CEL-SCI Corporation, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, engages in the research and development to treat cancer and other diseases by using the immune system in the United States. The company's lead immunotherapy is Multikine, which has completed Phase III clinical trials for the potential treatment of certain head and neck cancers. It is also developing Ligand Epitope Antigen Presentation System (LEAPS) …
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ROIC Below WACC or PeersROIC at 19.5th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
Liquidity ConcernsLiquidity is concerning (score 0.25), raising questions about short-term obligations.
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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Cel-Sci Corporation ranks #513 of 713
scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score — the top 72%.
The widest moat in the group is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX)
at 85/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near CVM in Biotechnology
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Not measurable
· 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
Not measurable
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 24
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 40
· 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
Not measurable
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Cel-Sci Corporation (CVM) scores 30 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #513 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology, the top 72%. 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 (40/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (24/100).
How does Cel-Sci Corporation compare with other Biotechnology companies?
Cel-Sci Corporation ranks #513 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 Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc (PRAX) at 30 just above it and SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc (SLS) at 30 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 Cel-Sci Corporation 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 Cel-Sci Corporation?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CVM scores: Pricing Power (not measurable), Cost Advantage (not measurable), Customer Stickiness (not measurable), Capital Efficiency (24), Resilience (40), Scale & Market Position (not measurable). 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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