Veracyte Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: VCYT ($20.63) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($35.07)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

VCYT 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/Revenue3.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA95.8x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does VCYT's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for VCYT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average11.9x
ZLAB Zai Lab
7.1x33.5%US$1.6b
DCPH Deciphera Pharmaceuticals
12.8x21.8%US$2.1b
IMTX Immatics
18.8x18.1%US$1.1b
TWST Twist Bioscience
9.1x18.1%US$2.4b
VCYT Veracyte
4.2x9.9%US$1.5b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: VCYT is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (4.2x) compared to the peer average (11.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does VCYT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Biotechs Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a24.4%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: VCYT is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (4.2x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (12.8x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

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

VCYT PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio4.2x
Fair PS Ratio4.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: VCYT is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (4.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (4.3x).


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 VCYT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$20.63
US$29.83
+44.6%
17.5%US$37.00US$21.00n/a6
May ’25US$20.13
US$30.83
+53.2%
16.7%US$37.00US$21.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$21.64
US$31.67
+46.3%
16.1%US$37.00US$21.00n/a6
Mar ’25US$24.00
US$31.67
+31.9%
16.1%US$37.00US$21.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$25.36
US$32.50
+28.2%
16.2%US$37.00US$22.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$27.51
US$32.17
+16.9%
15.6%US$37.00US$22.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$26.54
US$32.17
+21.2%
15.6%US$37.00US$22.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$21.06
US$32.67
+55.1%
14.0%US$37.00US$23.00n/a6
Oct ’24US$22.33
US$33.50
+50.0%
14.4%US$37.00US$23.00n/a6
Sep ’24US$26.70
US$33.50
+25.5%
14.4%US$37.00US$23.00n/a6
Aug ’24US$27.04
US$32.83
+21.4%
15.1%US$37.00US$22.00n/a6
Jul ’24US$25.47
US$31.67
+24.3%
14.7%US$35.00US$22.00n/a6
Jun ’24US$26.19
US$31.67
+20.9%
14.7%US$35.00US$22.00n/a6
May ’24US$22.84
US$31.67
+38.6%
14.7%US$35.00US$22.00US$20.136
Apr ’24US$22.30
US$31.67
+42.0%
14.7%US$35.00US$22.00US$21.646
Mar ’24US$23.70
US$31.67
+33.6%
14.7%US$35.00US$22.00US$24.006
Feb ’24US$25.96
US$31.17
+20.1%
14.0%US$35.00US$22.00US$25.366
Jan ’24US$23.73
US$30.50
+28.5%
15.0%US$35.00US$22.00US$27.516
Dec ’23US$28.83
US$30.17
+4.6%
15.0%US$35.00US$22.00US$26.546
Nov ’23US$20.65
US$29.50
+42.9%
10.1%US$32.00US$23.00US$21.066
Oct ’23US$16.60
US$30.33
+82.7%
12.0%US$35.00US$23.00US$22.336
Sep ’23US$19.81
US$30.33
+53.1%
12.0%US$35.00US$23.00US$26.706
Aug ’23US$25.82
US$29.83
+15.5%
14.7%US$35.00US$23.00US$27.046
Jul ’23US$21.10
US$30.67
+45.3%
18.2%US$40.00US$23.00US$25.476
Jun ’23US$17.34
US$30.67
+76.9%
18.2%US$40.00US$23.00US$26.196
May ’23US$20.47
US$38.43
+87.7%
27.2%US$60.00US$25.00US$22.847

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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