Apollomics Inc. APLM

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
56/100
Moderate

About Apollomics Inc.

Apollomics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of oncology therapies to harness the immune system and target specific molecular pathways to inhibit cancer. The company's products portfolio includes Vebreltinib (APL-101), an oral active, highly selective c-Met inhibitor, which is in Phase 2 clinical trials for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and other solid tumors … Full APLM analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 95.5th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
  • Scale Supporting Profitability Profitability at scale is strong (score 0.72), demonstrating competitive advantages.

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 0th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.28), raising refinancing risk.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Pricing Power

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Where APLM ranks in Biotechnology

Apollomics Inc. ranks #166 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score — the top 23%. The widest moat in the group is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near APLM in Biotechnology
# Company Moat score Rating
162 Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. ATRA 56/100 Moderate
163 PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. PMCB 56/100 Moderate
164 SAB Biotherapeutics, Inc. SABS 56/100 Moderate
165 Estrella Immunopharma, Inc. ESLA 56/100 Moderate
166 Apollomics Inc. APLM 56/100 Moderate
167 Oncolytics Biotech Inc. ONCY 55/100 Moderate
168 ARCA biopharma Inc ORKA 55/100 Moderate
169 Evaxion Biotech A/S EVAX 55/100 Moderate
170 Geron Corporation GERN 55/100 Moderate

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How APLM scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 36 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 64 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 68 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 71 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 31 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 72 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding APLM's moat

What is Apollomics Inc.'s moat score?

Apollomics Inc. (APLM) scores 56 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #166 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology, the top 23%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 712 companies in Biotechnology. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (72/100) and its weakest is Resilience (31/100).

How does Apollomics Inc. compare with other Biotechnology companies?

Apollomics Inc. ranks #166 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score. The widest moat in Biotechnology is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100. The companies ranked closest are Estrella Immunopharma, Inc. (ESLA) at 56 just above it and Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (ONCY) at 55 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 712 companies in Biotechnology. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Apollomics Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Apollomics Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and APLM scores: Pricing Power (36), Cost Advantage (64), Customer Stickiness (68), Capital Efficiency (71), Resilience (31), Scale & Market Position (72). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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