Moderna's Q4 Revenue Falls 66% to USD 966M Amid COVID Vaccine Sales Slump
The company reported a quarterly loss of $2.91 per share, compared to analysts' expectations of a $2.68 per share loss, according to data compiled by LSEG. The company posted a profit of 55 cents per share last year.
Finance chief James Mock in an interview attributed the loss to a $238 million non-cash charge related to the termination of its agreement with a contract manufacturer.
"As we looked at our manufacturing footprint, we believed we did not need that particular (manufacturer) and tried to eliminate the potential waste related to that capacity," he said, declining to identify the manufacturer.
Moderna first announced it would start scaling down manufacturing of its COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in late 2023, including at Lonza's facility in Switzerland, as part of a larger cost-cutting effort that reduced the cost of sales by 47% to $1.5 billion last year.
The vaccine maker plans to keep lowering expenses this year, saying in January that it would cut cash costs by $1 billion, as well as by an additional $500 million in 2026. It also slashed its 2025 sales forecast by $1 billion at that time.
Moderna's stock fell nearly 60% last year as sales of its COVID-19 vaccine crashed from their peak during the pandemic and its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) shot got less uptake than expected.
Shares of Moderna, along with other vaccine makers, dropped further this year as lawmakers advanced President Donald Trump's pick for Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, through Congress. Kennedy, a vaccine critic, was confirmed to the role on Thursday.
Moderna's total revenue fell nearly 66% to $966 million for the quarter, but beat analysts' expectations of $942.84 million. Sales included $923 million for the company's COVID shot and $15 million for its RSV vaccine.
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