uniQure N.V. QURE

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
40/100
Developing

About uniQure N.V.

uniQure N.V. develops treatments for patients suffering from rare and other devastating diseases in the United States. The company offers HEMGENIX that allows people living with hemophilia B to produce factor IX, which can lower the risk of bleeding. Its lead product candidate is AMT-130, a gene therapy candidate, which is in Phase I/II clinical study for the treatment of … Full QURE analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.86), with robust interest coverage.
  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.81), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.19), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
  • Weak or Negative Cash Flow Cash generation is weak (score 0.38), limiting financial flexibility.

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Pricing Power

Developing
35

Where QURE ranks in Biotechnology

uniQure N.V. ranks #370 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score — the top 52%. The widest moat in the group is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near QURE in Biotechnology
# Company Moat score Rating
366 Shattuck Labs, Inc. STTK 40/100 Developing
367 BeyondSpring, Inc. BYSI 40/100 Developing
368 Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. ONCT 40/100 Developing
369 Belite Bio, Inc BLTE 40/100 Developing
370 uniQure N.V. QURE 40/100 Developing
371 Viking Therapeutics, Inc. VKTX 40/100 Developing
372 Abeona Therapeutics Inc. ABEO 40/100 Developing
373 Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. GLMD 40/100 Developing
374 IGC Pharma, Inc. IGC 40/100 Developing

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How QURE scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 35 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 39 · 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 30 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 22 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 75 · 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 37 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding QURE's moat

What is uniQure N.V.'s moat score?

uniQure N.V. (QURE) scores 40 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #370 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology, the top 52%. 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 (75/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (22/100).

How does uniQure N.V. compare with other Biotechnology companies?

uniQure N.V. ranks #370 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 Belite Bio, Inc (BLTE) at 40 just above it and Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) at 40 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 uniQure N.V. 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 uniQure N.V.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and QURE scores: Pricing Power (35), Cost Advantage (39), Customer Stickiness (30), Capital Efficiency (22), Resilience (75), Scale & Market Position (37). 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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