Vera Therapeutics (Vera Therapeutics) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Vera Therapeutics Financial Strength?

Vera Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

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.

Vera Therapeutics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. As of today, Vera Therapeutics's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.

Competitive Comparison of Vera Therapeutics's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Vera Therapeutics'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.

Vera Therapeutics's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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

Vera Therapeutics 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:

Vera Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-1.91 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-31.11 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $50.99 Mil.

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

Vera Therapeutics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

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

Vera Therapeutics'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
	=	(2.275	+	50.985)	/	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.

Vera Therapeutics 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.

Vera Therapeutics (NAS:VERA) 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.

Vera Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

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Vera Therapeutics (Vera Therapeutics) Business Description

Industry

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Address

8000 Marina Boulevard, Suite 120, Brisbane, CA, USA, 94005

Website

https://www.veratx.com

Vera Therapeutics Inc is a clinical stage biotechnology company. It is focused on developing and commercializing transformative treatments for patients with serious immunological diseases. The company's lead product candidate is atacicept, a fusion protein self-administered as a subcutaneous injection once weekly that blocks both B lymphocyte stimulator and a proliferation-inducing ligand, which stimulate B cells and plasma cells to produce autoantibodies contributing to certain autoimmune diseases.

Executives

Commodore Capital Lp	10 percent owner	444 MADISON AVENUE, 35TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Marshall Fordyce	director, officer: President and CEO	C/O VERA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 8000 MARINA BOULEVARD, SUITE 120, BRISBANE CA 94005
Celia Lin	officer: Chief Medical Officer	C/O VERA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 8000 MARINA BOULEVARD, SUITE 120, BRISBANE CA 94005
Joanne Curley	officer: Chief Development Officer	C/O VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 343 ALLERTON AVE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Sean Grant	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O VERA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 8000 MARINA BOULEVARD, SUITE 120, BRISBANE CA 94005
Beth C Seidenberg	director
Sofinnova Management X-a, L.l.c.	10 percent owner	3000 SAND HILL ROAD, 4-250, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Sofinnova Venture Partners X, L.p.	10 percent owner	3000 SAND HILL ROAD, 4-250, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Longitude Capital Partners Iv, Llc	10 percent owner	2740 SAND HILL ROAD, 2ND FLOOR, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Longitude Prime Partners, Llc	10 percent owner	2740 SAND HILL ROAD, 2ND FLOOR, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Longitude Prime Fund, L.p.	10 percent owner	2740 SAND HILL ROAD, 2ND FLOOR, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Patrick G Enright	director, 10 percent owner	CO LONGITUDE CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, 800 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 220, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Llp Abingworth	10 percent owner	38 JERMYN STREET, LONDON X0 SW1Y 6DN
Abingworth Bioventures 8 Lp	10 percent owner	38 JERMYN STREET, LONDON X0 SW1Y 6DN
Carlyle Group Inc.	10 percent owner	C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP, 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20004