Beam Therapeutics Inc.

NasdaqGS:BEAM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.3b

Beam Therapeutics Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate BEAM's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate BEAM's fair value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for BEAM. This is calculated by dividing BEAM's market cap by their current revenue.
What is BEAM's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio6.6x
SalesUS$349.64m
Market CapUS$2.31b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for BEAM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.6x
MIRM Mirum Pharmaceuticals
6.5x24.2%US$2.0b
AGIO Agios Pharmaceuticals
61.5x56.1%US$2.0b
PTGX Protagonist Therapeutics
7.6x-10.7%US$2.5b
RYTM Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
30.6x47.6%US$3.4b
BEAM Beam Therapeutics
6.6x-11.9%US$2.3b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: BEAM is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.6x) compared to the peer average (26.6x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does BEAM's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Biotechs Industry?

134 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BIIB Biogen
2.2x1.3%US$21.34b
MRNA Moderna
3x5.8%US$15.16b
INCY Incyte
3.3x8.9%US$13.26b
ALKS Alkermes
3.2x-0.7%US$4.81b
BEAM 6.6xIndustry Avg. 9.9xNo. of Companies134PS01632486480+
134 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: BEAM is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.6x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (9.9x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BEAM'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.

BEAM PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio6.6x
Fair PS Ratio1.2x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: BEAM is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.2x).

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 BEAM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$29.01
US$49.20
+69.6%
39.4%US$80.00US$23.00n/a15
Dec ’25US$27.37
US$49.20
+79.8%
39.4%US$80.00US$23.00n/a15
Nov ’25US$22.93
US$48.60
+111.9%
40.8%US$80.00US$23.00n/a15
Oct ’25US$23.41
US$50.36
+115.1%
38.4%US$80.00US$23.00n/a14
Sep ’25US$26.68
US$50.14
+87.9%
38.2%US$80.00US$23.00n/a14
Aug ’25US$30.31
US$50.07
+65.2%
38.1%US$80.00US$23.00n/a14
Jul ’25US$23.05
US$48.38
+109.9%
35.6%US$78.00US$23.00n/a13
Jun ’25US$23.82
US$48.38
+103.1%
35.6%US$78.00US$23.00n/a13
May ’25US$21.74
US$49.54
+127.9%
32.4%US$78.00US$27.00n/a13
Apr ’25US$32.66
US$49.62
+51.9%
32.1%US$78.00US$28.00n/a13
Mar ’25US$39.84
US$48.92
+22.8%
34.8%US$78.00US$19.00n/a13
Feb ’25US$26.43
US$49.58
+87.6%
45.0%US$95.00US$19.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$27.22
US$47.62
+74.9%
47.0%US$95.00US$19.00n/a13
Dec ’24US$29.57
US$53.08
+79.5%
45.7%US$95.00US$19.00US$27.3713
Nov ’24US$21.04
US$54.38
+158.5%
42.8%US$95.00US$19.00US$22.9313
Oct ’24US$24.05
US$64.57
+168.5%
35.2%US$105.00US$32.00US$23.4114
Sep ’24US$23.46
US$63.40
+170.2%
35.4%US$105.00US$32.00US$26.6815
Aug ’24US$28.51
US$67.27
+135.9%
33.8%US$105.00US$32.00US$30.3115
Jul ’24US$31.93
US$67.93
+112.8%
32.1%US$105.00US$37.00US$23.0515
Jun ’24US$32.51
US$67.93
+109.0%
32.1%US$105.00US$37.00US$23.8215
May ’24US$30.73
US$69.53
+126.3%
29.7%US$105.00US$37.00US$21.7415
Apr ’24US$30.62
US$69.53
+127.1%
29.7%US$105.00US$37.00US$32.6615
Mar ’24US$38.50
US$71.86
+86.6%
26.9%US$105.00US$45.00US$39.8414
Feb ’24US$45.97
US$76.57
+66.6%
28.8%US$125.00US$49.00US$26.4314
Jan ’24US$39.11
US$79.08
+102.2%
27.3%US$125.00US$49.00US$27.2213
Dec ’23US$45.83
US$80.08
+74.7%
27.7%US$125.00US$49.00US$29.5712

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 Analysis2024/12/22 09:51
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 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

Beam Therapeutics Inc. is covered by 25 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Huidong WangBarclays
Evan SeigermanBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Konstantinos BiliourisBMO Capital Markets Equity Research