Find out why Organon's -50.8% return over the last year is lagging behind its peers.
A Discounted Cash Flow model estimates what a stock should be worth by projecting the company’s future cash flows and then discounting them back to today’s dollars. For Organon, this 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity model starts with last twelve months free cash flow of about $639 million and builds forward.
Analysts see free cash flow climbing toward roughly $1.28 billion by 2029, with Simply Wall St extending those forecasts out to 2035, gradually moderating growth as the business matures. All of these projected cash flows, expressed in $, are discounted back to present value to arrive at an estimated fair value per share.
On this basis, the DCF model suggests an intrinsic value of about $65.36 per share, implying the stock trades at an 88.7% discount to this estimate of fair value. In other words, the current market price reflects barely more than a tenth of the value implied by long term cash generation.
Result: UNDERVALUED
Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests Organon is undervalued by 88.7%. Track this in your watchlist or portfolio, or discover 905 more undervalued stocks based on cash flows.
For profitable companies like Organon, the price to earnings, or PE, ratio is a practical way to gauge value because it links what investors pay today to the actual profits the business is generating. A higher PE can be justified when a company has strong growth prospects and relatively low risk, while slower growth or higher uncertainty usually warrants a lower, more conservative multiple.
Organon currently trades on a PE of about 3.8x, which is dramatically below both the Pharmaceuticals industry average of roughly 19.7x and the broader peer group average of around 14.6x. Simply Wall St goes a step further by estimating a Fair Ratio of 20.8x, its proprietary view of what a normal PE should be for Organon given its earnings growth outlook, margins, industry positioning, size and risk profile.
This Fair Ratio framework is more tailored than a simple peer or industry comparison because it systematically adjusts for the company’s specific fundamentals and risk characteristics, rather than assuming all drug makers deserve the same multiple. When Organon’s current 3.8x PE is compared to the 20.8x Fair Ratio, the stock appears significantly undervalued on an earnings basis.
Result: UNDERVALUED
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Earlier we mentioned that there is an even better way to understand valuation, so let us introduce you to Narratives, a simple way to connect your view of Organon’s story to hard numbers like future revenue, earnings, margins and, ultimately, a fair value estimate. A Narrative on Simply Wall St is your personal storyline for a company, where you spell out why you think things like new leadership, biosimilar launches or governance risks will shape Organon’s future, then link that story to a financial forecast and a fair value that you can directly compare to today’s share price. Narratives live inside the Community page on Simply Wall St, where millions of investors can quickly build or browse them, and they update dynamically as fresh information like earnings results, FDA decisions or guidance changes comes in. For Organon, one investor might build a bullish Narrative around expanding biosimilars and improving margins that supports a fair value close to the high analyst target of $18, while a more cautious investor might focus on legacy product dependence and governance concerns and land nearer the low target of $9, using those different fair values versus the current price to decide whether to buy, hold or sell.
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