Illumina Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: ILMN ($131.68) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($150.56)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ILMN 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 ILMN?

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for ILMN. This is calculated by dividing ILMN's market cap by their current revenue.
What is ILMN's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio4.8x
SalesUS$4.39b
Market CapUS$21.41b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for ILMN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average5.9x
WAT Waters
7.3x5.5%US$20.5b
WST West Pharmaceutical Services
7.8x6.9%US$22.0b
MTD Mettler-Toledo International
6.5x4.3%US$24.5b
AVTR Avantor
2x3.1%US$13.4b
ILMN Illumina
4.8x4.8%US$21.4b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ILMN is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (4.8x) compared to the peer average (5.9x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

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

10 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FTRE Fortrea Holdings
0.6x2.4%US$1.68b
ATLN Atlantic International
0.6xn/aUS$253.24m
NOTV Inotiv
0.2x7.5%US$72.55m
SNCE Science 37 Holdings
0.6x17.5%US$34.67m
ILMN 4.8xIndustry Avg. 3.2xNo. of Companies11PS02.85.68.411.214+
10 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ILMN is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (4.8x) compared to the US Life Sciences industry average (3.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ILMN'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.

ILMN PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio4.8x
Fair PS Ratio5.8x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ILMN is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (4.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (5.8x).


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 ILMN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$131.68
US$164.60
+25.0%
16.1%US$254.00US$120.00n/a25
Nov ’25US$149.76
US$157.04
+4.9%
19.0%US$252.00US$105.00n/a24
Oct ’25US$128.98
US$149.23
+15.7%
20.2%US$252.00US$105.00n/a23
Sep ’25US$131.40
US$148.36
+12.9%
19.3%US$242.00US$105.00n/a23
Aug ’25US$122.35
US$147.25
+20.4%
22.3%US$242.00US$100.00n/a22
Jul ’25US$105.50
US$147.29
+39.6%
22.3%US$242.00US$100.00n/a22
Jun ’25US$104.28
US$155.51
+49.1%
23.8%US$253.00US$100.00n/a22
May ’25US$124.68
US$157.12
+26.0%
23.0%US$253.00US$100.00n/a23
Apr ’25US$132.72
US$160.01
+20.6%
23.4%US$258.00US$85.00n/a22
Mar ’25US$140.50
US$159.73
+13.7%
23.4%US$258.00US$85.00n/a22
Feb ’25US$145.74
US$154.29
+5.9%
29.8%US$258.00US$80.00n/a24
Jan ’25US$139.24
US$149.09
+7.1%
32.4%US$258.00US$50.00n/a24
Dec ’24US$109.79
US$153.35
+39.7%
38.1%US$260.00US$50.00n/a21
Nov ’24US$106.66
US$196.68
+84.4%
24.0%US$318.00US$100.00US$149.7621
Oct ’24US$137.28
US$212.40
+54.7%
25.4%US$318.00US$100.00US$128.9821
Sep ’24US$168.46
US$223.06
+32.4%
19.2%US$318.00US$150.00US$131.4021
Aug ’24US$189.29
US$240.71
+27.2%
17.7%US$328.00US$150.00US$122.3520
Jul ’24US$187.49
US$244.92
+30.6%
17.5%US$336.00US$150.00US$105.5019
Jun ’24US$199.09
US$244.34
+22.7%
17.7%US$336.00US$150.00US$104.2819
May ’24US$202.31
US$244.76
+21.0%
17.5%US$334.00US$150.00US$124.6819
Apr ’24US$232.55
US$242.13
+4.1%
16.2%US$300.00US$150.00US$132.7220
Mar ’24US$198.54
US$243.78
+22.8%
16.8%US$303.00US$150.00US$140.5020
Feb ’24US$216.52
US$249.08
+15.0%
16.2%US$300.00US$160.00US$145.7420
Jan ’24US$202.20
US$256.19
+26.7%
19.4%US$350.00US$160.00US$139.2418
Dec ’23US$220.86
US$258.00
+16.8%
19.3%US$350.00US$160.00US$109.7916
Nov ’23US$219.13
US$260.00
+18.7%
18.9%US$340.00US$175.00US$106.6616

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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