Design Therapeutics, Inc.

NasdaqGS:DSGN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$495.0m

Design Therapeutics Valuation

Is DSGN 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-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As DSGN is unprofitable and pre-revenue we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for DSGN. This is calculated by dividing DSGN's market cap by their current book value.
What is DSGN's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio2.5x
BookUS$199.72m
Market CapUS$495.02m

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PB ratio for DSGN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average5.1x
SLS SELLAS Life Sciences Group
12.8x52.49%US$712.2m
ASMB Assembly Biosciences
2.6x19.24%US$511.1m
AUTL Autolus Therapeutics
2x47.31%US$495.0m
ABSI Absci
2.8x31.43%US$562.4m
DSGN Design Therapeutics
2.5x11.63%US$495.0m

Price-To-Book vs Peers: DSGN is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (2.5x) compared to the peer average (5.1x).

Historical Price to Book Ratio

Historical Price to Book Ratio compares a stock's price to the book value of it's equity over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

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

58 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NKTX Nkarta
0.4x-2.70%US$134.96m
FATE Fate Therapeutics
0.5x-1.25%US$116.51m
ETHZ ETHZilla
0.2xn/aUS$101.50m
ZNTL Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
0.5x18.45%US$88.71m
DSGN 2.5xIndustry Avg. 2.7xNo. of Companies73PB0246810+
58 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Book vs Industry: DSGN is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (2.5x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (2.7x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DSGN'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.

DSGN PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio2.5x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate DSGN'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 DSGN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$8.82
US$13.50
+53.06%
8.28%US$15.00US$12.00n/a4
Dec ’26US$8.95
US$10.67
+19.18%
24.61%US$13.00US$7.00n/a3
Nov ’26US$6.70
US$7.33
+9.45%
45.00%US$12.00US$5.00n/a3
Oct ’26US$6.79
US$7.33
+8.00%
45.00%US$12.00US$5.00n/a3
Sep ’26US$5.53
US$7.33
+32.61%
45.00%US$12.00US$5.00n/a3
Aug ’26US$3.82
US$7.33
+91.97%
45.00%US$12.00US$5.00n/a3
Jul ’26US$3.52
US$7.33
+108.33%
45.00%US$12.00US$5.00n/a3
Jun ’26US$3.73
US$7.33
+96.60%
45.00%US$12.00US$5.00n/a3
May ’26US$4.71
US$7.33
+55.70%
45.00%US$12.00US$5.00n/a3
Apr ’26US$3.61
US$7.33
+103.42%
45.00%US$12.00US$5.00n/a3
Mar ’26US$4.86
US$7.00
+44.03%
50.84%US$12.00US$4.00n/a3
Feb ’26US$4.85
US$7.00
+44.33%
50.84%US$12.00US$4.00n/a3
Jan ’26US$6.17
US$7.00
+13.45%
50.84%US$12.00US$4.00US$9.383
Dec ’25US$6.00
US$7.00
+16.67%
50.84%US$12.00US$4.00US$8.953
Nov ’25US$5.20
US$7.00
+34.62%
50.84%US$12.00US$4.00US$6.703
Oct ’25US$5.15
US$7.00
+35.92%
50.84%US$12.00US$4.00US$6.793
Sep ’25US$4.75
US$7.00
+47.37%
50.84%US$12.00US$4.00US$5.533
Aug ’25US$5.05
US$6.67
+32.01%
56.57%US$12.00US$4.00US$3.823
Jul ’25US$3.25
US$6.67
+105.13%
56.57%US$12.00US$4.00US$3.523
Jun ’25US$4.05
US$6.67
+64.61%
56.57%US$12.00US$4.00US$3.733
May ’25US$3.62
US$4.67
+28.91%
20.20%US$6.00US$4.00US$4.713
Apr ’25US$4.02
US$4.75
+18.16%
17.46%US$6.00US$4.00US$3.614
Mar ’25US$2.86
US$4.75
+66.08%
17.46%US$6.00US$4.00US$4.864
Feb ’25US$2.41
US$4.75
+97.10%
17.46%US$6.00US$4.00US$4.854
Jan ’25US$2.65
US$4.75
+79.25%
17.46%US$6.00US$4.00US$6.174
US$13.5
Fair Value
34.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
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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 Analysis2026/01/06 06:40
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/06 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Design Therapeutics, Inc. is covered by 6 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Adam VogelCraig-Hallum Capital Group LLC
Madhu KumarGoldman Sachs
Joseph SchwartzLeerink Partners LLC