Azenta, Inc.

NasdaqGS:AZTA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.3b

Azenta Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

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

Below Fair Value: AZTA ($50.25) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($56.5)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AZTA is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for AZTA. This is calculated by dividing AZTA's market cap by their current revenue.
What is AZTA's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio3.5x
SalesUS$656.32m
Market CapUS$2.29b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for AZTA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.9x
TXG 10x Genomics
2.8x5.5%US$1.8b
FTRE Fortrea Holdings
0.6x2.4%US$1.7b
SHC Sotera Health
3.4x4.7%US$3.8b
SYNH Syneos Health
0.8x1.4%US$4.5b
AZTA Azenta
3.5x0.4%US$2.3b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: AZTA is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.5x) compared to the peer average (2.3x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does AZTA's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Life Sciences Industry?

9 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FTRE Fortrea Holdings
0.6x2.4%US$1.68b
ATLN Atlantic International
0.6xn/aUS$240.70m
NOTV Inotiv
0.2x6.0%US$117.85m
SNCE Science 37 Holdings
0.6x17.5%US$34.67m
AZTA 3.5xIndustry Avg. 3.5xNo. of Companies9PS02.85.68.411.214+
9 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: AZTA is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.5x) compared to the US Life Sciences industry average (3.5x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AZTA'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.

AZTA PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio3.5x
Fair PS Ratio2.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: AZTA is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.3x).

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 AZTA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$50.25
US$56.60
+12.6%
20.2%US$79.00US$48.00n/a5
Dec ’25US$46.21
US$56.60
+22.5%
20.2%US$79.00US$48.00n/a5
Nov ’25US$41.22
US$61.00
+48.0%
18.3%US$79.00US$50.00n/a5
Oct ’25US$47.50
US$61.80
+30.1%
17.2%US$79.00US$50.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$49.52
US$58.25
+17.6%
10.8%US$69.00US$53.00n/a4
Aug ’25US$59.86
US$62.80
+4.9%
15.5%US$79.00US$53.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$51.04
US$62.60
+22.6%
15.9%US$79.00US$52.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$50.51
US$62.60
+23.9%
15.9%US$79.00US$52.00n/a5
May ’25US$52.10
US$66.80
+28.2%
13.2%US$79.00US$56.00n/a5
Apr ’25US$59.04
US$72.00
+22.0%
7.8%US$79.00US$64.00n/a4
Mar ’25US$67.30
US$72.00
+7.0%
7.8%US$79.00US$64.00n/a4
Feb ’25US$66.13
US$72.00
+8.9%
8.5%US$79.00US$63.00n/a4
Jan ’25US$65.14
US$58.50
-10.2%
11.5%US$68.00US$50.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$57.96
US$58.50
+0.9%
11.5%US$68.00US$50.00US$46.214
Nov ’24US$45.33
US$58.50
+29.1%
11.5%US$68.00US$50.00US$41.224
Oct ’24US$50.19
US$59.00
+17.6%
7.2%US$65.00US$55.00US$47.504
Sep ’24US$56.49
US$59.00
+4.4%
7.2%US$65.00US$55.00US$49.524
Aug ’24US$46.12
US$53.50
+16.0%
17.3%US$68.00US$45.00US$59.864
Jul ’24US$46.68
US$52.50
+12.5%
19.4%US$68.00US$42.00US$51.044
Jun ’24US$43.53
US$52.50
+20.6%
19.4%US$68.00US$42.00US$50.514
May ’24US$43.63
US$60.00
+37.5%
18.0%US$70.00US$44.00US$52.105
Apr ’24US$44.62
US$64.60
+44.8%
7.9%US$70.00US$57.00US$59.045
Mar ’24US$43.72
US$64.60
+47.8%
7.9%US$70.00US$57.00US$67.305
Feb ’24US$58.17
US$70.40
+21.0%
9.0%US$78.00US$62.00US$66.135
Jan ’24US$58.22
US$70.00
+20.2%
9.9%US$78.00US$60.00US$65.145
Dec ’23US$61.83
US$70.00
+13.2%
9.9%US$78.00US$60.00US$57.965

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 08:23
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/09/30

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

Azenta, Inc. is covered by 18 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
Christopher MuseBarclays
Brett HodessBofA Global Research
Yuan ZhiB. Riley Securities, Inc.