Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.

NasdaqGS:MRSN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$252.0m

Mersana Therapeutics Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: MRSN ($2.04) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($16.74)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for MRSN. This is calculated by dividing MRSN's market cap by their current revenue.
What is MRSN's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio7.2x
SalesUS$34.84m
Market CapUS$252.01m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for MRSN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.9x
VYGR Voyager Therapeutics
1.9x-11.7%US$308.9m
PRQR ProQR Therapeutics
19.5x33.3%US$373.6m
FHTX Foghorn Therapeutics
17.1x32.1%US$435.9m
STRO Sutro Biopharma
1.3x27.4%US$207.0m
MRSN Mersana Therapeutics
7.2x33.4%US$252.0m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: MRSN is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (7.2x) compared to the peer average (9.9x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does MRSN's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Biotechs Industry?

129 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GILD Gilead Sciences
4x2.4%US$112.40b
BIIB Biogen
2.4x1.3%US$23.01b
MRNA Moderna
3.1x6.8%US$15.82b
INCY Incyte
3.4x8.9%US$13.82b
MRSN 7.2xIndustry Avg. 9.6xNo. of Companies129PS01632486480+
129 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: MRSN is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (7.2x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (9.6x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MRSN'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.

MRSN PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio7.2x
Fair PS Ratio2.4x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: MRSN is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (7.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.4x).


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 MRSN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$2.04
US$6.50
+218.6%
26.6%US$9.00US$3.00n/a8
Nov ’25US$1.82
US$6.50
+257.1%
26.6%US$9.00US$3.00n/a8
Oct ’25US$1.83
US$6.50
+255.2%
26.6%US$9.00US$3.00n/a8
Sep ’25US$1.58
US$6.33
+300.8%
26.8%US$9.00US$3.00n/a9
Aug ’25US$1.80
US$6.56
+264.2%
21.7%US$9.00US$4.00n/a9
Jul ’25US$1.97
US$6.38
+223.6%
22.1%US$9.00US$4.00n/a8
Jun ’25US$2.33
US$6.38
+173.6%
22.1%US$9.00US$4.00n/a8
May ’25US$3.37
US$6.50
+92.9%
18.8%US$9.00US$5.00n/a8
Apr ’25US$4.42
US$6.38
+44.2%
20.7%US$9.00US$5.00n/a8
Mar ’25US$5.94
US$6.57
+10.6%
19.7%US$9.00US$5.00n/a7
Feb ’25US$3.38
US$3.00
-11.2%
52.7%US$5.00US$1.00n/a4
Jan ’25US$2.32
US$3.00
+29.3%
52.7%US$5.00US$1.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$1.90
US$2.00
+5.3%
61.2%US$4.00US$1.00n/a4
Nov ’24US$1.21
US$2.60
+115.8%
62.5%US$5.00US$1.00US$1.825
Oct ’24US$1.27
US$2.60
+104.7%
62.5%US$5.00US$1.00US$1.835
Sep ’24US$1.20
US$2.60
+116.7%
62.5%US$5.00US$1.00US$1.585
Aug ’24US$1.17
US$2.60
+122.2%
62.5%US$5.00US$1.00US$1.805
Jul ’24US$3.29
US$10.50
+219.1%
29.7%US$15.00US$5.00US$1.978
Jun ’24US$7.57
US$15.14
+100.0%
18.5%US$20.00US$11.00US$2.337
May ’24US$4.71
US$14.29
+203.3%
22.7%US$20.00US$10.00US$3.377
Apr ’24US$4.11
US$14.29
+247.6%
22.7%US$20.00US$10.00US$4.427
Mar ’24US$5.81
US$15.00
+158.2%
19.6%US$20.00US$12.00US$5.946
Feb ’24US$6.72
US$16.83
+150.5%
29.6%US$26.00US$12.00US$3.386
Jan ’24US$5.86
US$17.80
+203.8%
27.6%US$26.00US$12.00US$2.325
Dec ’23US$6.77
US$17.80
+162.9%
27.6%US$26.00US$12.00US$1.905
Nov ’23US$7.76
US$19.25
+148.1%
23.0%US$26.00US$14.00US$1.214

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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