PB ratio for ADAG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.3x
MCRB Seres Therapeutics
3x-117.12%US$132.4m
FATE Fate Therapeutics
0.5x-1.25%US$129.2m
ANIX Anixa Biosciences
6.5x37.86%US$99.5m
SGMO Sangamo Therapeutics
23.2x60.49%US$148.7m
ADAG Adagene
3.7x-20.20%US$125.8m

Price-To-Book vs Peers: ADAG is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (3.7x) compared to the peer average (8.3x).

Historical Price to Book Ratio

Historical Price to Book Ratio compares a stock's price to the book value of it's equity over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

How does ADAG's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Biotechs Industry?

61 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NKTX Nkarta
0.4x-2.70%US$142.77m
XBIT XBiotech
0.4xn/aUS$70.43m
ETHZ ETHZilla
0.1xn/aUS$65.21m
MGX Metagenomi Therapeutics
0.3x-9.07%US$57.45m
ADAG 3.3xIndustry Avg. 2.8xNo. of Companies74PB0246810+
61 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Book vs Industry: ADAG is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (3.7x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (2.8x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ADAG's PB Ratio compared to its Fair PB Ratio? This is the expected PB Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ADAG PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio3.3x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate ADAG's Price-To-Book Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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 ADAG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$2.98
US$10.18
+241.55%
48.52%US$21.07US$7.00n/a6
Feb ’27US$2.75
US$9.22
+235.43%
55.67%US$21.07US$3.50n/a7
Jan ’27US$1.89
US$9.22
+388.06%
55.67%US$21.07US$3.50n/a7
Dec ’26US$1.88
US$9.22
+390.65%
55.67%US$21.07US$3.50n/a7
Nov ’26US$1.78
US$9.51
+434.49%
63.52%US$21.07US$3.50n/a5
Oct ’26US$2.00
US$9.51
+375.70%
63.52%US$21.07US$3.50n/a5
Sep ’26US$2.13
US$9.64
+352.70%
70.01%US$21.07US$3.50n/a4
Aug ’26US$1.92
US$10.86
+465.45%
68.64%US$21.07US$3.50n/a3
Jul ’26US$1.85
US$5.75
+210.81%
39.13%US$8.00US$3.50n/a2
Jun ’26US$1.94
US$5.75
+196.39%
39.13%US$8.00US$3.50n/a2
May ’26US$1.58
US$10.19
+544.73%
64.18%US$19.06US$3.50n/a3
Apr ’26US$1.82
US$10.19
+461.25%
64.18%US$19.06US$3.50n/a3
Mar ’26US$2.01
US$10.19
+406.80%
64.18%US$19.06US$3.50n/a3
Feb ’26US$1.90
US$10.19
+436.14%
64.18%US$19.06US$3.50US$2.753
Jan ’26US$1.99
US$8.09
+306.53%
78.61%US$19.06US$3.50US$1.894
Dec ’25US$2.34
US$8.09
+246.47%
78.61%US$19.06US$3.50US$1.884
Nov ’25US$3.00
US$9.22
+207.17%
63.20%US$19.06US$4.80US$1.784
Oct ’25US$2.18
US$9.15
+319.84%
62.47%US$18.81US$4.80US$2.004
Sep ’25US$2.80
US$9.15
+226.87%
62.47%US$18.81US$4.80US$2.134
Aug ’25US$2.59
US$9.20
+255.32%
61.73%US$18.81US$5.00US$1.924
Jul ’25US$3.05
US$9.20
+201.72%
61.73%US$18.81US$5.00US$1.854
Apr ’25US$3.24
US$4.80
+48.15%
4.17%US$5.00US$4.60US$1.822
Mar ’25US$3.28
US$4.80
+46.34%
4.17%US$5.00US$4.60US$2.012
Feb ’25US$3.60
US$4.80
+33.33%
4.17%US$5.00US$4.60US$1.902
US$10.18
Fair Value
70.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
6
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2026/02/10 23:06
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/09 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

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

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Adagene Inc. is covered by 9 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Bing ZhaoChina Renaissance Securities
Ziyi ChenGoldman Sachs
Paul JengGuggenheim Securities, LLC