Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc

NasdaqGS:CNTA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.7b

Centessa Pharmaceuticals Valuation

Is CNTA 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-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CNTA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$43.56
Fair Value
71.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
9
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: CNTA ($12.59) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($43.56)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As CNTA barely has revenue we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for CNTA. This is calculated by dividing CNTA's market cap by their current book value.
What is CNTA's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio4.3x
BookUS$386.25m
Market CapUS$1.68b

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

How does CNTA's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PB ratio for CNTA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average7.4x
ARQT Arcutis Biotherapeutics
11.4x61.32%US$1.6b
PTGX Protagonist Therapeutics
4x39.64%US$2.7b
APLS Apellis Pharmaceuticals
12.5x64.25%US$2.1b
PRAX Praxis Precision Medicines
1.7x22.99%US$755.7m
CNTA Centessa Pharmaceuticals
4.3x20.36%US$1.7b

Price-To-Book vs Peers: CNTA is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (4.3x) compared to the peer average (7.4x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

How does CNTA's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Biotechs Industry?

77 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FDMT 4D Molecular Therapeutics
0.3x-5.60%US$145.00m
NKTX Nkarta
0.3x-0.69%US$132.69m
LYEL Lyell Immunopharma
0.4x4.12%US$115.18m
ZNTL Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
0.3x14.14%US$90.66m
CNTA 4.3xIndustry Avg. 1.6xNo. of Companies83PB01.63.24.86.48+
77 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Book vs Industry: CNTA is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (4.3x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (1.5x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CNTA's PB Ratio compared to its Fair PB Ratio? This is the expected PB Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CNTA PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio4.3x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CNTA's Price-To-Book Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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 CNTA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$12.59
US$31.11
+147.11%
13.59%US$38.00US$26.00n/a9
May ’26US$13.50
US$31.25
+131.48%
14.29%US$38.00US$26.00n/a8
Apr ’26US$13.23
US$31.25
+136.21%
14.29%US$38.00US$26.00n/a8
Mar ’26US$15.55
US$28.57
+83.74%
12.81%US$35.00US$24.00n/a7
Feb ’26US$16.92
US$28.57
+68.86%
12.81%US$35.00US$24.00n/a7
Jan ’26US$16.75
US$28.57
+70.58%
12.81%US$35.00US$24.00n/a7
Dec ’25US$17.91
US$28.57
+59.53%
12.81%US$35.00US$24.00n/a7
Nov ’25US$15.67
US$26.14
+66.83%
20.59%US$35.00US$19.00n/a7
Oct ’25US$17.20
US$26.14
+51.99%
20.59%US$35.00US$19.00n/a7
Sep ’25US$13.50
US$14.50
+7.41%
18.99%US$20.00US$11.00n/a6
Aug ’25US$10.29
US$14.17
+37.67%
21.34%US$20.00US$11.00n/a6
Jul ’25US$8.80
US$14.20
+61.36%
23.31%US$20.00US$11.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$8.63
US$13.60
+57.59%
29.63%US$20.00US$8.00n/a5
May ’25US$9.48
US$13.60
+43.46%
29.63%US$20.00US$8.00US$13.505
Apr ’25US$11.08
US$13.60
+22.74%
29.63%US$20.00US$8.00US$13.235
Mar ’25US$10.87
US$13.00
+19.60%
31.90%US$20.00US$8.00US$15.555
Feb ’25US$8.01
US$13.00
+62.30%
31.90%US$20.00US$8.00US$16.925
Jan ’25US$7.96
US$11.00
+38.19%
20.73%US$15.00US$8.00US$16.755
Dec ’24US$6.70
US$11.00
+64.18%
20.73%US$15.00US$8.00US$17.915
Nov ’24US$6.85
US$9.60
+40.15%
37.62%US$15.00US$4.00US$15.675
Oct ’24US$6.47
US$8.80
+36.01%
48.43%US$15.00US$4.00US$17.205
Sep ’24US$7.68
US$8.17
+6.34%
50.69%US$15.00US$4.00US$13.506
Aug ’24US$7.41
US$7.08
-4.41%
55.64%US$15.00US$4.00US$10.296
Jul ’24US$6.19
US$6.42
+3.66%
41.82%US$11.00US$4.00US$8.806
Jun ’24US$4.66
US$5.90
+26.61%
44.97%US$11.00US$4.00US$8.635
May ’24US$4.68
US$5.80
+23.93%
46.77%US$11.00US$4.00US$9.485
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 9 Analysts
US$31.11
Fair Value
59.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
9
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/16 14:55
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/15 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc is covered by 17 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
null nullBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Konstantinos BiliourisBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Mayank MamtaniB. Riley Securities, Inc.