InterDigital Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: IDCC ($182.29) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($254.11)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IDCC. This is calculated by dividing IDCC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IDCC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio17.5x
EarningsUS$264.59m
Market CapUS$4.64b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for IDCC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average46x
BL BlackLine
28.8x-26.2%US$3.6b
BOX Box
41.1x6.2%US$4.7b
AGYS Agilysys
36.4x-71.3%US$3.4b
BLKB Blackbaud
77.7x25.3%US$4.1b
IDCC InterDigital
17.5x-25.7%US$4.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IDCC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.5x) compared to the peer average (46x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IDCC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

10 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AISP Airship AI Holdings
4.5x-27.8%US$74.21m
GRRR Gorilla Technology Group
2x-67.4%US$45.52m
NISN Nisun International Enterprise Development Group
2.1xn/aUS$35.53m
NXTT Next Technology Holding
0.5xn/aUS$19.19m
IDCC 17.5xIndustry Avg. 41.0xNo. of Companies12PE020406080100+
10 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IDCC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.5x) compared to the US Software industry average (41x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IDCC'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.

IDCC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17.5x
Fair PE Ratio22.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IDCC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.1x).


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 IDCC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$182.29
US$153.00
-16.1%
21.8%US$186.00US$100.00n/a4
Nov ’25US$165.70
US$153.00
-7.7%
21.8%US$186.00US$100.00n/a4
Oct ’25US$142.66
US$136.50
-4.3%
17.6%US$160.00US$100.00n/a4
Sep ’25US$138.56
US$132.25
-4.6%
15.4%US$153.00US$100.00n/a4
Aug ’25US$136.87
US$129.50
-5.4%
13.9%US$146.00US$100.00n/a4
Jul ’25US$116.28
US$115.75
-0.5%
13.6%US$132.00US$100.00n/a4
Jun ’25US$113.87
US$115.75
+1.7%
13.6%US$132.00US$100.00n/a4
May ’25US$97.90
US$119.20
+21.8%
11.3%US$132.00US$100.00n/a5
Apr ’25US$97.35
US$119.20
+22.4%
11.3%US$132.00US$100.00n/a5
Mar ’25US$107.30
US$127.25
+18.6%
10.0%US$140.00US$106.00n/a4
Feb ’25US$104.75
US$117.25
+11.9%
5.9%US$125.00US$106.00n/a4
Jan ’25US$108.54
US$117.25
+8.0%
5.9%US$125.00US$106.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$100.99
US$112.25
+11.1%
6.0%US$119.00US$105.00n/a4
Nov ’24US$76.32
US$110.50
+44.8%
5.1%US$119.00US$105.00US$165.704
Oct ’24US$80.24
US$110.50
+37.7%
5.1%US$119.00US$105.00US$142.664
Sep ’24US$85.94
US$110.50
+28.6%
5.1%US$119.00US$105.00US$138.564
Aug ’24US$92.40
US$109.25
+18.2%
3.5%US$114.00US$105.00US$136.874
Jul ’24US$96.55
US$109.25
+13.2%
3.5%US$114.00US$105.00US$116.284
Jun ’24US$83.49
US$105.25
+26.1%
8.9%US$114.00US$90.00US$113.874
May ’24US$67.60
US$89.00
+31.7%
24.7%US$112.00US$55.00US$97.904
Apr ’24US$72.90
US$89.00
+22.1%
24.7%US$112.00US$55.00US$97.354
Mar ’24US$73.17
US$88.00
+20.3%
24.2%US$112.00US$55.00US$107.304
Feb ’24US$71.06
US$85.50
+20.3%
27.4%US$112.00US$50.00US$104.754
Jan ’24US$49.48
US$83.50
+68.8%
25.6%US$104.00US$50.00US$108.544
Dec ’23US$50.75
US$84.67
+66.8%
29.0%US$104.00US$50.00US$100.993
Nov ’23US$49.36
US$84.67
+71.5%
29.0%US$104.00US$50.00US$76.323

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


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