FARO Technologies, Inc.

NasdaqGS:FARO Stock Report

Market Cap: US$493.2m

FARO Technologies Valuation

Is FARO 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-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of FARO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: FARO ($26.07) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($79.76)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As FARO is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for FARO. This is calculated by dividing FARO's market cap by their current revenue.
What is FARO's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.4x
SalesUS$347.73m
Market CapUS$493.17m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does FARO's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for FARO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average2.1x
LASR nLIGHT
2.4x9.6%US$488.7m
VPG Vishay Precision Group
0.9x1.4%US$306.5m
DAKT Daktronics
1x2.8%US$784.7m
AIOT PowerFleet
3.9x29.7%US$862.5m
FARO FARO Technologies
1.4x2.1%US$493.2m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: FARO is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x) compared to the peer average (2.1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does FARO's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electronic Industry?

36 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SNX TD SYNNEX
0.2x5.2%US$9.95b
ARW Arrow Electronics
0.2x2.8%US$6.03b
INGM Ingram Micro Holding
0.1x3.6%US$4.67b
AVT Avnet
0.2x3.7%US$4.61b
FARO 1.4xIndustry Avg. 2.2xNo. of Companies36PS0246810+
36 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: FARO is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x) compared to the US Electronic industry average (2.2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FARO's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

FARO PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.4x
Fair PS Ratio1.7x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: FARO is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.7x).

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 FARO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$26.07
US$29.50
+13.2%
11.9%US$33.00US$26.00n/a2
Dec ’25US$26.25
US$28.00
+6.7%
7.1%US$30.00US$26.00n/a2
Nov ’25US$17.69
US$24.50
+38.5%
2.0%US$25.00US$24.00n/a2
Oct ’25US$18.16
US$24.50
+34.9%
2.0%US$25.00US$24.00n/a2
Sep ’25US$18.00
US$24.50
+36.1%
2.0%US$25.00US$24.00n/a2
Aug ’25US$15.96
US$28.00
+75.4%
3.6%US$29.00US$27.00n/a2
Jul ’25US$15.90
US$28.00
+76.1%
3.6%US$29.00US$27.00n/a2
Jun ’25US$18.73
US$28.00
+49.5%
3.6%US$29.00US$27.00n/a2
May ’25US$18.89
US$28.00
+48.2%
3.6%US$29.00US$27.00n/a2
Apr ’25US$21.35
US$28.00
+31.1%
3.6%US$29.00US$27.00n/a2
Mar ’25US$22.01
US$28.00
+27.2%
3.6%US$29.00US$27.00n/a2
Feb ’25US$23.17
US$28.00
+20.8%
3.6%US$29.00US$27.00n/a2
Jan ’25US$22.53
US$25.50
+13.2%
13.7%US$29.00US$22.00n/a2
Dec ’24US$19.00
US$33.00
+73.7%
33.3%US$48.00US$22.00US$26.253
Nov ’24US$12.61
US$31.33
+148.5%
38.4%US$48.00US$20.00US$17.693
Oct ’24US$15.23
US$28.75
+88.8%
39.5%US$48.00US$20.00US$18.164
Sep ’24US$15.57
US$28.75
+84.6%
39.5%US$48.00US$20.00US$18.004
Aug ’24US$16.55
US$28.25
+70.7%
44.5%US$50.00US$20.00US$15.964
Jul ’24US$16.20
US$28.25
+74.4%
44.5%US$50.00US$20.00US$15.904
Jun ’24US$15.28
US$28.25
+84.9%
44.5%US$50.00US$20.00US$18.734
May ’24US$23.73
US$38.25
+61.2%
27.2%US$56.00US$30.00US$18.894
Apr ’24US$24.61
US$38.25
+55.4%
27.2%US$56.00US$30.00US$21.354
Mar ’24US$26.50
US$38.25
+44.3%
27.2%US$56.00US$30.00US$22.014
Feb ’24US$29.00
US$39.00
+34.5%
25.2%US$55.00US$30.00US$23.174
Jan ’24US$29.41
US$37.25
+26.7%
30.7%US$57.00US$30.00US$22.534
Dec ’23US$32.30
US$37.25
+15.3%
30.7%US$57.00US$30.00US$19.004

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 02:56
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

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Analyst Sources

FARO Technologies, Inc. is covered by 16 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Robert MasonBaird
Andrew DeGasperiBerenberg
Robert BurlesonCanaccord Genuity