Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. NMRA

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
25/100
Developing

About Neumora Therapeutics, Inc.

Neumora Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing therapeutic treatments for brain diseases, neuropsychiatric disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases in the United States. The company develops navacaprant (NMRA-140), a novel once-daily oral kappa opioid receptor antagonist, which is in phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of major depressive disorder. It also develops NMRA-511 that is in phase 1 … Full NMRA analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.60), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 26.5th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.38), 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 NMRA ranks in Biotechnology

Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. ranks #565 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score — the top 79%. The widest moat in the group is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near NMRA in Biotechnology
# Company Moat score Rating
561 Avalo Therapeutics, Inc. AVTX 26/100 Developing
562 Dare Bioscience, Inc. DARE 25/100 Developing
563 BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. BTAI 25/100 Developing
564 Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. ELTX 25/100 Developing
565 Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. NMRA 25/100 Developing
566 Gain Therapeutics, Inc. GANX 25/100 Developing
567 Lantern Pharma Inc. LTRN 25/100 Developing
568 Humacyte, Inc. HUMA 25/100 Developing
569 Humacyte, Inc. HUMAW 25/100 Developing

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How NMRA scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Not measurable · 20% of the moat score

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 12 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 46 · 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.

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Understanding NMRA's moat

What is Neumora Therapeutics, Inc.'s moat score?

Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. (NMRA) scores 25 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #565 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology, the top 79%. 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 (46/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (12/100).

How does Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. compare with other Biotechnology companies?

Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. ranks #565 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 Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. (ELTX) at 25 just above it and Gain Therapeutics, Inc. (GANX) at 25 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 Neumora Therapeutics, 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 Neumora Therapeutics, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and NMRA scores: Pricing Power (not measurable), Cost Advantage (not measurable), Customer Stickiness (not measurable), Capital Efficiency (12), Resilience (46), 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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