Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.

NasdaqGM:AQST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$305.9m

Aquestive Therapeutics Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: AQST ($3.37) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($56.78)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

AQST 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/Revenue6.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA-23x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for AQST vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average4.2x
CTNM Contineum Therapeutics
7.5x-76.9%US$388.3m
PROC Procaps Group
0.8x9.7%US$295.6m
BTMD biote
1.1x14.4%US$349.6m
TBPH Theravance Biopharma
7.5x23.7%US$409.8m
AQST Aquestive Therapeutics
6.1x27.1%US$305.9m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: AQST is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.1x) compared to the peer average (4.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AQST's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Pharmaceuticals Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a22.8%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: AQST is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.1x) compared to the US Pharmaceuticals industry average (2.8x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AQST'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.

AQST PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio6.1x
Fair PS Ratio5.8x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: AQST is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (5.8x).


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 AQST forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$3.28
US$9.13
+178.2%
20.1%US$13.00US$7.00n/a8
Apr ’25US$4.13
US$8.86
+114.5%
18.5%US$12.00US$7.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$4.24
US$6.33
+49.4%
37.2%US$10.00US$3.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$2.67
US$6.33
+137.2%
37.2%US$10.00US$3.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$2.02
US$6.33
+213.5%
37.2%US$10.00US$3.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$2.39
US$6.33
+165.0%
37.2%US$10.00US$3.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$1.54
US$6.17
+300.4%
39.1%US$10.00US$3.00n/a6
Oct ’24US$1.53
US$6.17
+303.1%
39.1%US$10.00US$3.00n/a6
Sep ’24US$1.67
US$6.17
+269.3%
39.1%US$10.00US$3.00n/a6
Aug ’24US$2.24
US$6.00
+167.9%
43.0%US$10.00US$3.00n/a6
Jul ’24US$1.65
US$6.17
+273.7%
39.1%US$10.00US$3.00n/a6
Jun ’24US$2.31
US$6.17
+167.0%
39.1%US$10.00US$3.00n/a6
May ’24US$1.39
US$5.92
+325.7%
42.7%US$9.50US$2.00US$3.376
Apr ’24US$1.14
US$5.92
+419.0%
42.7%US$9.50US$2.00US$4.136
Mar ’24US$0.77
US$5.36
+595.6%
45.4%US$9.50US$2.00US$4.247
Feb ’24US$0.88
US$5.36
+508.8%
45.4%US$9.50US$2.00US$2.677
Jan ’24US$0.90
US$5.50
+509.7%
42.1%US$9.50US$2.00US$2.027
Dec ’23US$0.93
US$5.50
+488.4%
42.1%US$9.50US$2.00US$2.397
Nov ’23US$0.86
US$6.36
+643.1%
38.7%US$10.00US$3.00US$1.547
Oct ’23US$1.17
US$6.36
+443.3%
38.7%US$10.00US$3.00US$1.537
Sep ’23US$1.29
US$6.00
+365.1%
37.3%US$10.00US$3.00US$1.676
Aug ’23US$0.86
US$9.20
+973.4%
44.8%US$17.00US$5.00US$2.245
Jul ’23US$0.63
US$9.20
+1,360.3%
44.8%US$17.00US$5.00US$1.655
Jun ’23US$0.98
US$9.80
+903.0%
37.3%US$17.00US$7.00US$2.315
May ’23US$1.40
US$11.20
+700.0%
33.6%US$17.00US$7.00US$1.395

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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