Is Moderna Stock Outperforming Its Rivals?

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Moderna‘s stock has heavily underperformed over the past year, exhibiting negative returns and deep unprofitability, a stark contrast to many tech peers. A closer look reveals sharply declining revenue and significant losses, reflecting reduced COVID-19 vaccine demand. Its future hinges on successful pipeline diversification into RSV, flu, and oncology, offering a high-risk, high-reward profile in the evolving biotech landscape, with management aiming for breakeven by 2028 through cost-cutting and new product launches.

  • MRNA’s -157.3% operating margin, lowest, stems from declining vaccine sales & R&D costs; AAPL’s 31.9% is driven by high-margin services.
  • MRNA’s -56.4% revenue growth lags peers due to waning COVID vaccine demand and slow RSV vaccine uptake, unlike HPE’s AI system boost.
  • MRNA’s -22.4% stock drop and -3.9 PE reflect investor concerns over post-pandemic losses, lowered guidance, and cash burn.

Here’s how Moderna stacks up across size, valuation, and profitability versus key peers.

  MRNA HPQ HPE IBM CSCO AAPL
Market Cap ($ Bil) 12.1 21.4 32.4 285.5 307.7 4,079.8
Revenue ($ Bil) 2.2 55.3 34.3 65.4 57.7 408.6
PE Ratio -3.9 8.4 569.0 36.1 29.8 41.1
LTM Revenue Growth -56.4% 3.2% 13.8% 4.5% 8.9% 6.0%
LTM Operating Margin -157.3% 6.6% 4.8% 17.7% 22.5% 31.9%
LTM FCF Margin -120.9% 5.1% 1.8% 18.1% 22.1% 23.5%
12M Market Return -22.4% -28.7% 15.4% 40.8% 33.9% 7.6%

For more details on Moderna, read Buy or Sell MRNA Stock. Below we compare MRNA’s growth, margin, and valuation with peers across years

Revenue Growth Comparison

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  LTM 2025 2024 2023 2022
MRNA -56.4% -52.6% -64.2% 6.4%
HPQ 3.2% 3.2% -0.3% -14.6%  
HPE 13.8% 13.8% 3.4% 2.2%  
IBM 4.5% 1.4% 2.2% 5.5%
CSCO 8.9% 5.3% -5.6% 10.6%  
AAPL 6.0% 2.0% -2.8% 7.8%

Operating Margin Comparison

  LTM 2025 2024 2023 2022
MRNA -157.3% -123.3% -62.8% 49.9%
HPQ 6.6% 6.6% 7.8% 7.9%  
HPE 4.8% 4.8% 8.3% 8.4%  
IBM 17.7% 16.1% 15.9% 13.5%
CSCO 22.5% 22.1% 24.1% 27.3%  
AAPL 31.9% 31.5% 29.8% 30.3%

PE Ratio Comparison

  LTM 2025 2024 2023 2022
MRNA -3.9 -4.5 -8.1 8.5
HPQ 8.4 12.2 10.6 8.2  
HPE 569.0 495.9 8.6 10.2  
IBM 36.1 33.6 19.9 77.5
CSCO 29.8 23.1 19.8 15.5  
AAPL 41.1 41.0 31.3 21.1

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