Long (potential takeover, solid pipeline, tons of cash)- potential aim for takover (I suppose by VRTX ) . Company has 2.5B in cash, no debt with market cap about 4.5B$ (EV = 2.0 B)
- solid pipeline and probably will be first who get FDA approval for commercial CRISPR product
- got most of up front payment for milestones in CRISPR among competitors ( about 1b$ from Vertex and collaboration with Bayer). BEAM for example got only 300m$ in up front payment, NTLA even less.
That means CRSP has enough cash for 4 years R&D without share offering and sustain global recession.