hVIVO (HVO) Stock Overview
Operates as a full-service early specialist contract research organisation in the United Kingdom, Europe, and North America. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 4/6 |
| Future Growth | 4/6 |
| Past Performance | 0/6 |
| Financial Health | 6/6 |
| Dividends | 0/6 |
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Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | UK£0.079 |
| 52 Week High | UK£0.12 |
| 52 Week Low | UK£0.043 |
| Beta | 1.72 |
| 1 Month Change | -3.09% |
| 3 Month Change | 14.60% |
| 1 Year Change | -23.04% |
| 3 Year Change | -46.60% |
| 5 Year Change | -75.47% |
| Change since IPO | 15.44% |
Recent News & Updates
Narrative Update • Mar 09
HVO: Human Challenge Platform Will Support Upgraded Earnings Conviction And Future Breakthroughs
Analysts have nudged their hVIVO price target higher to £0.29, citing slightly lower discount rate assumptions, modestly stronger revenue growth, improved profit margin expectations, and a small adjustment to the future P/E multiple. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research reflects a more positive tone around hVIVO, with bullish analysts pointing to a combination of valuation support and execution progress as reasons to reassess their stance.
Narrative Update • Feb 23
HVO: Lower Discount Rate And Strong Execution Will Support Future Rerating Potential
Narrative Update on hVIVO Analysts have lifted their price target on hVIVO to £0.18 per share, citing a modest change in the discount rate and updated future P/E assumptions as the main drivers of the revised view. Analyst Commentary Recent research points to a more constructive stance on hVIVO, with bullish analysts adjusting their assumptions around valuation multiples and discount rates to support the new £0.18 price target.Narrative Update • Feb 08
HVO: Expanded Respiratory Challenge Platform Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have raised their fair value estimate for hVIVO from £0.17 to £0.18 per share, citing updated assumptions around discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E multiples. Analyst Commentary Bullish Takeaways Bullish analysts view the move from £0.17 to £0.18 per share as support for a slightly higher fair value range.Narrative Update • Jan 24
HVO: Long Term Antiviral Partnerships Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have kept their fair value estimate for hVIVO broadly unchanged at £0.17 per share, with a slight adjustment in underlying assumptions, such as the discount rate and future P/E. This reflects updated views on risk and longer term earnings potential rather than a clear shift in the overall investment case.Recent updates
Narrative Update • Mar 09
HVO: Human Challenge Platform Will Support Upgraded Earnings Conviction And Future Breakthroughs
Analysts have nudged their hVIVO price target higher to £0.29, citing slightly lower discount rate assumptions, modestly stronger revenue growth, improved profit margin expectations, and a small adjustment to the future P/E multiple. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research reflects a more positive tone around hVIVO, with bullish analysts pointing to a combination of valuation support and execution progress as reasons to reassess their stance.Narrative Update • Feb 23
HVO: Lower Discount Rate And Strong Execution Will Support Future Rerating Potential
Narrative Update on hVIVO Analysts have lifted their price target on hVIVO to £0.18 per share, citing a modest change in the discount rate and updated future P/E assumptions as the main drivers of the revised view. Analyst Commentary Recent research points to a more constructive stance on hVIVO, with bullish analysts adjusting their assumptions around valuation multiples and discount rates to support the new £0.18 price target.Narrative Update • Feb 08
HVO: Expanded Respiratory Challenge Platform Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have raised their fair value estimate for hVIVO from £0.17 to £0.18 per share, citing updated assumptions around discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E multiples. Analyst Commentary Bullish Takeaways Bullish analysts view the move from £0.17 to £0.18 per share as support for a slightly higher fair value range.Narrative Update • Jan 24
HVO: Long Term Antiviral Partnerships Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have kept their fair value estimate for hVIVO broadly unchanged at £0.17 per share, with a slight adjustment in underlying assumptions, such as the discount rate and future P/E. This reflects updated views on risk and longer term earnings potential rather than a clear shift in the overall investment case.Narrative Update • Jan 10
