Valneva SE

VALN

Biotechnology · Healthcare

Price

$5.00

-0.08 (-1.57%)

Market Cap

$474.1M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+72.3% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 48.8M (2021) → 84.1M (2025)

Valneva SE, a specialty vaccine company, focuses on the development and commercialization of prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases with unmet needs. Its commercial vaccines for travelers include IXIARO, an inactivated Vero cell culture-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine indicated for active immunization against Japanese encephalitis; DUKORAL, an oral vaccine for the prevention of diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholera and/or heat-labile toxin producing Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli bact

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-9.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-11.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$85M/ year

↑ Rising (+15% vs prior year)

48.8% of revenue

2.7x the sector average (18%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

4.7%ownership

↑ Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Runway

~13 months

$110M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Heavy R&D investment

Valneva SE is putting 49% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 2.7x the sector average.

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Quality

Gross Margin

24.4%

Thin — 24.4% gross margin

Operating Margin

-58.1%

Losing money on operations — -58.1%

ROCE

-9.7%

Weak — -9.7% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+3.0%

Nearly flat sales (3.0% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

-32.8%

Burning cash (-32.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.69

Elevated debt (1.69)

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

—

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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