Vaxcyte Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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 PCVX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As PCVX 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 PCVX. This is calculated by dividing PCVX's market cap by their current book value.
What is PCVX's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio3.2x
BookUS$3.42b
Market CapUS$10.71b

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PB ratio for PCVX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average11.1x
NBIX Neurocrine Biosciences
4.7x29.6%US$12.5b
BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical
2.2x27.3%US$11.9b
KRTX Karuna Therapeutics
10x60.1%US$12.6b
INSM Insmed
27.3x55.3%US$13.0b
PCVX Vaxcyte
3.2x-4.5%US$10.7b

Price-To-Book vs Peers: PCVX is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (3.2x) compared to the peer average (11.1x).


Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

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

62 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GRAL GRAIL
0.2x35.7%US$507.04m
AMRN Amarin
0.4x-7.7%US$201.84m
NKTX Nkarta
0.4x-11.5%US$176.42m
ACET Adicet Bio
0.4x6.7%US$84.87m
PCVX 3.2xIndustry Avg. 1.8xNo. of Companies83PB01.63.24.86.48+
62 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Book vs Industry: PCVX is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (3.2x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (1.8x).


Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PCVX'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.

PCVX PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio3.2x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate PCVX'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 PCVX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$88.39
US$151.75
+71.7%
6.4%US$163.00US$135.00n/a8
Nov ’25US$107.29
US$149.29
+39.1%
8.1%US$163.00US$129.00n/a7
Oct ’25US$115.54
US$149.29
+29.2%
8.1%US$163.00US$129.00n/a7
Sep ’25US$80.76
US$103.14
+27.7%
5.6%US$113.00US$95.00n/a7
Aug ’25US$78.59
US$103.14
+31.2%
5.6%US$113.00US$95.00n/a7
Jul ’25US$76.94
US$103.14
+34.1%
5.6%US$113.00US$95.00n/a7
Jun ’25US$70.27
US$103.14
+46.8%
5.6%US$113.00US$95.00n/a7
May ’25US$63.71
US$103.29
+62.1%
5.5%US$113.00US$95.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$66.73
US$103.29
+54.8%
5.5%US$113.00US$95.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$71.71
US$97.00
+35.3%
12.5%US$108.00US$69.00n/a7
Feb ’25US$75.53
US$72.14
-4.5%
9.6%US$80.00US$59.00n/a7
Jan ’25US$62.80
US$66.00
+5.1%
7.5%US$72.00US$58.00n/a7
Dec ’24US$53.81
US$65.50
+21.7%
7.9%US$72.00US$58.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$47.99
US$66.14
+37.8%
7.6%US$72.00US$58.00US$107.297
Oct ’24US$50.98
US$66.14
+29.7%
7.6%US$72.00US$58.00US$115.547
Sep ’24US$53.10
US$66.14
+24.6%
7.6%US$72.00US$58.00US$80.767
Aug ’24US$49.31
US$66.29
+34.4%
7.8%US$72.00US$58.00US$78.597
Jul ’24US$49.94
US$66.29
+32.7%
7.8%US$72.00US$58.00US$76.947
Jun ’24US$50.30
US$66.29
+31.8%
7.8%US$72.00US$58.00US$70.277
May ’24US$48.26
US$64.14
+32.9%
10.3%US$72.00US$56.00US$63.717
Apr ’24US$37.48
US$62.43
+66.6%
8.8%US$70.00US$56.00US$66.737
Mar ’24US$41.67
US$62.43
+49.8%
8.8%US$70.00US$56.00US$71.717
Feb ’24US$44.44
US$63.29
+42.4%
8.0%US$70.00US$56.00US$75.537
Jan ’24US$47.95
US$62.43
+30.2%
10.0%US$70.00US$52.00US$62.807
Dec ’23US$45.50
US$62.20
+36.7%
11.4%US$70.00US$52.00US$53.815
Nov ’23US$45.00
US$56.00
+24.4%
11.8%US$67.00US$50.00US$47.994

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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