Yahoo Finance Breakeven On The Horizon For Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:INO)
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:INO) is possibly approaching a major achievement in its business, so we would like to shine some light on the company. Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of DNA medicines to treat and protect people from diseases associated with human papillomavirus (HPV), cancer, and infectious diseases. The US$1.5b market-cap company’s loss lessened since it announced a US$166m loss in the full financial year, compared to the latest trailing-twelve-month loss of US$142m, as it approaches breakeven. The most pressing concern for investors is Inovio Pharmaceuticals' path to profitability – when will it breakeven? Below we will provide a high-level summary of the industry analysts’ expectations for the company.
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Consensus from 8 of the American Biotechs analysts is that Inovio Pharmaceuticals is on the verge of breakeven. They anticipate the company to incur a final loss in 2022, before generating positive profits of US$135m in 2023. The company is therefore projected to breakeven around 2 years from today. How fast will the company have to grow each year in order to reach the breakeven point by 2023? Working backwards from analyst estimates, it turns out that they expect the company to grow 76% year-on-year, on average, which signals high confidence from analysts. Should the business grow at a slower rate, it will become profitable at a later date than expected.
Given this is a high-level overview, we won’t go into details of Inovio Pharmaceuticals' upcoming projects, but, bear in mind that by and large biotechs, depending on the stage of product development, have irregular periods of cash flow. So, a high growth rate is not out of the ordinary, particularly when a company is in a period of investment.
One thing we’d like to point out is that The company has managed its capital judiciously, with debt making up 2.9% of equity. This means that it has predominantly funded its operations from equity capital, and its low debt obligation reduces the risk around investing in the loss-making company.
Next Steps:
There are too many aspects of Inovio Pharmaceuticals to cover in one brief article, but the key fundamentals for the company can all be found in one place – Inovio Pharmaceuticals' company page on Simply Wall St. We've also put together a list of important aspects you should further research:
Historical Track Record: What has Inovio Pharmaceuticals' performance been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.
Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on Inovio Pharmaceuticals' board and the CEO’s background.
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