Chimerix, Inc. CMRX

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
27/100
Developing

Ranked against 712 peers in Biotechnology

Key risks

  • Below-Peer Operating Efficiency Operating margin at 7.0th percentile indicates below-peer efficiency.
  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.16), suggesting weak customer stickiness.

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Pricing Power

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Where CMRX ranks in Biotechnology

Chimerix, Inc. ranks #548 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score — the top 77%. The widest moat in the group is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
544 Dermata Therapeutics, Inc. Warrant DRMAW 27/100 Developing
545 Oculis Holding AG OCS 27/100 Developing
546 Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SLRX 27/100 Developing
547 XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. XTLB 27/100 Developing
548 Chimerix, Inc. CMRX 27/100 Developing
549 Larimar Therapeutics, Inc. LRMR 27/100 Developing
550 Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc. UNCY 27/100 Developing
551 ATAI Life Sciences N.V. ATAI 27/100 Developing
552 Addex Therapeutics Ltd ADXN 27/100 Developing

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How CMRX scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 21 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 7 · 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 10 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 27 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 49 · 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 34 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding CMRX's moat

What is Chimerix, Inc.'s moat score?

Chimerix, Inc. (CMRX) scores 27 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #548 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology, the top 77%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 712 companies in Biotechnology. Its strongest defense is Resilience (49/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (7/100).

How does Chimerix, Inc. compare with other Biotechnology companies?

Chimerix, Inc. ranks #548 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 XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (XTLB) at 27 just above it and Larimar Therapeutics, Inc. (LRMR) at 27 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 Chimerix, 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 Chimerix, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CMRX scores: Pricing Power (21), Cost Advantage (7), Customer Stickiness (10), Capital Efficiency (27), Resilience (49), Scale & Market Position (34). 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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