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ARMP (Armata Pharmaceuticals) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : $-4.29 (As of Sep24)


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What is Armata Pharmaceuticals Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Sep24, Armata Pharmaceuticals's earnings power value is $-4.29. *

* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.

Margin of Safety is N/A.

The basic concept of EPV is that one should value a stock based on the current free cash flow of a company and not on future projections which may, or may not, come true. It is arguably a better way to analyze stocks than Discounted Cash Flow analysis that relies on highly speculative growth assumptions many years into the future. Assumption: Current profitability is sustainable.


Armata Pharmaceuticals Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Armata Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Power Value (EPV) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Armata Pharmaceuticals Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

Armata Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Power Value (EPV)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -5.22 -0.73 -0.65 -0.69 -3.14

Armata Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Earnings Power Value (EPV) Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.55 -3.14 -3.78 -2.22 -3.69

Competitive Comparison of Armata Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Power Value (EPV)

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Armata Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Power Value (EPV), along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Power Value (EPV) data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Armata Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Armata Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Armata Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Power Value (EPV) falls into.



Armata Pharmaceuticals Earnings Power Value (EPV) Calculation

Earnings Power Value also known as just Earnings Power is a valuation technique popularised by Bruce Greenwald, an authority on value investing at Columbia University. It is arguably a better way to analyze stocks than Discounted Cash Flow analysis that relies on highly speculative growth assumptions many years into the future.

The basic concept of EPV is that one should value a stock based on the current free cash flow of a company and not on future projections which may, or may not, come true. This valuation tool excludes the potential growth that a company may have so that needs to be looked at separately. Since future growth is excluded from the analysis, only the maintenance capital expenditures are subtracted from after-tax EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) and growth capex is ignored.

Armata Pharmaceuticals's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 20 Quarters Last Quarter
Revenue 0.00
DDA 1.08
Operating Margin % 0.00
SGA * 25% 2.36
Tax Rate % 0.00
Maintenance Capex 2.89
Cash and Cash Equivalents 17.14
Short-Term Debt 112.40
Long-Term Debt 27.93
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 36.18

1. Start with "Earnings" not including accounting adjustments (one-time charges not excluded unless policy has changed). "Earnings" are "Operating Income.

2. Look at average margins over a business/Industry cycle: Average Operating Margin = 0.00%

To normalize margins and eliminate the effects on profitability of valuing the firm at different points in the business cycle, it is usually best to take a long-term average of operating margins. Ideally this would be as long as 10 years and include at least one economic downturn. However, since most of companies do not have as long as 10-year history, here GuruFocus uses the latest 5 years data to do the calculation. To smooth out unusual years but reflect recent developments, we take an average of the 5 year margin.

3. Multiply average margins by sustainable revenues and then adjust for maintenance SGA. This yields "normalized" EBIT:

To be conservative, GuruFocus uses an average of the 5 year revenues as the sustainable revenue.
EPV analysis recognises that part of SG&A expenditure is made to maintain and replace the existing assets, while part is made to grow sales. Since EPV is only interested in what it costs a going concern to maintain its existing asset base, it adds back a percentage of SG&A (between 15% and 50% - this is a matter of judgment and industry knowledge) to make up for the fact that some of this expenditure went to fund growth and shouldn't be accounted for. To start off, we assume 25% for the sake of prudence.
Sustainable Revenue = $0.00 Mil, Average Operating Margin = 0.00%, Average Adjusted SGA = 2.36,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 0.00 * 0.00% +2.36 = $ Mil.

4. Multiply by one minus Average Tax Rate (NOPAT):

Same as average operating margin calculation, GuruFocus takes an average of the 5 years tax rates.
Average Tax Rate = 0.00%, and "Normalized" EBIT = $ Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = * ( 1 - 0.00% ) = $0 Mil.

5. Add back Excess Depreciation (after tax at 1/2 average tax rate). This yields "normalized" Earnings:

Excess Depreciation = Average DDA * % of Excess Depreciation (after tax at 1/2 average tax rate) = 1.08 * 0.5 * 0.00% = $0 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = 0 + 0 = $0 Mil.

6. Adjusted for Maintenance Capital Expenditure:

First, calculate the revenue change regarding to the previous year. If the revenue decreased from the previous year, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
Second, if the revenue increased from the previous year, then calculate the percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue.
Third, calculate Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase.
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase] was negative, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase] was positive, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase.
Fourth, GuruFocus uses an average of the 5 year maintenance capital expenditures as maintenance CAPEX.
Armata Pharmaceuticals's Average Maintenance CAPEX = $2.89 Mil *.
* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.

7. Investors require a return of "WACC" for the risk they are taking: WACC = 9%

8. Armata Pharmaceuticals's current cash and cash equivalent = $17.14 Mil.
Armata Pharmaceuticals's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 27.93 + 112.40 = $140.326 Mil.
Armata Pharmaceuticals's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 36.18 Mil.

Armata Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Sep24 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( 0 - 2.89)/ 9%+17.14-140.326 )/36.18
=-4.29

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( -4.2929334807444-2.1918 )/-4.2929334807444
= N/A

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.


Armata Pharmaceuticals  (AMEX:ARMP) Earnings Power Value (EPV) Explanation

Assumption: Current profitability is sustainable.

Earnings power value (EPV) uses a very basic equation which assumes no growth, although it does rely on an assumption about the cost of capital as well as the fact that current earnings are sustainable. It also involves several adjustments to clean up the underlying Earnings figures.


Be Aware

Though using today's earnings in calculating Earnings Power Value, GuruFocus is normalizing these earnings to the business cycle. This eliminates the effects on profitability of valuing the firm at different points in the business cycle. This means that we are considering the average earnings over 5 years.


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Armata Pharmaceuticals Business Description

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Address
5005 McConnell Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90066
Armata Pharmaceuticals Inc is a developer of pathogen-specific bacteriophage therapeutics for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant and difficult-to-treat bacterial infections using its proprietary bacteriophage-based technology. The company is developing and advancing a broad pipeline of natural and synthetic phage candidates, including clinical candidates for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and other pathogens. In addition, in collaboration with Merck, the company is developing proprietary synthetic phage candidates to target an undisclosed infectious disease agent.
Executives
Richard Rychlik officer: Corporate Controller and PFO 5005 MCCONNELL AVENUE, LOS ANGELES CA 90066
Deborah Birx director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3300 LOWELL STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC 20008
Julianne Averill officer: Chief Financial Officer 361 NEWBURY STREET, SUITE 500, BOSTON MA 02115
Erin Butler officer: Vice President,Finance & Admin 4375 LOMA RIVIERA COURT, SAN DIEGO CA 92110
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Innoviva Strategic Opportunities Llc director, 10 percent owner 1209 ORANGE STREET, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Robin Kramer director 999 VANDERBILT BEACH ROAD, 3RD FLOOR, NAPLES FL 34109
Steven Robert Martin officer: Chief Financial Officer 11011 NORTH TORREY PINES ROAD, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Kostas D Odysseas director 660 STEAMBOAT ROAD, 3RD FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Sarah J. Schlesinger director C/O ARIAD PHARMACEUTICALS, 26 LANDSDOWNE STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Jeremy Curnock Cook director TARGETED GENETICS CORP, 1100 OLIVE WAY STE 100, SEATTLE WA 98101
Michael S Perry director C/O BIOTRANSPLANT INC, 196 BOSTON AVE SUITE 2800, MEDFORD MA 02155
Todd C. Peterson director C/O ARMATA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 4503 GLENCOE AVENUE, MARINA DEL REY CA 90292
H Stewart Parker director