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Galapagos NV GLPG

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Overview of Galapagos NV

GLPG NMS
Healthcare Biotechnology Framework: Biotech / Pre-Revenue Small Cap
Galapagos NV (GLPG), is a Small Cap company, in the Biotechnology industry, last closed at $29.60, about 33.1% undervalued vs fair value, -7.6% 1Y return, placing in the top 10% of its sector.
Metrics P/E 6.7× Rev Growth 303.5% ROE 10.5% Gross Margin 97.3%
USD 29.60
-1.27%
(Delayed)
• Vol 90d: 28.4%
52-Week Range
Market Cap
$1.95B
Enterprise Value
$1.89B
Overall Score
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Overall
Growth
Fair
Profitability
Good
Health
Fair
Efficiency
Weak
Valuation
Good
Growth
Fair
Profitability
Good
Health
Fair
Efficiency
Weak
Valuation
Good
Completeness: 100%
Confidence: 61%
Updated: Sep 12
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Quick Facts

Website https://www.glpg.com
HQ Mechelen
Employees 704
Fiscal year Dec 31

Next Events

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Fair Value Snapshot

Bear Base Bull
$36
$39
$43
Current: $29.60 +33% vs base

Engine Room Money Flow™

Small Cap

Biotech / Pre-Revenue - Where revenue goes and how value is created

Flow Steps
Cash on Hand
$87.9M
36.8%%
Total Revenue
$1.1B
303.5%%
Net Income
$320.9M
333.1%%
Operating Expense
$581.1M
35.4%%
Money Flow Bridge
Flow Direction: Money moves from left to right
Components: Breakdown shows composition of each stage
Industry-Specific: Biotech / Pre-Revenue

Quality & Reliability Indicators

Cash Runway
4.1 months
Poor

Critical: Cash runway under 12 months

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Where It Leaks

Cash Flow Health healthy
Strong cash conversion with minimal leakage across profit-to-cash-to-value chain.
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High Impact
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Moat Analysis Corporate Default

Competitive Advantage Assessment

Evaluating Galapagos NV's durable competitive advantages across 6 defense dimensions

Overall Moat Strength
81
/100
Strong
Scores based on quantitative metrics and qualitative factors
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Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.87), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 86.3th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.

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Pricing Power

Strong
82
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Trade-Off Ledger

Where management spends the performance budget

Insufficient Data for Analysis

GLPG - Galapagos NV

We have limited financial data for GLPG. The Growth and Profitability axes don't have enough metrics for reliable analysis.

Data Coverage by Axis

Growth
0% coverage Below threshold
Profitability
0% coverage N/A
Overall Coverage: 33.3% (Minimum 40% required)

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Scenario-based fair value ranges for Galapagos NV.

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Base
$39.40
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