from nasdaq.com today:
Here are three stocks that have insane valuations.
Let me preface this by saying that biotech companies are hard to value sometimes due to emotions and theoretical peak annual sales coming into play. However, if you ask me,
MannKind 's(NASDAQ: MNKD) valuation of more than $565 million (as of its May 9 close) is insane!
MannKind's only approved drug is Afrezza, an inhalable, fast-acting insulin that looked as if it was going to be successful on paper, but has flopped miserably since hitting pharmacy shelves.
Sanofi (NYSE: SNY) had previously licensed Afrezza, parting with $325 million in upfront fees and collaborative expenses only to walk away from its licensing deal in January 2016 on account of Afrezza not being an economically viable product.
With or without Sanofi, the MannKind ship appears to be sinking. With no other drugs in its pipeline, MannKind is burning through its remaining cash on hand quickly. Having just reported its first-quarter results, MannKind announced that its cash and cash equivalents are down to $27.7 million. This represents a decline of $31.4 million from the sequential fourth quarter. Furthermore, its loss-sharing agreement for Afrezza with Sanofi jumped $5.5 million in Q1, and now stands at $68.8 million, with $2.8 million in accrued interest. MannKind's only remaining financing options are a $30.1 million line of credit from the Mann Group, and yet another $50 million at-the-market facility that could allow the company to dilute its shareholders by issuing stock. It even dual-listed its stock in Tel Aviv in October and only raised enough money to sustain its cash burn for one quarter!
Meanwhile, Afrezza has yet to crack a few million dollars in worldwide sales in any quarter -- yet MannKind's reduced operating expenses still totaled $20 million in Q1 2016. There simply isn't a viable solution that I can see to get MannKind to profitability before it runs out of financing options. This is one grossly overvalued company, in my opinion.
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