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Valneva SE VLA.PA

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Valneva SE (VLA.PA) earns a Piotroski F-score of 3/9 (weak financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was €174.7M at a -66.0% net margin.

€4.95 high · €2.15 low · daily closes (~2y) · hover for date & price
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Stocktoria Quality Score · grade D
3/9
Piotroski F — financial health
-4.42
Altman Z″ — distress risk · distress
Dividend yield · no dividend

Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year

Piotroski F /9
4 5 3 202320242025
Altman Z″
-3.22 -1.71 -4.42 202320242025

Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.

€2.46 as of 2026-08-03 · -35.7% 1y
€2.15€4.9552-wk
Market cap USD$579M
Net margin 5y avg-44.7%
Return on equity 5y avg-64.9%
Beta1.4
Employees674

Analyst price target

€5.23 +112.7% vs last
· 6 analysts
target range €2.10 – €7.50

Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.

Revenue trend · last 4y · down

How it ranks in Healthcare · percentile among 80 companies

Piotroski Fstronger than 0%
Net marginstronger than 0%
Return on equitystronger than 0%
Revenue growthstronger than 29%

Percentile vs other Healthcare companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.

Piotroski F breakdown · 3/9 tests passed

Altman Z″ components · distress zone

ComponentValue
Working capital / assets0.324
Retained earnings / assets-1.703
EBIT / assets-0.205
Equity / liabilities0.363

About Valneva SE

Valneva SE, a specialty vaccine company, develops, manufactures, and commercializes prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases with unmet needs. It offers IXIARO, an inactivated Vero cell culture-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine indicated for active immunization against Japanese encephalitis; DUKORAL, an oral vaccine for the prevention of diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholera or heat-labile toxin producing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli bacterium; and IXCHIQ/ VLA1553, a single-dose, live-attenuated vaccine for the prevention of disease caused by chikungunya virus. The company also develops VLA15, a vaccine candidate against Borrelia, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease; S4V2, a tetravalent bioconjugate vaccine candidate against shigellosis, a diarrheal infection caused by Shigella bacteria; VLA1601, a vaccine candidate targeting the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne viral disease; VLA1554, a vaccine candidate targeting human metapneumovirus; VLA84, a vaccine candidate targeting the prevention of primary symptomatic clostridium difficile infection; and VLA2112, a vaccine candidate to treat patients with epstein-barr virus. It sells its products in the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, Nordics, the United Kingdom, France, rest of Europe, and internationally. Valneva SE was founded in 1998 and is based in Saint-Herblain, France.

FAQ

Is VLA.PA financially healthy?

Valneva SE's Piotroski F-score is 3/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.

Does VLA.PA pay a dividend?

No, Valneva SE does not currently pay a dividend.

How profitable is VLA.PA?

In FY2025, Valneva SE had a net margin of -66.0% and a return on equity of -108.5%.

What is the analyst price target for VLA.PA?

The average Wall-Street price target for Valneva SE is €5.23, about 112.7% above the recent price, from 6 analysts.

Is VLA.PA a good stock to buy?

Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Valneva SE: a Piotroski F-score of 3/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.

Computed from company filings · FR · as of 2025-12-31. Figures in EUR. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.