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Vaxcyte (Vaxcyte) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Vaxcyte Financial Strength?

Vaxcyte has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Vaxcyte Inc shows strong financial strength.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

GuruFocus does not calculate Vaxcyte's interest coverage with the available data. As of today, Vaxcyte's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Vaxcyte's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Vaxcyte's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Vaxcyte's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Vaxcyte's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vaxcyte's Financial Strength falls into.



Vaxcyte Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Vaxcyte's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-114.35 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $20.22 Mil.

Vaxcyte's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

GuruFocus does not calculate Vaxcyte's interest coverage with the available data.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Vaxcyte Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Vaxcyte's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(7.202 + 20.218) / 0
=N/A

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Vaxcyte has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Vaxcyte  (NAS:PCVX) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Vaxcyte has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Vaxcyte (Vaxcyte) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
825 Industrial Road, Suite 300, San Carlos, CA, USA, 94070
Vaxcyte Inc is a vaccine company seeking to improve global health by developing novel vaccines to treat patients suffering from the most common and deadly diseases. Its product comprises. of Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. The firm's product candidate consists of VAX-24, VAX-XP, VAX-A1, and VAX-PG.
Executives
Andrew Guggenhime officer: CFO, CBO C/O VAXCYTE, INC., 825 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, STE. 300, SAN CARLOS CA 94070
Grant Pickering director, officer: President & CEO C/O VAXCYTE, INC., 825 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, STE. 300, SAN CARLOS CA 94070
Mikhail Eydelman officer: SVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec C/O VAXCYTE, INC., 825 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, SUITE 300, SAN CARLOS CA 94070
Jim Wassil officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O VAXCYTE, INC., 353 HATCH DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Heath Lukatch director 326 BOLLAY DRIVE, GOLETA CA 93117
Elvia Cowan officer: See Remarks Section C/O VAXCYTE, INC., 825 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, SUITE 300, SAN CARLOS CA 94070
Jeff Fairman officer: VP, Research C/O VAXCYTE, INC., 825 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, STE. 300, SAN CARLOS CA 94070
Paul Sauer officer: SVP Process Dev, Manufacturing C/O VAXCYTE, INC., 825 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, STE. 300, SAN CARLOS CA 94404
Michael E. Kamarck director C/O UNILIFE CORPORATION, 250 CROSS FARM LANE, YORK PA 17406
Carlos V Paya director C/O IMMUNE DESIGN CORP., 1616 EASTLAKE AVE. E, SUITE 310, SEATTLE WA 98102
Harpreet S. Dhaliwal officer: SVP Cml Mfg & Supply Chain C/O VAXCYTE, INC., 825 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, STE. 300, SAN CARLOS CA 94070
Anne S Drapeau director C/O IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED, ONE FEDERAL STREET, BOSTON MA 02110
Teri Loxam director C/O SQZ BIOTECHNOLOGIES COMPANY, 200 ARSENAL YARDS BOULEVARD, SUITE 210, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Jane Wright Mitchell officer: General Counsel C/0 ACELRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 351 GALVESTON DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Robert Lorne Hopfner director C/O BAY CITY CAPITAL, LLC, 750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111

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