Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

NasdaqCM:CPRX Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.6b

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: CPRX ($21.48) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($84.65)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As CPRX is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CPRX. This is calculated by dividing CPRX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CPRX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio17.9x
EarningsUS$142.80m
Market CapUS$2.56b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CPRX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CPRX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average46.7x
MNKD MannKind
87.5x39.7%US$1.9b
ACAD ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
21.2x26.6%US$2.7b
ADMA ADMA Biologics
73.5x30.5%US$5.0b
AGIO Agios Pharmaceuticals
4.7x-56.7%US$3.2b
CPRX Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
17.9x17.5%US$2.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CPRX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.9x) compared to the peer average (46.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

11 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ROIV Roivant Sciences
2x-46.3%US$9.12b
AGIO Agios Pharmaceuticals
4.7x-56.7%US$3.18b
INBX Inhibrx Biosciences
0.1xn/aUS$203.82m
DTIL Precision BioSciences
4.9x-41.0%US$55.69m
CPRX 17.9xIndustry Avg. 16.6xNo. of Companies11PE020406080100+
11 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CPRX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.9x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (16.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

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

CPRX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17.9x
Fair PE Ratio23.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CPRX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.7x).


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 CPRX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$21.48
US$32.25
+50.1%
10.5%US$38.00US$28.00n/a8
Nov ’25US$21.89
US$30.29
+38.4%
11.4%US$38.00US$27.00n/a7
Oct ’25US$20.22
US$30.14
+49.1%
12.0%US$38.00US$26.00n/a7
Sep ’25US$20.25
US$30.14
+48.9%
12.0%US$38.00US$26.00n/a7
Aug ’25US$16.93
US$27.29
+61.2%
11.4%US$34.00US$24.00n/a7
Jul ’25US$15.77
US$27.29
+73.0%
11.4%US$34.00US$24.00n/a7
Jun ’25US$16.17
US$27.29
+68.7%
11.4%US$34.00US$24.00n/a7
May ’25US$15.20
US$26.71
+75.8%
13.5%US$34.00US$22.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$15.74
US$26.86
+70.6%
12.8%US$34.00US$23.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$17.01
US$27.80
+63.4%
13.3%US$34.00US$24.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$14.43
US$26.20
+81.6%
8.2%US$30.00US$24.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$16.81
US$26.20
+55.9%
8.2%US$30.00US$24.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$14.82
US$23.30
+57.2%
17.3%US$27.00US$15.50n/a5
Nov ’24US$12.64
US$23.30
+84.3%
17.3%US$27.00US$15.50US$21.895
Oct ’24US$11.69
US$23.10
+97.6%
17.1%US$27.00US$15.50US$20.225
Sep ’24US$13.92
US$23.10
+65.9%
17.1%US$27.00US$15.50US$20.255
Aug ’24US$13.75
US$22.40
+62.9%
16.6%US$25.00US$15.00US$16.935
Jul ’24US$13.44
US$22.40
+66.7%
16.6%US$25.00US$15.00US$15.775
Jun ’24US$11.64
US$21.40
+83.8%
16.3%US$25.00US$15.00US$16.175
May ’24US$16.94
US$21.65
+27.8%
14.1%US$25.00US$16.25US$15.205
Apr ’24US$16.58
US$21.65
+30.6%
14.1%US$25.00US$16.25US$15.745
Mar ’24US$15.46
US$20.90
+35.2%
13.7%US$24.00US$15.50US$17.015
Feb ’24US$15.31
US$20.70
+35.2%
14.0%US$24.00US$15.50US$14.435
Jan ’24US$18.60
US$19.90
+7.0%
14.9%US$24.00US$15.50US$16.815
Dec ’23US$16.63
US$18.10
+8.8%
11.9%US$22.00US$15.50US$14.825
Nov ’23US$13.98
US$16.90
+20.9%
6.0%US$18.00US$15.50US$12.645

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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