Find out why Revvity's -14.8% return over the last year is lagging behind its peers.
A Discounted Cash Flow, or DCF, model takes projected future cash flows and discounts them back to today’s dollars, aiming to estimate what the business might be worth based on the cash it could generate for shareholders.
For Revvity, the model used is a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity approach. The latest twelve month free cash flow is about $500.4 million. Analysts provide explicit free cash flow estimates for the next few years, and then Simply Wall St extends those projections further out, reaching an estimated free cash flow of $1,093.6 million in 2035, all in USD.
When all those projected cash flows are discounted back using this model, the estimated intrinsic value comes out at about $137.75 per share. Compared with the recent share price of around $97.74, the DCF output implies the stock is around 29.0% undervalued according to these inputs and assumptions.
Result: UNDERVALUED
Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests Revvity is undervalued by 29.0%. Track this in your watchlist or portfolio, or discover 53 more high quality undervalued stocks.
For a profitable business like Revvity, the P/E ratio is a useful way to see what investors are currently willing to pay for each dollar of earnings. It quickly links the share price to the company’s underlying profitability.
What counts as a “normal” P/E depends a lot on how the market views a company’s growth prospects and risk. Higher expected earnings growth or lower perceived risk can support a higher multiple, while slower growth or higher risk usually points to a lower one.
Revvity currently trades on a P/E of 46.19x. That sits close to the peer group average of 46.99x and above the Life Sciences industry average of 35.30x. Simply Wall St also provides a proprietary “Fair Ratio” for Revvity of 24.83x, which reflects factors such as its earnings profile, industry, profit margins, market cap and specific risks.
This Fair Ratio is more tailored than a simple comparison with peers or the industry, because it adjusts for company specific characteristics rather than assuming all firms deserve similar multiples. Comparing Revvity’s current P/E of 46.19x with the Fair Ratio of 24.83x suggests the shares are trading above what this framework would consider fair.
Result: OVERVALUED
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Earlier we mentioned that there is an even better way to understand valuation. On Simply Wall St’s Community page you can use Narratives to attach your own story about Revvity, link that story to a set of revenue, earnings and margin forecasts, see how that drives a Fair Value, and then compare it with the current price. The system updates automatically when new news or earnings arrive. A more cautious Revvity Narrative might lean closer to the US$100 fair value implied by the lowest analyst target, while a more optimistic one might sit nearer the US$146.63 fair value implied by the highest targets. This gives you a clear, numbers backed view of whether your personal story suggests the shares look expensive or attractive right now.
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