Zealand Pharma A/S, a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of peptide-based medicines in Denmark. It has a portfolio of medicines focusing on gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases, and other specialty disease areas with unmet medical needs. The company markets lixisenatide under the brand names of Adlyxin and Lyxumia; Dasiglucagon, a single use syringe or autoinjector for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia, congenital hyperinsulinism, and post bariatric surgery hypoglycemia; and Dasiglucagon dual-hormone artificial pancreas for automated diabetes management. The company's pipeline includes Dasiglucagon that is in Phase III clinical trials for congenital hyperinsulinism. The company is also developing glepaglutide, a long acting GLP-2 analog, which is in Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of short bowel syndrome. Zealand Pharma A/S has collaboration agreements with Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH; Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH; Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and Beta Bionics, Inc. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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5 years, 6 months ago
Zealand Pharma A/S is currently in a long term downtrend where the price is trading 9.0% below its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 98.4% cheaper than other stocks from the Healthcare sector with a price to sales ratio of 21.8.
Zealand Pharma A/S's total revenue rose by 451.3% to $63M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 96.5% to $-381M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow fell by 58.9% to $-282M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Zealand Pharma A/S gets an overall score of 2/5.