VIA Pharmaceuticals (VIA Pharmaceuticals) Risk Assessment

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What is VIA Pharmaceuticals Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of VIA Pharmaceuticals is: No Data: Cannot be evaluated.

Competitive Comparison of VIA Pharmaceuticals's Risk Assessment

For the Biotechnology subindustry, VIA Pharmaceuticals's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment 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.

VIA Pharmaceuticals's Risk Assessment Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, VIA Pharmaceuticals's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where VIA Pharmaceuticals's Risk Assessment falls into.

VIA Pharmaceuticals (GREY:VIAP) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

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VIA Pharmaceuticals (VIA Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

N/A

Address

750 Battery Street, Suite 330, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94111

Website

http://www.baycitycapital.com

VIA Pharmaceuticals Inc is a development stage biotechnology company focuses on the development of small-molecule drugs to treat cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

Executives

Fred B Craves	director	750 BATTERY ST, STE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Bay City Capital Fund Iv, L.p.	10 percent owner	750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Bay City Capital Management Iv Llc	10 percent owner	750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Bay City Capital Fund Iv Co Invesment Fund Lp	10 percent owner	750 BATTERY ST STE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Bay City Capital Llc	10 percent owner	750 BATTERY STREET STE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Douglas B Given	director	C/O NEORX CORP, 410 WEST HARRISON ST, SEATTLE WA 98119
Karen Steil Wright	officer: V.P. ? Finance, Controller	750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 330, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Lawrence Kenneth Cohen	director, officer: CEO and President	750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 330 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Richard L Anderson	director	14031 216TH WAY NE, WOODINVILLE WA 98072
Mark Bagnall	director	3876 BAY CENTER PLACE, HAYWARD CA 94545
Rebecca Taub	officer: SVP, Research & Development	750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 330, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Adeoye Y Olukotun	officer: Chief Medical Officer	3621 SOUTH STATE ST, 695 KMS PL, ANN ARBOR MI 48108
Deerfield Special Situations Fund International Ltd	10 percent owner, other: Possible Member of 10% Group	BISON COURT, ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA D8 -
Deerfield Special Situations Fund, L.p.	10 percent owner, other: Possible Member of 10% Group	780 3RD AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
James E Flynn	10 percent owner, other: Possible Member of 10% Group	780 THIRD AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017

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