Risk factor
Very high price volatility
Profitability factor
Very low or no dividends
About
HOOKIPA Pharma Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, develops immunetherapeutics targeting infectious diseases based on its proprietary arenavirus platform. The company’s immuno-oncology pipeline includes HB-700, a novel next-generation multi-KRAS mutant-targeting investigational immunotherapy for the treatment of KRAS mutated cancers, including lung, colorectal, and pancreatic cancers; Eseba-vec, an investigational immunotherapeutic agent in clinical development for the treatment of Human Papillomavirus 16-positive (HPV16+) head and neck cancers with enrollment completed in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial; and HB-300, which targets self-antigens for the treatment of prostate cancer. It is also developing HB-400 for the treatment of Hepatitis B that is in Phase I of clinical trial; and HB-500 for the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that is in Phase I of clinical trial. The company has a collaboration and license agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. to collaborate on preclinical research programs to evaluate potential vaccine products for the treatment, cure, diagnosis, or prevention of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the HIV. HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Company Valuation
From both historical and forecast perspectives, the stock is fairly priced compared to similar stocks. Specifically, the stock is undervalued on EV/EBITDA.