Verona Pharma plc

NasdaqGM:VRNA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.4b

Verona Pharma Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

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

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

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As VRNA barely has revenue we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for VRNA. This is calculated by dividing VRNA's market cap by their current book value.
What is VRNA's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio26.4x
BookUS$130.49m
Market CapUS$3.44b

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PB ratio for VRNA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.7x
TERN Terns Pharmaceuticals
1.4x-14.2%US$497.7m
AVIR Atea Pharmaceuticals
0.6x3.2%US$269.4m
PLRX Pliant Therapeutics
2.3x-0.6%US$803.9m
LGND Ligand Pharmaceuticals
2.6x26.9%US$2.2b
VRNA Verona Pharma
26.4x72.8%US$3.4b

Price-To-Book vs Peers: VRNA is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (26.4x) compared to the peer average (1.7x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

How does VRNA's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Pharmaceuticals Industry?

27 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CTXR Citius Pharmaceuticals
0.2x55.3%US$20.09m
RLMD Relmada Therapeutics
0.2x12.5%US$10.95m
TNFA TNF Pharmaceuticals
0.2xn/aUS$3.75m
SHWZ Medicine Man Technologies
0.04xn/aUS$3.21m
VRNA 26.4xIndustry Avg. 1.6xNo. of Companies27PB012345+
27 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Book vs Industry: VRNA is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (26.4x) compared to the US Pharmaceuticals industry average (1.6x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is VRNA'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.

VRNA PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio26.4x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate VRNA'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 VRNA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$42.02
US$47.29
+12.5%
17.5%US$64.00US$36.00n/a7
Dec ’25US$39.63
US$47.29
+19.3%
17.5%US$64.00US$36.00n/a7
Nov ’25US$34.98
US$39.29
+12.3%
13.4%US$50.00US$34.00n/a7
Oct ’25US$28.99
US$36.50
+25.9%
3.8%US$38.00US$34.00n/a6
Sep ’25US$27.48
US$36.50
+32.8%
3.8%US$38.00US$34.00n/a6
Aug ’25US$22.61
US$36.50
+61.4%
3.8%US$38.00US$34.00n/a6
Jul ’25US$15.51
US$35.71
+130.3%
4.9%US$38.00US$33.00n/a7
Jun ’25US$12.07
US$34.29
+184.1%
6.0%US$38.00US$32.00n/a7
May ’25US$15.22
US$34.29
+125.3%
6.0%US$38.00US$32.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$16.05
US$33.14
+106.5%
7.1%US$38.00US$31.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$18.19
US$33.14
+82.2%
7.1%US$38.00US$31.00n/a7
Feb ’25US$18.52
US$33.14
+79.0%
7.1%US$38.00US$31.00n/a7
Jan ’25US$19.88
US$33.14
+66.7%
7.1%US$38.00US$31.00n/a7
Dec ’24US$13.52
US$33.14
+145.1%
7.1%US$38.00US$31.00US$39.637
Nov ’24US$14.28
US$33.14
+132.1%
7.1%US$38.00US$31.00US$34.987
Oct ’24US$16.30
US$33.14
+103.3%
7.1%US$38.00US$31.00US$28.997
Sep ’24US$19.40
US$32.71
+68.6%
8.0%US$38.00US$30.00US$27.487
Aug ’24US$21.45
US$32.43
+51.2%
7.5%US$38.00US$30.00US$22.617
Jul ’24US$21.14
US$32.43
+53.4%
7.5%US$38.00US$30.00US$15.517
Jun ’24US$21.88
US$31.86
+45.6%
9.1%US$38.00US$28.00US$12.077
May ’24US$20.72
US$31.14
+50.3%
6.3%US$35.00US$28.00US$15.227
Apr ’24US$20.08
US$31.14
+55.1%
6.3%US$35.00US$28.00US$16.057
Mar ’24US$21.78
US$29.57
+35.8%
8.3%US$33.00US$26.00US$18.197
Feb ’24US$20.80
US$29.57
+42.2%
8.3%US$33.00US$26.00US$18.527
Jan ’24US$26.13
US$29.57
+13.2%
8.3%US$33.00US$26.00US$19.887
Dec ’23US$13.71
US$25.43
+85.5%
20.0%US$31.00US$17.00US$13.527

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 02:08
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Verona Pharma plc is covered by 17 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Patrick TrucchioBerenberg
Thomas ShraderBTIG
Edward NashCanaccord Genuity