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Investment Highlights

0 Cash is significant % of market cap
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is -48%
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -126%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -148%
Not profitable at operating income level
Op Inc LTMOperating Income, Last Twelve Months is -3.3 Bil, Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is -107%
1 Valuation becoming less expensive
P/S 6M Chg %Price/Sales change over 6 months. Declining P/S indicates valuation has become less expensive. is -30%
Meaningful short interest
Short Interest % of Basic SharesShort Interest % of Basic Shares = (Short Interest Quantity) / (Basic Shares Outstanding). A high fraction of short interest can indicate potential risk of a short squeeze. is 15%
Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -39%, Rev Chg 3Y AvgRevenue Change % averaged over trailing 3 years is -48%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -38%
2   Not cash flow generative
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -88%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -115%
3   Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -36%
0 Cash is significant % of market cap
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is -48%
1 Valuation becoming less expensive
P/S 6M Chg %Price/Sales change over 6 months. Declining P/S indicates valuation has become less expensive. is -30%
2 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -126%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -148%
3 Meaningful short interest
Short Interest % of Basic SharesShort Interest % of Basic Shares = (Short Interest Quantity) / (Basic Shares Outstanding). A high fraction of short interest can indicate potential risk of a short squeeze. is 15%
4 Not profitable at operating income level
Op Inc LTMOperating Income, Last Twelve Months is -3.3 Bil, Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is -107%
5 Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -39%, Rev Chg 3Y AvgRevenue Change % averaged over trailing 3 years is -48%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -38%
6 Not cash flow generative
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -88%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -115%
7 Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -36%

Market Valuation

 9/15/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$23.65$41.58$99.45$179.62$253.98
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)9.216.138.069.7103.1
Total Debt ($ Bil)0.70.71.21.20.9
Total Cash ($ Bil)5.17.08.69.910.7
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)4.816.839.270.9104.0
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM3.05.05.63.85.8
P/EBIT TTM-3.1-4.5-9.77.57.7
P/E TTM-3.2-4.5-8.18.58.4
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)3.83.64.14.57.3
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)-1.6-1.3-1.4-1.3-2.9
P/E TTM (Sector)-1.9-1.6-1.5-1.4-2.9
 9/15/2520242023
Share Price CYE$23.65$41.58$99.45
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)9.216.138.0
Total Debt ($ Bil)0.70.71.2
Total Cash ($ Bil)5.17.08.6
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)4.816.839.2
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM3.05.05.6
P/EBIT TTM-3.1-4.5-9.7
P/E TTM-3.2-4.5-8.1
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)3.83.64.1
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)-1.6-1.3-1.4
P/E TTM (Sector)-1.9-1.6-1.5

Business Description

Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops therapeutics and vaccines based on messenger RNA for the treatment of infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and auto-immune diseases in the United States and internationally. The company has 44 development programs, which includes 26 in clinical trials across seven modalities comprising prophylactic vaccines, systemic secreted and cell surface therapeutics, cancer vaccines, intratumoral immuno-oncology, localized regenerative therapeutics, systemic intracellular therapeutics, and inhaled pulmonary therapeutics. The company has strategic alliances with AstraZeneca PLC; Merck & Co., Inc.; Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated; Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited; Carisma Therapeutics, Inc.; Metagenomi, Inc.; the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority; Institute for Life Changing Medicines; and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as a collaboration and license agreement with Chiesi Farmaceutici S.P.A. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
MRNA Return434%143%-29%-45%-58%-43%20%
Peers Return14%17%24%-15%12%8%70%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: PFE, ALNY, SRPT, ABBV, AMGN. See MRNA Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/12/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

MRNAPFEALNYSRPTABBVAMGNMedian
NameModerna Pfizer Alnylam .Sarepta .AbbVie Amgen  
Mkt Price23.5123.87465.8917.39218.34276.39121.11
Mkt Cap9.1135.760.41.7386.0148.798.1
Rev LTM3,05563,8332,3482,48258,32834,91718,986
Op Inc LTM-3,27316,663-115-113,6958,1924,096
FCF LTM-3,50012,438-75-45418,23910,6055,265
FCF 3Y Avg-2,7449,304-184-50520,2738,5904,203
CFO LTM-2,69715,188-45-30119,28312,0135,984
CFO 3Y Avg-2,05512,584-131-39521,1549,7534,811

