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The Analyst's Dilemma. This message is on a topic that is bit controversial for a number of various reasons, but I believe it's a good topic to bring up now that Arrowhead is looking to advance into a more mature mid-stage biotech (or a young late-stage biotech - however you want to look at it).
A couple big problems for Analysts in currently valuing Arrowhead going forward are that Arrowhead's: 1) pipeline growth is incredibly fast (pretty much unprecedented in biotech); and 2) peak sales revenues for its drugs are incredibly large, particularly due to the massive HBV market (again, unprecedented in biotech).
Now add to that:
1) advancement of 2 potentially huge CV drugs advancing to phase 2;
2) advancement of ARO-AAT into phase 3;
3) advancement of ENaC and HSD into phase 2; and finally
4) possible advancement of the HBV drug into phase 3 by end of 2021.
With the advancement of these drugs into phase 2 and phase 3, the risk applied to the each drug's valuation tends to get greatly reduced, additionally, the discount rate applied in valuing the company is ALSO reduced, and this results in a much, much higher valuation.
What exactly does that mean? By my calculations, it's an increase in valuation by about $40-$70/share by mid 2021, and an increase of around another $40-$70+/share by advancing the HBV drug into phase 3.
As you can see, a valuation dilemma starts to happen. Arrowhead "can" quickly become valued as a $20+ billion company without having a single drug in the commercial stage - and what Analyst wants to give a $20B valuation to a biotech that is not yet commercial? Analysts may want to temper valuations leading up to this point because there still have not been any drug sales. But the dilemma comes when valuations are tempered because once a drug or two go commercial, valuations will have to eventually catch up to where they logically should be, and this would result in a larger move than what is typically expected. This is no doubt brand new territory for any biotech, and for the analysts that attempt to properly value the company, hence the dilemma.
I would love to get your comments and thoughts on this dilemma theory, as there are a lot of angles to consider. Thanks.
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