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Valneva SE (VALN)

Healthcare | Biotechnology | Saint-Herblain, France | NasdaqGS
5.56 USD -0.37 (-6.239%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 1:31 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is severely clouded by deteriorating clinical data and aggressive analyst downgrades. Recent headlines confirm that mixed results from a key Lyme disease vaccine study triggered a sharp price drop, leading Goldman Sachs to downgrade the stock to 'sell' while Guggenheim cut its price target significantly. This negative catalyst is compounded by a massive 27.7% contraction in revenue and negative gross and operating margins, indicating the core business is currently failing to generate profitability or cover costs. While the forward P/E appears attractive at under 5x, this is a classic value trap driven by negative earnings rather than undervalued assets; the market is correctly pricing in the high probability of further setbacks given the ongoing trial challenges. With no dividend to provide income and a balance sheet showing significant debt relative to equity, there is no margin of safety for a short-term holder. The recent price action shows continued weakness, trading well below both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages, confirming the bearish sentiment.

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Forecast Reliability
Score 37%
H-stat 2.36
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.052
Excess Kurtosis -0.78
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Debt to Equity Ratio 259.157
Revenue per Share 1.602
Market Cap 527,218,400
Forward P/E 4.67
Beta 1.26
Profit Margins -110.29%
Website https://valneva.com

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Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.43035543
Address1 6 rue Alain Bombard
All Time High 67.84
All Time Low 3.62
Ask 5.64
Ask Size 3
Average Analyst Rating 2.0 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 23,170
Average Daily Volume3 Month 77,890
Average Volume 77,890
Average Volume10Days 23,170
Beta 1.257
Bid 5.57
Bid Size 3
Book Value 0.9552703
City Saint-Herblain
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country France
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 5.56
Current Ratio 2.157
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 5.8
Day Low 5.55
Debt To Equity 259.157
Display Name Valneva
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,651,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,651,200
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,624,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,624,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,624,200
Ebitda -98,721,000
Ebitda Margins -0.69066
Enterprise To Ebitda -6.239
Enterprise To Revenue 4.309
Enterprise Value 615,923,392
Eps Current Year -1.13
Eps Forward 1.19
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -2.1
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 33 2 28 07 37 11
Fifty Day Average 6.2789
Fifty Day Average Change -0.7189002
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.11449461
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -43.03554
Fifty Two Week High 12.18
Fifty Two Week High Change -6.6200004
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.54351395
Fifty Two Week Low 4.75
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.80999994
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.17052631
Fifty Two Week Range 4.75 - 12.18
Financial Currency EUR
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,620,221,400,000
Float Shares 85,677,735
Forward Eps 1.19
Forward P E 4.672269
Free Cashflow -42,501,124
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 620
Fullday Change -0.3699999
Fullday Change Percent -6.187289
Fullday Price 5.56
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins -0.41733003
Gross Profits -59,653,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0
Held Percent Institutions 0.03993
Implied Shares Outstanding 94,823,458
Industry Biotechnology
Industry Disp Biotechnology
Industry Key biotechnology
Ipo Expected Date 2,021-05-06
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Valneva SE, a specialty vaccine company, develops, manufactures, and commercializes prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases with unmet needs. It offers IXIARO, an inactivated Vero cell culture-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine indicated for active immunization against Japanese encephalitis; DUKORAL, an oral vaccine for the prevention of diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholera or heat-labile toxin producing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli bacterium; and IXCHIQ/ VLA1553, a single-dose, live-attenuated vaccine for the prevention of disease caused by chikungunya virus. The company also develops VLA15, a vaccine candidate against Borrelia, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease; S4V2, a tetravalent bioconjugate vaccine candidate against shigellosis, a diarrheal infection caused by Shigella bacteria; VLA1601, a vaccine candidate targeting the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne viral disease; VLA1554, a vaccine candidate targeting human metapneumovirus; VLA84, a vaccine candidate targeting the prevention of primary symptomatic clostridium difficile infection; PF-07307405, a vaccine candidate to prevent Lyme disease cases in individuals aged five years and older and VLA2112, a vaccine candidate to treat patients with epstein-barr virus. It sells its products in the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, Nordics, the United Kingdom, France, rest of Europe, and internationally. Valneva SE was founded in 1998 and is based in Saint-Herblain, France.
Long Name Valneva SE
Market us_market
Market Cap 527,218,400
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_4550716
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -157,650,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 604,830,464
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 5.75
Operating Cashflow -55,694,000
Operating Margins -0.74915004
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 33 2 28 07 37 10
Previous Close 5.93
Price Eps Current Year -4.920354
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 5.820342
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.688441
Profit Margins -1.10293
Quick Ratio 1.334
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.0
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.37
Regular Market Change Percent -6.23946
Regular Market Day High 5.8
Regular Market Day Low 5.55
Regular Market Day Range 5.55 - 5.8
Regular Market Open 5.75
Regular Market Previous Close 5.93
Regular Market Price 5.56
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,600
Regular Market Volume 28,687
Return On Assets -0.16683
Return On Equity -1.17846
Revenue Growth -0.277
Revenue Per Share 1.602
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17502642
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Shares Outstanding 94,823,458
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0022
Shares Short 206,846
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 194,066
Short Name Valneva SE
Short Percent Of Float 0.0022
Short Ratio 6.96
Source Interval 15
Symbol VALN
Target High Price 18.0
Target Low Price 5.0
Target Mean Price 12.25
Target Median Price 13.0
Total Cash 121,526,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.282
Total Debt 210,231,008
Total Revenue 142,938,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -2.1
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 7.08132
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.5213199
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.21483564
Type Disp Equity
Volume 28,687
Website https://valneva.com
Zip 44,800