Qiagen Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: QGEN ($45.06) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($62.55)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for QGEN. This is calculated by dividing QGEN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is QGEN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio107.8x
EarningsUS$92.93m
Market CapUS$10.01b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for QGEN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average50x
CRL Charles River Laboratories International
23.1x12.1%US$9.5b
TECH Bio-Techne
77x21.2%US$11.6b
AVTR Avantor
47x36.2%US$14.5b
RVTY Revvity
52.9x19.6%US$13.7b
QGEN Qiagen
107.8x34.4%US$10.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: QGEN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (107.8x) compared to the peer average (50x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
REPC.F RepliCel Life Sciences
0.07xn/aUS$65.00k
No more companies available in this PE range
QGEN 107.8xIndustry Avg. 36.5xNo. of Companies4PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: QGEN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (107.8x) compared to the Global Life Sciences industry average (36.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is QGEN'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.

QGEN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio107.8x
Fair PE Ratio35.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: QGEN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (107.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.7x).


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 QGEN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$45.06
US$51.26
+13.8%
7.0%US$60.00US$45.00n/a17
Dec ’25US$43.43
US$50.59
+16.5%
8.0%US$60.00US$42.50n/a17
Nov ’25US$43.08
US$50.54
+17.3%
7.8%US$60.00US$43.81n/a17
Oct ’25US$44.91
US$50.97
+13.5%
7.8%US$60.00US$43.81n/a17
Sep ’25US$45.71
US$50.97
+11.5%
7.8%US$60.00US$43.81n/a17
Aug ’25US$45.80
US$50.50
+10.3%
8.4%US$60.00US$43.81n/a17
Jul ’25US$40.23
US$50.74
+26.1%
9.0%US$61.86US$43.81n/a17
Jun ’25US$43.26
US$50.62
+17.0%
9.3%US$61.86US$43.81n/a16
May ’25US$42.81
US$50.52
+18.0%
9.5%US$61.86US$42.50n/a16
Apr ’25US$42.49
US$51.43
+21.0%
8.9%US$61.86US$42.50n/a16
Mar ’25US$43.45
US$51.43
+18.4%
8.9%US$61.86US$42.50n/a16
Feb ’25US$44.13
US$51.73
+17.2%
9.3%US$61.86US$43.81n/a16
Jan ’25US$44.77
US$50.67
+13.2%
10.1%US$61.86US$43.30n/a17
Dec ’24US$42.73
US$49.97
+16.9%
10.6%US$61.86US$43.30US$43.4316
Nov ’24US$39.04
US$50.76
+30.0%
11.8%US$61.86US$43.30US$43.0815
Oct ’24US$41.75
US$53.92
+29.1%
8.8%US$61.86US$43.81US$44.9115
Sep ’24US$45.99
US$54.53
+18.6%
10.2%US$65.98US$43.81US$45.7114
Aug ’24US$48.27
US$55.34
+14.6%
10.4%US$65.98US$43.81US$45.8014
Jul ’24US$46.42
US$55.41
+19.4%
10.4%US$65.98US$43.81US$40.2314
Jun ’24US$47.20
US$55.87
+18.4%
10.3%US$65.98US$43.81US$43.2613
May ’24US$46.14
US$57.54
+24.7%
8.1%US$63.92US$48.45US$42.8111
Apr ’24US$47.35
US$56.40
+19.1%
10.4%US$63.92US$43.81US$42.4912
Mar ’24US$46.69
US$56.31
+20.6%
10.2%US$63.92US$43.81US$43.4512
Feb ’24US$50.97
US$55.20
+8.3%
9.7%US$63.92US$43.81US$44.1312
Jan ’24US$51.41
US$54.50
+6.0%
9.2%US$63.92US$43.81US$44.7711
Dec ’23US$52.02
US$54.50
+4.8%
9.2%US$63.92US$43.81US$42.7311

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 Analysis2024/12/26 09:10
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 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
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  • 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

Qiagen N.V. is covered by 63 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Daniel OwczarskiAvondale Partners
Catherine Ramsey SchulteBaird
Carla BänzigerBank Vontobel AG