Carvana Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: CVNA ($87.09) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($132.28)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CVNA 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/Revenue1.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA52.1x
PEG Ratio-2.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CVNA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.9x
PAG Penske Automotive Group
10.5x1.3%US$10.2b
KMX CarMax
22.1x14.8%US$10.7b
MUSA Murphy USA
15.4x2.4%US$8.6b
LAD Lithia Motors
7.5x11.2%US$7.0b
CVNA Carvana
22.6x-9.6%US$16.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CVNA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.6x) compared to the peer average (13.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CVNA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Specialty Retail Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a11.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CVNA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.6x) compared to the US Specialty Retail industry average (14.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CVNA'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.

CVNA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio22.6x
Fair PE Ratio18.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CVNA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x).


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 CVNA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$87.09
US$65.41
-24.9%
22.3%US$90.00US$26.00n/a18
Apr ’25US$86.79
US$62.86
-27.6%
23.6%US$90.00US$26.00n/a18
Mar ’25US$82.96
US$55.53
-33.1%
23.7%US$80.00US$26.00n/a17
Feb ’25US$42.53
US$38.61
-9.2%
31.7%US$62.00US$15.00n/a18
Jan ’25US$52.94
US$36.71
-30.7%
30.5%US$62.00US$15.00n/a17
Dec ’24US$35.20
US$34.76
-1.2%
28.7%US$60.00US$15.00n/a17
Nov ’24US$25.99
US$40.88
+57.3%
32.9%US$60.00US$5.00n/a17
Oct ’24US$41.98
US$43.00
+2.4%
34.0%US$63.00US$5.00n/a17
Sep ’24US$50.85
US$42.29
-16.8%
34.4%US$63.00US$5.00n/a17
Aug ’24US$49.11
US$40.71
-17.1%
38.3%US$63.00US$5.00n/a17
Jul ’24US$25.92
US$15.69
-39.5%
55.1%US$36.00US$1.00n/a16
Jun ’24US$15.80
US$11.58
-26.7%
61.2%US$36.00US$1.00n/a19
May ’24US$6.93
US$9.53
+37.5%
44.0%US$20.00US$1.00US$87.0917
Apr ’24US$9.79
US$9.56
-2.3%
45.1%US$20.00US$1.00US$86.7916
Mar ’24US$8.91
US$9.28
+4.1%
47.1%US$20.00US$1.00US$82.9618
Feb ’24US$13.56
US$10.69
-21.1%
90.9%US$45.00US$1.00US$42.5318
Jan ’24US$4.74
US$14.39
+203.7%
78.5%US$45.00US$1.00US$52.9419
Dec ’23US$8.13
US$18.95
+133.1%
64.7%US$50.00US$5.00US$35.2019
Nov ’23US$15.28
US$44.21
+189.4%
53.4%US$100.00US$7.50US$25.9921
Oct ’23US$20.30
US$57.38
+182.7%
48.0%US$142.00US$15.00US$41.9821
Sep ’23US$32.78
US$57.73
+76.1%
49.0%US$142.00US$15.00US$50.8522
Aug ’23US$30.17
US$63.27
+109.7%
70.7%US$220.00US$15.00US$49.1122
Jul ’23US$21.87
US$75.91
+247.1%
66.0%US$220.00US$15.00US$25.9222
Jun ’23US$26.49
US$102.09
+285.4%
90.4%US$470.00US$35.00US$15.8022
May ’23US$57.96
US$162.82
+180.9%
57.0%US$470.00US$75.00US$6.9322

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


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