Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, biopharmaceutical AVEO Pharmaceuticals
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at AVEO's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
AVEO facts
Headquarters (founded) |
Cambridge, Mass. (2001) |
Market Cap |
$474 million |
Industry |
Biotechnology |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$38.46 million |
Management |
CEO Tuan Ha-Ngoc CFO David Johnston |
Trailing-12-Month Operating Margin |
(141.2%) |
Cash/Debt |
$107.04 million / $22.88 million |
Competitors |
Pfizer |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 73% of the 70 members who have rated AVEO believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include UltraLong and zzlangerhans, both of whom are ranked in the top 1% of our community.
Earlier this month, CAPS investor UltraLong touched on AVEO's seemingly unsustainable valuation:
Aveo Pharmaceuticals is working on a renal cancer drug and regained the rights to its lung cancer drug from Merck
(NYSE: MRK) ... good for them. Now to the crux of the problem, that they are about 2-3 years away from having a viable product on the market. Trust me, I don't wish these companies to fail ... I'd love for them to succeed, but at nearly 500M the valuation here is just stupid.
AVEO is up a whopping 70% since its IPO this past March, while behemoth cancer-fighters like Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson
I doubt we'll see a major catalyst before topline data from the phase III trial of TIVO-1 in renal cell carcinoma in mid-2011. Most of the optimism for TIVO-1 comes from its performance in an uncontrolled phase II trial, with progression-free survival measured against historical standards. Sounds like a story I've heard many times before. In the meantime, broad market downdrafts are sure to pressure AVEO at their current lofty valuation.
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