輝瑞(Pfizer)在宣布有關新冠疫苗療效的好消息之后,在疫苗競賽中已經處于領先地位,因此其股價在11月9日大漲近8%,達到近42美元,創下52周新高。
雖然輝瑞股票在11月10日收盤時小幅下跌至略低于39美元,但有關疫苗的好消息確實讓股東們看到了希望,認為輝瑞股票最終能夠消除疫情帶來的恐慌。當然,也有人依舊在懷疑,輝瑞股價上漲是否只是對于疫苗新聞的過度反應,疫苗最終并不會對該制藥業巨頭的盈利產生顯著影響。
看漲的理由是什么?輝瑞(與德國公司BioNTech合作)在疫苗競賽中領先,在短期內能給公司帶來豐厚的收入,讓投資者有機會了解公司正在開發的其他藥品同樣前景光明。瑞穗證券(Mizuho Securities)的總經理瓦米爾·迪萬將輝瑞股票的價格目標提高到44美元,并給出了“買入”評級。他說:“我們對投資輝瑞的熱情并不只是受到疫苗的影響。無論從公共健康還是公司的角度,疫苗顯然都是好消息。但總體上來說,我們的觀點是,輝瑞正在研發的更多產品,在未來五年左右,將讓公司有極好的銷售和收益增長前景?!?/p>
雖然瑞穗證券和摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)預測,公司在2020年至2021年期間因新冠疫苗帶來的銷售額將達到約80億美元,但輝瑞在2019年的總收入超過500億美元,主要得益于立普妥(Lipitor)、樂瑞卡(Lyrica)、西樂葆(Celebrex)、希舒美(Zithromax)和萬艾可(Viagra)等拳頭產品。迪萬認為,輝瑞其他有市場前景的開發中藥物有望成為公司新的拳頭產品,但這些藥物被市場低估,比如針對肌肉萎縮和銀屑病的藥物等。
迪萬認為,新冠疫苗在短期內應該會給輝瑞帶來穩定的收入流,這筆收入在財務上有重要的意義,可以用于支持其他并購和研發項目,前提是輝瑞的疫苗是有效的,并且不會被其他大型競爭對手開發的疫苗超越。但有些投資者卻認為這存在很大的“不確定性”。
例如,巴克萊(Barclays)的生物制藥股票研究總監卡特·古爾德承認疫苗能夠“帶來可觀的收入”,但他認為“昨天我們得出的一個主要結論是,考慮到這款疫苗的壓倒性療效,我們可能會看到多款有效的疫苗?!?/p>
古爾德說:“我們對輝瑞給出了中立評級。從長遠來看,與新冠疫苗的成功相比,今年早些時候Ibrance(一種治療早期乳腺癌的藥物,最近臨床試驗失?。┑氖鹃L期財務前景的影響更大……輝瑞的股價在39美元或者40美元,基本上已經體現了新冠疫苗的效益。”
然而,有分析師認為,輝瑞迫切需要疫苗率先取得成功,因為從2025年到2030年,輝瑞將有多款產品的專利到期,包括Prevnar 13、Eliquis和Xtandi等。迪萬表示:“這或許也代表了輝瑞未來的發展方向。它可能會變成一家更靈活、反應更迅速的公司,可以快速應對各種情況。今年年初,在被問到哪家公司的疫苗能夠率先完成研發并成功上市時,絕大多數人并沒有選擇輝瑞,因為輝瑞一直被認為是一家老邁的、行動遲緩的公司?!保ㄘ敻恢形木W)
翻譯:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
輝瑞(Pfizer)在宣布有關新冠疫苗療效的好消息之后,在疫苗競賽中已經處于領先地位,因此其股價在11月9日大漲近8%,達到近42美元,創下52周新高。
雖然輝瑞股票在11月10日收盤時小幅下跌至略低于39美元,但有關疫苗的好消息確實讓股東們看到了希望,認為輝瑞股票最終能夠消除疫情帶來的恐慌。當然,也有人依舊在懷疑,輝瑞股價上漲是否只是對于疫苗新聞的過度反應,疫苗最終并不會對該制藥業巨頭的盈利產生顯著影響。
看漲的理由是什么?輝瑞(與德國公司BioNTech合作)在疫苗競賽中領先,在短期內能給公司帶來豐厚的收入,讓投資者有機會了解公司正在開發的其他藥品同樣前景光明。瑞穗證券(Mizuho Securities)的總經理瓦米爾·迪萬將輝瑞股票的價格目標提高到44美元,并給出了“買入”評級。他說:“我們對投資輝瑞的熱情并不只是受到疫苗的影響。無論從公共健康還是公司的角度,疫苗顯然都是好消息。但總體上來說,我們的觀點是,輝瑞正在研發的更多產品,在未來五年左右,將讓公司有極好的銷售和收益增長前景?!?/p>
雖然瑞穗證券和摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)預測,公司在2020年至2021年期間因新冠疫苗帶來的銷售額將達到約80億美元,但輝瑞在2019年的總收入超過500億美元,主要得益于立普妥(Lipitor)、樂瑞卡(Lyrica)、西樂葆(Celebrex)、希舒美(Zithromax)和萬艾可(Viagra)等拳頭產品。迪萬認為,輝瑞其他有市場前景的開發中藥物有望成為公司新的拳頭產品,但這些藥物被市場低估,比如針對肌肉萎縮和銀屑病的藥物等。
迪萬認為,新冠疫苗在短期內應該會給輝瑞帶來穩定的收入流,這筆收入在財務上有重要的意義,可以用于支持其他并購和研發項目,前提是輝瑞的疫苗是有效的,并且不會被其他大型競爭對手開發的疫苗超越。但有些投資者卻認為這存在很大的“不確定性”。
例如,巴克萊(Barclays)的生物制藥股票研究總監卡特·古爾德承認疫苗能夠“帶來可觀的收入”,但他認為“昨天我們得出的一個主要結論是,考慮到這款疫苗的壓倒性療效,我們可能會看到多款有效的疫苗。”
古爾德說:“我們對輝瑞給出了中立評級。從長遠來看,與新冠疫苗的成功相比,今年早些時候Ibrance(一種治療早期乳腺癌的藥物,最近臨床試驗失?。┑氖鹃L期財務前景的影響更大……輝瑞的股價在39美元或者40美元,基本上已經體現了新冠疫苗的效益。”
然而,有分析師認為,輝瑞迫切需要疫苗率先取得成功,因為從2025年到2030年,輝瑞將有多款產品的專利到期,包括Prevnar 13、Eliquis和Xtandi等。迪萬表示:“這或許也代表了輝瑞未來的發展方向。它可能會變成一家更靈活、反應更迅速的公司,可以快速應對各種情況。今年年初,在被問到哪家公司的疫苗能夠率先完成研發并成功上市時,絕大多數人并沒有選擇輝瑞,因為輝瑞一直被認為是一家老邁的、行動遲緩的公司?!保ㄘ敻恢形木W)
翻譯:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
Following an overwhelmingly positive update on the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer earned pole position in the race, causing its share price to jump nearly 8% on November 9, hitting a 52-week high of nearly $42.
Though on November 10 the stock closed a bit lower, just below $39, the vaccine news has certainly provided shareholders with hope that the company’s stock would finally break out of its pandemic funk. Of course, others were left wondering whether or not the jump in share price was simply an overreaction to news that ultimately wouldn’t have a significant impact on the pharmaceutical giant’s bottom line.
