Vaxcyte Valuation

Is PCVX 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-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.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$1.40k
Fair Value
94.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
9
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: PCVX ($81.08) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($1404.59)

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


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 Ratio3x
BookUS$3.42b
Market CapUS$10.10b

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 Average4.5x
NEUP Neuphoria Therapeutics
0.3xn/aUS$5.2m
EXAS Exact Sciences
3.3x58.4%US$10.5b
EXEL Exelixis
4.5x17.7%US$9.9b
SRPT Sarepta Therapeutics
9.8x31.9%US$12.1b
PCVX Vaxcyte
3x17.3%US$10.1b

Price-To-Book vs Peers: PCVX is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (3x) compared to the peer average (4.5x).


Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

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

64 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GRAL GRAIL
0.2x35.7%US$593.39m
SLRN Acelyrin
0.4x16.8%US$214.70m
LYEL Lyell Immunopharma
0.3x-13.7%US$190.40m
NKTX Nkarta
0.4x-8.3%US$168.66m
PCVX 3.0xIndustry Avg. 1.8xNo. of Companies79PB01.63.24.86.48+
64 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Book vs Industry: PCVX is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (3x) 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 Ratio3x
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$81.08
US$149.89
+84.9%
7.0%US$163.00US$135.00n/a9
Jan ’26US$81.86
US$149.89
+83.1%
7.0%US$163.00US$135.00n/a9
Dec ’25US$94.34
US$151.75
+60.9%
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$58.00US$81.867
Dec ’24US$53.81
US$65.50
+21.7%
7.9%US$72.00US$58.00US$94.346
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
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 9 Analysts
US$149.89
Fair Value
45.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
9
Number of Analysts

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/10 14:19
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/10 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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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

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Analyst Sources

Vaxcyte, Inc. is covered by 13 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jason Matthew GerberryBofA Global Research
Thomas ShraderBTIG
Louise ChenCantor Fitzgerald & Co.