LENZ Therapeutics, Inc.

NasdaqGS:LENZ Stock Report

Market Cap: US$932.6m

LENZ Therapeutics Valuation

Is LENZ 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

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

Below Fair Value: LENZ ($34.32) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($125.52)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As LENZ 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 LENZ. This is calculated by dividing LENZ's market cap by their current book value.
What is LENZ's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio4.4x
BookUS$215.28m
Market CapUS$932.56m

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PB ratio for LENZ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average5.6x
SNDX Syndax Pharmaceuticals
3.6x24.4%US$1.4b
ALT Altimmune
4.5x18.7%US$572.6m
MREO Mereo BioPharma Group
7.9x-0.1%US$554.5m
SPRY ARS Pharmaceuticals
6.5x69.8%US$1.3b
LENZ LENZ Therapeutics
4.4x41.0%US$932.6m

Price-To-Book vs Peers: LENZ is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (4.4x) compared to the peer average (5.6x).


Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

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

61 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GRAL GRAIL
0.2x35.7%US$507.04m
NKTX Nkarta
0.4x-11.5%US$176.42m
IMAB I-Mab
0.4x1.8%US$79.81m
ACET Adicet Bio
0.4x6.7%US$79.69m
LENZ 4.4xIndustry Avg. 1.8xNo. of Companies84PB01.63.24.86.48+
61 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Book vs Industry: LENZ is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (4.4x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (1.8x).


Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LENZ'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.

LENZ PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio4.4x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate LENZ'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 LENZ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$34.32
US$39.29
+14.5%
8.6%US$45.00US$36.00n/a7
Nov ’25US$27.93
US$35.57
+27.4%
11.1%US$43.00US$31.00n/a7
Oct ’25US$22.80
US$35.57
+56.0%
11.1%US$43.00US$31.00n/a7
Sep ’25US$23.39
US$35.33
+51.1%
12.0%US$43.00US$31.00n/a6
Aug ’25US$24.61
US$35.60
+44.7%
14.1%US$45.00US$31.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$17.69
US$35.60
+101.2%
14.1%US$45.00US$31.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$15.29
US$35.60
+132.8%
14.1%US$45.00US$31.00n/a5
May ’25US$15.81
US$36.75
+132.4%
13.5%US$45.00US$32.00n/a4

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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