The bullish case? That Pfizer’s status as the front-runner (in partnership with German company BioNTech) will in the short term provide a decent revenue bump and give investors a bridge to other equally promising drugs the company has in development. “Our enthusiasm on the company is not driven exclusively by the vaccine,” notes Vamil Divan, managing director of Mizuho Securities, who has raised his price target to $44 and has a “buy” rating on Pfizer shares. “It’s obviously good news both from a broader public health perspective and a company perspective. But our view overall is that within the broader Pfizer pipeline, the company has a very good sales and earnings growth outlook for the next five years or so.”
While Mizuho and Morgan Stanley project that the company will take in roughly $8 billion in sales between 2020 and 2021 as a result of its COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer brought in over $50 billion in total revenue in 2019, with core products such as Lipitor, Lyrica, Celebrex, Zithromax, and Viagra, among others, leading the way. Divan believes some of Pfizer’s other promising drugs in the pipeline—targeting diseases such as muscular dystrophy and psoriasis—are underappreciated by the market and have the potential to be blockbusters.
Divan believes the COVID-19 vaccine should provide Pfizer with a financially meaningful and steady revenue stream in the immediate future––fresh cash that can be used to fuel other M&A and R&D ventures––so long as it is effective and not outdone by the vaccines currently being developed by Big Pharma competitors. And that’s a big “if” for some.
For example, while Carter Gould, director of biopharma equity research at Barclays, acknowledges that the vaccine could “provide a pretty sizable revenue opportunity,” he believes that “one of the main takeaways of yesterday was, given the overwhelming efficacy, that you’re probably going to see multiple vaccines be efficacious.
“We’re neutral-rated on Pfizer,” Gould says. “In the long scheme of things, the stumbles they had with Ibrance [a potential treatment for early breast cancer patients that failed a recent trial] earlier in the year are going to weigh more on the company’s long-term financial prospects than the win on COVID…At $39, $40, you’re starting to get at points where the benefits of COVID are largely already priced in.”
Nonetheless, analysts note that a win was badly needed for Pfizer, as the company is facing a variety of patent expirations––its Prevnar 13, Eliquis, and Xtandi products to name a few––in the latter half of the decade. “Maybe this shows how the new Pfizer is going to be going forward,” Divan says. “A much more nimble, fast-acting company that can work quickly to address situations. Whereas the vast majority of people at the beginning of the year when asked about which company would get the market first and find the vaccine would not have said Pfizer, because it’s viewed as this old, slow-moving company.”