Ascendis Pharma Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: ASND ($141.01) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($538.85)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

ASND 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/Revenue28.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA-17x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for ASND vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.4x
RYTM Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
32.6x41.8%US$2.4b
GBT Global Blood Therapeutics
19.7x32.5%US$4.6b
LEGN Legend Biotech
28.1x34.7%US$8.0b
ACLX Arcellx
25.2x21.6%US$2.7b
ASND Ascendis Pharma
28.3x37.4%US$7.9b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ASND is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (28.3x) compared to the peer average (28.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ASND's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Biotechs Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a23.2%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ASND is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (28.3x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (13.5x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ASND'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.

ASND PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio28.3x
Fair PS Ratio16.4x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ASND is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (28.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (16.4x).


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 ASND forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$141.01
US$177.45
+25.8%
19.4%US$260.11US$112.97n/a12
Apr ’25US$151.98
US$179.30
+18.0%
19.3%US$259.97US$115.56n/a12
Mar ’25US$152.47
US$172.84
+13.4%
14.3%US$226.29US$117.22n/a12
Feb ’25US$141.63
US$163.23
+15.3%
13.9%US$204.75US$117.59n/a12
Jan ’25US$125.95
US$149.82
+19.0%
12.9%US$202.25US$119.61n/a12
Dec ’24US$104.05
US$143.50
+37.9%
16.7%US$200.02US$112.41n/a12
Nov ’24US$90.79
US$141.57
+55.9%
16.9%US$192.33US$109.24n/a12
Oct ’24US$93.64
US$141.51
+51.1%
17.7%US$191.63US$109.89n/a11
Sep ’24US$98.27
US$135.46
+37.8%
21.6%US$185.38US$89.11n/a12
Aug ’24US$91.62
US$137.41
+50.0%
21.9%US$188.92US$89.43n/a12
Jul ’24US$89.25
US$136.41
+52.8%
22.0%US$187.14US$88.54n/a12
Jun ’24US$87.96
US$133.45
+51.7%
20.9%US$181.64US$87.29n/a13
May ’24US$86.74
US$137.14
+58.1%
21.7%US$193.85US$89.00US$141.0113
Apr ’24US$107.22
US$155.85
+45.4%
14.0%US$194.53US$108.68US$151.9814
Mar ’24US$113.21
US$154.33
+36.3%
12.5%US$180.06US$109.99US$152.4714
Feb ’24US$123.50
US$159.12
+28.8%
14.9%US$183.70US$95.60US$141.6314
Jan ’24US$122.13
US$160.65
+31.5%
15.5%US$192.00US$96.89US$125.9514
Dec ’23US$121.75
US$159.26
+30.8%
16.1%US$205.67US$93.41US$104.0515
Nov ’23US$116.71
US$150.85
+29.3%
17.9%US$196.79US$84.06US$90.7915
Oct ’23US$103.26
US$143.43
+38.9%
17.1%US$174.61US$83.94US$93.6414
Sep ’23US$89.09
US$143.44
+61.0%
17.9%US$178.51US$81.49US$98.2714
Aug ’23US$84.03
US$147.02
+75.0%
18.2%US$181.84US$84.67US$91.6213
Jul ’23US$92.60
US$148.09
+59.9%
18.7%US$185.74US$84.10US$89.2513
Jun ’23US$84.83
US$151.36
+78.4%
18.0%US$187.86US$85.06US$87.9614
May ’23US$91.27
US$174.58
+91.3%
13.7%US$230.34US$130.69US$86.7414

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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