What Wilson completely forget in their great “analysis“ is something that you call in German “KGV“.
I dont know the English term for it,but this is one of the most important tools how to calculate the fair shareprice of a stock.
You calculate it by dividing the actual shareprice by the profit per share:
- Shareprice: A$ 2.68 - Profit per share from last financial year: A$ 38.2 million / 180 million shares = 0,21
- A$ 2.68 / 0,21 = 12,76 = lets say 13
A “KGV“ of 13 is ULTRA LOW for a small Biotech-company !!
GSK has a KGV of 11 and Roche has a KGV of 12 and these are multi-national Giants !! Companies comparable to Biota like Sinovac or Quidel have KGV´s between 21 and 23 !
So imho at least 20 should be a fair figure for Biotas KGV. And with a KGV of 20 the calculation of a fair share-price based on last years profit is:
- 0,21 x 20 = A$ 4,20
So this would be a fair shareprice based on LAST YEARS profit - and this doesnt even take the pipeline (LANI, HRV) into account !
And when I take into account that Relenza-sales will be better in the future and that GSK sells 50% of their yearly productions-capacity (= 95 million courses) the calculation would be:
- 95 million courses x A$ 25 = 2.735 billion A$ - 7% for Biota = 166 million A$ - minus lets say 66 million for costs and takeovers = 100 million A$ - A$ 100 million / 180 million shares: 0,55
FAIR SHAREPRICE:
0,55 x 20 = A$ 11,11
Imho the fair share-price based on GSK selling 95 million courses Relenza per year would be A$ 11 (and not A$ 3.40 like Wilson says) !!
Regards
Eric _______________________________ Please make sure that you do your own research as this is only my opinion and not an advice.
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