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 ($44.48) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($66.03)

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?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

QGEN 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/Revenue5.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA28.7x
PEG Ratio3.7x

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 Average47.4x
CRL Charles River Laboratories International
22.5x12.7%US$9.7b
BRKR Bruker
27.5x20.8%US$9.7b
TECH Bio-Techne
67.5x18.3%US$11.3b
RVTY Revvity
72.1x25.8%US$14.2b
QGEN Qiagen
136x37.1%US$9.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: QGEN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (136x) compared to the peer average (47.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a17.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: QGEN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (136x) compared to the Global Life Sciences industry average (33.7x).


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 Ratio136x
Fair PE Ratio39.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: QGEN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (136x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (39.5x).


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$44.48
US$50.97
+14.6%
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$51.25
+20.6%
9.3%US$61.86US$42.50n/a16
Mar ’25US$43.45
US$51.34
+18.2%
9.1%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$43.30n/a16
Nov ’24US$39.04
US$50.76
+30.0%
11.8%US$61.86US$43.30n/a15
Oct ’24US$41.75
US$53.92
+29.1%
8.8%US$61.86US$43.81n/a15
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
Nov ’23US$45.41
US$56.00
+23.3%
10.7%US$63.92US$43.81US$39.0411
Oct ’23US$42.56
US$58.72
+38.0%
12.8%US$74.23US$43.81US$41.7511
Sep ’23US$46.61
US$58.72
+26.0%
12.8%US$74.23US$43.81US$45.9911

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


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