Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.

NasdaqGS:PLRX Stock Report

Market Cap: US$876.5m

Pliant Therapeutics Valuation

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

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

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

PLRX key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue249.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA-2.2x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PB ratio for PLRX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average3.8x
FULC Fulcrum Therapeutics
2.5x26.8%US$585.9m
VRNA Verona Pharma
5.4x58.3%US$1.3b
AVIR Atea Pharmaceuticals
0.6x14.0%US$336.7m
TARS Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
6.6x55.5%US$1.3b
PLRX Pliant Therapeutics
1.9x-0.5%US$876.5m

Price-To-Book vs Peers: PLRX is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (1.9x) compared to the peer average (3.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PLRX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Pharmaceuticals Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a21.5%
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No. of CompaniesPB048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a21.5%
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Price-To-Book vs Industry: PLRX is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (1.9x) compared to the US Pharmaceuticals industry average (1.7x).


Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PLRX'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.

PLRX PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio1.9x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate PLRX'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 PLRX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$14.55
US$43.00
+195.5%
13.6%US$54.00US$33.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$16.54
US$42.67
+158.0%
12.4%US$50.00US$33.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$18.42
US$45.92
+149.3%
11.4%US$53.00US$34.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$18.11
US$45.92
+153.5%
11.4%US$53.00US$34.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$14.15
US$46.36
+227.7%
11.3%US$53.00US$34.00n/a11
Nov ’24US$14.84
US$48.67
+227.9%
13.9%US$63.00US$35.00n/a12
Oct ’24US$17.34
US$48.31
+178.6%
13.7%US$63.00US$35.00n/a13
Sep ’24US$16.80
US$48.08
+186.2%
13.7%US$63.00US$35.00n/a13
Aug ’24US$17.51
US$48.62
+177.6%
12.4%US$63.00US$40.00n/a13
Jul ’24US$18.12
US$48.62
+168.3%
12.4%US$63.00US$40.00n/a13
Jun ’24US$21.75
US$48.62
+123.5%
12.4%US$63.00US$40.00n/a13
May ’24US$22.31
US$48.92
+119.3%
13.2%US$63.00US$40.00n/a12
Apr ’24US$26.60
US$48.27
+81.5%
10.3%US$58.00US$40.00n/a11
Mar ’24US$31.43
US$49.09
+56.2%
11.6%US$60.00US$40.00US$16.5411
Feb ’24US$34.45
US$49.09
+42.5%
11.6%US$60.00US$40.00US$18.4211
Jan ’24US$19.33
US$41.91
+116.8%
15.7%US$53.00US$33.00US$18.1111
Dec ’23US$17.78
US$42.89
+141.2%
15.3%US$53.00US$33.00US$14.159
Nov ’23US$25.16
US$43.11
+71.3%
15.9%US$53.00US$33.00US$14.849
Oct ’23US$20.89
US$43.11
+106.4%
15.9%US$53.00US$33.00US$17.349
Sep ’23US$20.30
US$43.11
+112.4%
15.9%US$53.00US$33.00US$16.809
Aug ’23US$16.50
US$42.88
+159.8%
14.9%US$54.00US$33.00US$17.518
Jul ’23US$7.67
US$38.00
+395.4%
21.2%US$51.00US$27.00US$18.127
Jun ’23US$5.66
US$38.00
+571.4%
21.2%US$51.00US$27.00US$21.757
May ’23US$5.86
US$46.17
+687.8%
18.8%US$63.00US$38.00US$22.316
Apr ’23US$7.00
US$46.17
+559.5%
18.8%US$63.00US$38.00US$26.606
Mar ’23US$10.01
US$46.17
+361.2%
18.8%US$63.00US$38.00US$31.436

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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