Syneos Health Valuation

Is SYNH 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-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: SYNH ($42.98) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($57.57)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As SYNH is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SYNH. This is calculated by dividing SYNH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SYNH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio62.6x
EarningsUS$71.22m
Market CapUS$4.46b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SYNH's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SYNH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average35.6x
SHC Sotera Health
54.7x44.9%US$3.9b
STVN Stevanato Group
40.8x21.2%US$5.0b
BRKR Bruker
24x32.3%US$7.3b
CRL Charles River Laboratories International
23x11.7%US$9.5b
SYNH Syneos Health
62.6x33.7%US$4.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SYNH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (62.6x) compared to the peer average (29x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SYNH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Life Sciences Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
REPC.F RepliCel Life Sciences
0.1xn/aUS$65.00k
No more companies available in this PE range
SYNH 62.6xIndustry Avg. 33.2xNo. of Companies4PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SYNH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (62.6x) compared to the US Life Sciences industry average (35.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SYNH's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SYNH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio62.6x
Fair PE Ratio29.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SYNH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (62.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.8x).


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 SYNH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Nov ’25n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Oct ’25n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Sep ’25n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Aug ’25n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Jul ’25n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Jun ’25n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
May ’25n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Apr ’25n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Mar ’25n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Feb ’25n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Jan ’25n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Dec ’24n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Nov ’24n/a
US$42.63
0%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Oct ’24US$42.98
US$42.63
-0.8%
2.3%US$43.00US$40.00n/a8
Sep ’24US$42.72
US$42.67
-0.1%
2.2%US$43.00US$40.00n/a9
Aug ’24US$42.36
US$42.70
+0.8%
2.1%US$43.00US$40.00n/a10
Jul ’24US$42.14
US$42.70
+1.3%
2.1%US$43.00US$40.00n/a10
Jun ’24US$41.55
US$42.70
+2.8%
2.1%US$43.00US$40.00n/a10
May ’24US$39.38
US$41.30
+4.9%
18.1%US$55.00US$28.00n/a10
Apr ’24US$35.62
US$42.00
+17.9%
17.8%US$55.00US$28.00n/a10
Mar ’24US$40.06
US$42.30
+5.6%
18.3%US$55.00US$28.00n/a10
Feb ’24US$37.76
US$41.23
+9.2%
37.7%US$82.00US$25.00n/a11
Jan ’24US$36.68
US$41.05
+11.9%
37.9%US$82.00US$27.00n/a11
Dec ’23US$35.96
US$43.59
+21.2%
39.2%US$82.00US$27.00n/a11
Nov ’23US$50.67
US$66.82
+31.9%
14.6%US$82.00US$53.00n/a11

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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