Moderna MRNA earnings Q3 2021
Moderna’s signal is seen exterior of their headquarters in Cambridge, MA on March 11, 2021.
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Moderna shares fell by greater than 11% on Thursday after it minimize its Covid-19 vaccine gross sales forecast for the yr and missed earnings and income expectations for the third quarter.
The corporate stated some doses for supply this yr have been shifted to early 2022 because it prioritizes deliveries to low-income international locations by COVAX, the U.N.-backed effort to share coronavirus vaccines. It now expects Covid vaccine gross sales of between $15 billion and $18 billion from $20 billion this yr.
In releasing its third-quarter earnings, Moderna stated it’s now anticipating to ship between 700 million and 800 million doses this yr, down from its earlier expectations of between 800 million and 1 billion doses. The corporate additionally stated it expects gross sales of $17 billion to $22 billion in 2022.
By comparability, Pfizer has stated it expects Covid vaccine gross sales of $36 billion this yr and $29 billion in 2022.
This is how Moderna did in contrast with what Wall Avenue anticipated, in line with common estimates compiled by Refinitiv:
- EPS: $7.70 per share versus $9.05 per share anticipated
- Income: $4.97 billion versus $6.21 billion anticipated
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