Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.

NasdaqGM:AQST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$333.7m

Aquestive Therapeutics Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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 ($3.52) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($21.56)

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?

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for AQST. This is calculated by dividing AQST's market cap by their current revenue.
What is AQST's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio5.4x
SalesUS$58.90m
Market CapUS$333.71m

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 Average7.2x
PROC Procaps Group
0.6xn/aUS$278.7m
ZVRA Zevra Therapeutics
18.3x50.3%US$456.9m
TBPH Theravance Biopharma
7.5x20.3%US$484.9m
SIGA SIGA Technologies
2.4x7.5%US$432.7m
AQST Aquestive Therapeutics
5.4x28.1%US$333.7m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: AQST is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (5.4x) compared to the peer average (7.2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

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

69 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
OGN Organon
0.6x0.02%US$3.85b
PRGO Perrigo
0.8x3.4%US$3.55b
BHC Bausch Health Companies
0.3x1.5%US$2.80b
PAHC Phibro Animal Health
0.8x12.5%US$878.12m
AQST 5.4xIndustry Avg. 3.1xNo. of Companies69PS03.67.210.814.418+
69 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: AQST is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (5.4x) compared to the US Pharmaceuticals industry average (3.1x).

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 Ratio5.4x
Fair PS Ratio6.1x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: AQST is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (5.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.1x).

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$3.52
US$10.83
+207.8%
31.1%US$17.00US$5.50n/a9
Dec ’25US$5.09
US$10.06
+97.7%
27.0%US$15.00US$5.50n/a8
Nov ’25US$5.52
US$9.56
+73.2%
31.3%US$15.00US$5.50n/a8
Oct ’25US$4.76
US$9.44
+98.3%
30.4%US$15.00US$5.50n/a8
Sep ’25US$4.53
US$8.81
+94.5%
30.5%US$15.00US$5.50n/a8
Aug ’25US$3.59
US$8.56
+138.5%
25.0%US$13.00US$5.50n/a8
Jul ’25US$2.45
US$8.61
+251.5%
23.5%US$13.00US$5.50n/a9
Jun ’25US$2.88
US$8.61
+199.0%
23.5%US$13.00US$5.50n/a9
May ’25US$3.37
US$9.13
+171.2%
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$3.00US$5.096
Nov ’24US$1.54
US$6.17
+300.4%
39.1%US$10.00US$3.00US$5.526
Oct ’24US$1.53
US$6.17
+303.1%
39.1%US$10.00US$3.00US$4.766
Sep ’24US$1.67
US$6.17
+269.3%
39.1%US$10.00US$3.00US$4.536
Aug ’24US$2.24
US$6.00
+167.9%
43.0%US$10.00US$3.00US$3.596
Jul ’24US$1.65
US$6.17
+273.7%
39.1%US$10.00US$3.00US$2.456
Jun ’24US$2.31
US$6.17
+167.0%
39.1%US$10.00US$3.00US$2.886
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

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 Analysis2024/12/27 08:45
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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

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Analyst Sources

Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. is covered by 11 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James MolloyAlliance Global Partners
Gary NachmanBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Kristen KluskaCantor Fitzgerald & Co.