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CureVac NV Ordinary Shares CVAC

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$2.31 −0.20 (7.97%)
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CureVac Earnings: Launches Avian Flu Vaccine Trial With GSK; Cuts Costs via Reorganization Plan

Despite CureVac’s emerging stage, the company is making progress across its early-stage mRNA pipeline and it announced plans to reduce costs to extend its cash runway. CureVac’s reorganization plan includes a program for employees to voluntarily leave the company, aiming to cut 150 positions. We maintain CureVac’s fair value estimate of $15.40 per share and view the stock as undervalued for long-term investors with a very high degree of risk tolerance. We see significant uncertainty related to regulatory approvals for CureVac’s early-stage pipeline and lack of approved products, so the company warrants a no moat rating and Extreme Morningstar Uncertainty Rating.

Price vs Fair Value

CVAC is trading at a 83% discount.
Price
$2.60
Fair Value
$62.10
Uncertainty
Extreme
1-Star Price
5-Star Price
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

Partnerships allow CureVac to receive milestones and economic benefits from drug candidate progression while offsetting some of the clinical development costs.

Bears

If approved, CureVac's mRNA covid vaccine will face competition from first-movers BioNTech and Moderna.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$2.51
Day Range
$2.222.48
52-Week Range
$2.2212.36
Bid/Ask
$2.23 / $2.35
Market Cap
$517.26 Mil
Volume/Avg
1.2 Mil / 808,325

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
12.03
Price/Sales
10.75
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
Dividend Yield (Forward)
Total Yield

Company Profile

CureVac is a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Germany that is developing vaccines and therapies using messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA). The company was founded in 2000 and had its initial public offering in August 2020. CureVac is collaborating with GSK to develop a second-generation covid vaccine. CureVac’s first attempt to develop a covid vaccine did not have sufficient efficacy data, and its trials were discontinued in October 2021. The company’s other pipeline candidates include mRNA vaccines for influenza, rabies, and malaria. Additionally, CureVac is in the early stages of development for oncology and molecular therapies spanning tumors, liver, ocular, and lung diseases.
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Biotechnology
Stock Style Box
Small Core
Total Number of Employees
1,100

Competitors

Valuation

Metric
CVAC
BNTX
UTHR
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
12.0327.7812.07
Price/Book Value
0.810.941.86
Price/Sales
10.755.175.06
Price/Cash Flow
10.95
Price/Earnings
CVAC
BNTX
UTHR

Financial Strength

Metric
CVAC
BNTX
UTHR
Quick Ratio
3.259.124.07
Current Ratio
3.569.434.41
Interest Coverage
−41.3119.75
Quick Ratio
CVAC
BNTX
UTHR

Profitability

Metric
CVAC
BNTX
UTHR
Return on Assets (Normalized)
−28.58%3.43%15.30%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
−41.05%3.85%18.83%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
−39.11%2.43%15.17%
Return on Assets
CVAC
BNTX
UTHR
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