Novavax
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
-29.1522.73236.8120.37
Price/Sales ratio
1.221.341.180.99
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$-0.32$0.41$0.04$0.46

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-16.14-14.02-1.21-1.97-3.68-0.73-15.01-6.10-1.22-0.88-1.07-3.68
Price/Sales ratio
43.6860.6922.2211.6419.845.1313.499.280.500.490.425.13
Price/Book Value ratio
5.837.51-61.52-3.56-4.05-0.5110.23-30.26-1.26-0.67-1.11-4.05
Price/Cash Flow ratio
-19.98-17.44-1.33-2.61-3.68-0.70-150.8632.96-1.93-0.67-1.70-3.68
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-18.02-15.23-1.24-2.53-3.65-0.69-66.0540.09-1.57-0.62-1.39-3.65
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.81-0.22-0.010.050.170.01-0.39-0.020.010.02-0.010.01
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
51.11%-348.67%-1449.78%100%100%-510.02%-57.07%98.89%43.54%65.05%45.90%-510.02%
Operating Profit Margin
-272.97%-433.75%-1752.83%-550.77%-507.22%-646.13%-87.62%-147.13%-40.32%-57.58%-38.64%-507.22%
Pretax Profit Margin
-270.54%-432.92%-1823.52%-589.45%-538.81%-711.03%-87.94%-149.57%-40.87%-55.20%-39.17%-538.81%
Net Profit Margin
-270.54%-432.92%-1823.52%-589.45%-538.81%-697.14%-89.88%-152.12%-41.14%-55.40%-39.43%-538.81%
Effective Tax Rate
6.23%4.07%-0.82%-1.25%-0.73%1.95%-2.21%-1.70%-0.65%-0.37%-0.65%-0.73%
Return on Assets
-30.05%-40.65%-71.00%-60.75%-88.83%-75.22%-27.01%-67.67%-29.12%-30.32%-29.12%-88.83%
Return On Equity
-36.12%-53.62%5048.07%180.64%110.01%69.94%-68.15%495.84%103.76%76.02%169.60%110.01%
Return on Capital Employed
-34.59%-50.79%-82.07%-75.04%-107.06%-81.93%-33.06%-904.65%320.34%-348.94%320.34%-107.06%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
5.513.754.332.752.613.762.15N/AN/AN/A0.693.76
Quick Ratio
5.513.754.092.582.356.984.391.720.670.670.576.98
Cash ratio
0.941.212.171.441.543.051.710.630.540.340.543.05
Days of Sales Outstanding
126.3123.365.53N/AN/A146.68201.08144.8718.80110.2818.02146.68
Days of Inventory outstanding
N/AN/A24.13N/AN/A-266.00-81.43-56.41K14.8344.2714.8314.83
Operating Cycle
126.3123.3629.67N/AN/A-119.31119.64-56.27K33.63154.5619.2719.27
Days of Payables Outstanding
314.3626.688.72N/AN/A9.3326.543.66K87.55140.8087.559.33
Cash Conversion Cycle
-188.05-3.3220.95N/AN/A-128.6493.09-59.93K-53.9113.76-65.87-65.87
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.000.000.801.051.531.850.200.120.210.091.281.85
Debt Equity Ratio
0.000.00-57.03-3.12-1.90-1.720.51-0.91-0.77-0.23-4.56-1.72
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.00N/A1.011.472.112.380.33-11.46-0.35-0.30-0.452.38
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.000.001.011.472.112.380.33-11.46-3.44-0.30-6.522.38
Interest Coverage Ratio
-533.06-652.43-20.75-12.20-14.26-10.63-27.51N/AN/AN/A-33.02-10.63
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
-67.14-319.21-0.80-0.43-0.57-0.42-0.130.99-0.84-4.24-0.75-0.42
Company Equity Multiplier
1.201.31-71.09-2.97-1.23-0.922.52-7.32-3.56-2.50-3.56-0.92
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
-2.18-3.47-16.63-4.44-5.39-7.32-0.080.28-0.26-0.72-0.24-5.39
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
1.101.141.071.031.001.012.280.821.221.081.221.00
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
-67.14-319.21-0.80-0.43-0.57-0.42-0.130.99-0.84-4.24-0.75-0.42
Short Term Coverage Ratio
-111.13-319.21N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A-1.28N/A-1.18N/A
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A