Growth & Margins

MRNAPFEALNYSRPTABBVAMGNMedian
NameModerna Pfizer Alnylam .Sarepta .AbbVie Amgen  
Rev Chg LTM-38.8%13.5%17.2%64.9%6.1%12.9%13.2%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg-48.0%-12.4%40.8%45.0%0.6%10.0%5.3%
Rev Chg Q-38.0%10.3%20.2%68.4%6.6%9.4%9.9%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM-2.7%2.2%4.4%11.1%1.7%2.3%2.3%
Op Mgn LTM-107.1%26.1%-4.9%-0.0%23.5%23.5%11.7%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg-65.1%20.2%-27.5%-16.1%27.2%26.4%2.1%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM11.7%1.8%3.0%5.2%1.0%1.6%2.4%
CFO/Rev LTM-88.3%23.8%-1.9%-12.1%33.1%34.4%10.9%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg-51.8%18.8%-13.1%-29.1%37.5%32.0%2.8%
FCF/Rev LTM-114.6%19.5%-3.2%-18.3%31.3%30.4%8.1%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg-67.2%13.8%-16.6%-35.5%36.0%28.2%-1.4%

Valuation

MRNAPFEALNYSRPTABBVAMGNMedian
NameModerna Pfizer Alnylam .Sarepta .AbbVie Amgen  
Mkt Cap9.1135.760.41.7386.0148.798.1
P/S3.02.125.70.76.64.33.6
P/EBIT-3.110.2-287.5-340.465.514.33.5
P/E-3.112.6-224.0-29.4102.622.54.7
P/CFO-3.48.9-1,339.2-5.720.012.42.8
Total Yield-31.8%13.3%-0.4%-3.4%3.9%7.8%1.7%
Dividend Yield0.0%5.4%0.0%0.0%2.9%3.3%1.5%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg-14.3%5.7%-0.8%-12.0%7.3%6.2%2.5%
D/E0.10.40.00.80.20.40.3
Net D/E-0.50.4-0.00.30.20.30.2

Returns

MRNAPFEALNYSRPTABBVAMGNMedian
NameModerna Pfizer Alnylam .Sarepta .AbbVie Amgen  
1M Rtn-16.1%-5.1%3.8%-20.3%5.6%-6.8%-5.9%
3M Rtn-11.8%-1.1%51.3%-51.9%15.3%-5.6%-3.3%
6M Rtn-32.1%-3.8%92.7%-82.1%5.0%-10.4%-7.1%
12M Rtn-65.6%-12.7%75.6%-86.0%16.4%-14.1%-13.4%
3Y Rtn-82.7%-38.7%123.5%-84.3%71.5%33.6%-2.6%
1M Excs Rtn-14.4%-6.9%5.9%-16.6%6.6%-5.5%-6.2%
3M Excs Rtn-23.0%-11.2%44.0%-62.3%5.5%-15.2%-13.2%
6M Excs Rtn-50.7%-22.6%73.5%-101.6%-14.2%-29.3%-26.0%
12M Excs Rtn-90.2%-33.9%62.0%-106.1%-6.4%-33.0%-33.4%
3Y Excs Rtn-148.0%-104.4%57.6%-150.0%10.8%-41.2%-72.8%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20242023202220212020
COVID-196,67118,435   
Other revenue177828   
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)00   
Collaboration revenue  617448
Grant revenue  73552912
Net Product Sales  17,675200 
Total6,84819,26318,47180360


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity59,842,399
Short Interest: % Change Since 8152025-4.8%
Average Daily Volume9,612,400
Days-to-Cover Short Interest6.23
Basic Shares Quantity388,000,000
Short % of Basic Shares15.4%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
8/1/2025-6.6%-10.0%-18.5%
5/1/2025-5.3%-15.7%-6.9%
2/14/20253.4%11.3%8.7%
11/7/2024-3.0%-18.7%-14.2%
8/1/2024-21.0%-31.6%-34.9%
5/2/202412.7%9.4%27.9%
2/22/202413.5%11.3%18.8%
11/2/2023-6.5%-6.4%4.8%
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SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive111112
# Negative111110
Median Positive8.7%8.9%18.9%
Median Negative-4.5%-10.0%-12.8%
Max Positive22.7%33.2%93.2%
Max Negative-21.0%-33.8%-34.9%

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0Hussain Abbas 6122025Sell28.003128,73616,240Form
1Bancel StephaneChief Executive Officer3042025Buy31.04102,8213,191,564284,115,111Form
2SAGAN PAUL 3042025Buy31.7631,6201,004,2519,909,978Form