Minerva Neurosciences, Inc.

NasdaqCM:NERV Stock Report

Market Cap: US$181.3m

Minerva Neurosciences Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

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

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: Insufficient data to calculate NERV's future cash flow value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: Insufficient data to calculate NERV's future cash flow value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As NERV 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 NERV. This is calculated by dividing NERV's market cap by their current book value.
What is NERV's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio-4.9x
Book-US$34.58m
Market CapUS$181.32m

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PB ratio for NERV vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average5.6x
CRDF Cardiff Oncology
4.1x-16.62%US$194.7m
SABS SAB Biotherapeutics
1.2x-13.76%US$191.9m
CATX Perspective Therapeutics
0.8x21.40%US$189.6m
OPGN OpGen
16.5xn/aUS$182.7m
NERV Minerva Neurosciences
n/a39.22%US$181.3m

Price-To-Book vs Peers: NERV has negative equity and a Price-To-Book Ratio (-4.9x) compared to the peer average (5.6x).

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 NERV's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Biotechs Industry?

74 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SLRN Acelyrin
0.6x18.20%US$229.16m
NKTX Nkarta
0.5x-2.70%US$156.26m
JNCE Jounce Therapeutics
0.5xn/aUS$98.96m
ETHZ ETHZilla
0.2xn/aUS$96.20m
NERV is unprofitableIndustry Avg. 2.7xNo. of Companies75PB02.44.87.29.612+
74 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Book vs Industry: NERV has negative equity and a Price-To-Book Ratio (-4.9x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (2.7x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NERV'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.

NERV PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio-4.9x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate NERV'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 NERV forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$3.90
US$4.50
+15.38%
11.11%US$5.00US$4.00n/a2
Jan ’27US$4.02
US$4.50
+11.94%
11.11%US$5.00US$4.00n/a2
Dec ’26US$3.80
US$4.50
+18.42%
11.11%US$5.00US$4.00n/a2
US$4.5
Fair Value
13.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
2
Number of Analysts

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/22 13:21
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/22 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

Minerva Neurosciences, Inc. is covered by 6 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Brian SkorneyBaird
Jason ButlerCitizens JMP Securities, LLC
Douglas TsaoH.C. Wainwright & Co.