HVO: Human Challenge Model Platform Will Support Future Respiratory Antiviral Breakthroughs
Analysts have trimmed their fair value estimate for hVIVO from £0.37 to £0.29, citing updated assumptions for the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and a higher future P/E multiple. What's in the News hVIVO highlighted its long running role in supporting Cidara Therapeutics' CD388 influenza programme, including early proof of concept human challenge work and ongoing Phase III support, after Cidara agreed to be acquired by Merck Sharp & Dohme for about US$9.2b (Key Developments).Narrative Update • Dec 24
HVO: Long Term Antiviral Partnership Will Drive Future Revenue Upside
Analysts have modestly raised their price target on hVIVO to reflect a slightly lower perceived risk profile and sustained expectations for robust long term revenue growth and profitability, while keeping fair value broadly unchanged at approximately £0.17 per share. What's in the News hVIVO highlighted its long term partnership with Cidara Therapeutics on CD388, an investigational long acting, strain agnostic antiviral for high risk influenza patients.Narrative Update • Dec 10
HVO: New Respiratory Challenge Models Will Drive Future Revenue Opportunities
Analysts have modestly raised their price target on hVIVO, citing a slightly higher assumed discount rate and marginally improved long term growth and valuation assumptions. Together, these factors support an updated fair value of approximately £0.17 per share.Narrative Update • Nov 26
HVO: Positive Data From New Models Will Drive Future Demand
Analysts have reduced their price target for hVIVO from £0.21 to £0.17. They cite slower expected revenue growth and tightening profit margins as key factors behind the adjustment.Narrative Update • Sep 24
Canary Wharf Expansion And Automation Will Improve Efficiency Despite Risks
Despite stronger revenue growth forecasts, a substantial decline in net profit margin has led to a notable reduction in hVIVO’s consensus analyst price target from £0.232 to £0.207. What's in the News hVIVO expects first-half 2025 revenues of £24.2 million.
New Narrative • Feb 09
Expansion Into New Canary Wharf Facility Will Increase Capacity But Challenges In Sustaining Margins May Arise
Expansion into a new facility and offering new services are expected to drive revenue growth and diversify income streams.Analysis Article • Jan 26
hVIVO plc's (LON:HVO) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 28% Above Its Share Price
Key Insights Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, hVIVO fair value estimate is UK£0.37 hVIVO's UK£0.29 share...Analysis Article • Jan 03
Improved Revenues Required Before hVIVO plc (LON:HVO) Stock's 26% Jump Looks Justified
The hVIVO plc ( LON:HVO ) share price has done very well over the last month, posting an excellent gain of 26%. The...Analysis Article • Nov 30
At UK£0.20, Is hVIVO plc (LON:HVO) Worth Looking At Closely?
hVIVO plc ( LON:HVO ), is not the largest company out there, but it saw a decent share price growth in the teens level...Analysis Article • Jun 14
A Piece Of The Puzzle Missing From hVIVO plc's (LON:HVO) Share Price
With a price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 2.2x hVIVO plc ( LON:HVO ) may be sending bullish signals at the moment...Analysis Article • Feb 01
A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of hVIVO plc (LON:HVO)
Key Insights hVIVO's estimated fair value is UK£0.1 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity Current share price of...Analysis Article • Dec 20
Should You Investigate hVIVO plc (LON:HVO) At UK£0.11?
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| HVO | GB Life Sciences | GB Market | |
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| 7D | -7.1% | 1.3% | -1.3% |
| 1Y | -23.0% | -2.2% | 17.3% |
Return vs Industry: HVO underperformed the UK Life Sciences industry which returned -2.2% over the past year.
Return vs Market: HVO underperformed the UK Market which returned 17.3% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| HVO volatility | |
|---|---|
| HVO Average Weekly Movement | 10.2% |
| Life Sciences Industry Average Movement | 8.3% |
| Market Average Movement | 5.5% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in GB Market | 11.1% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in GB Market | 3.0% |
Stable Share Price: HVO's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the UK market.
Volatility Over Time: HVO's weekly volatility (10%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of UK stocks.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | 376 | Mo Khan | www.hvivo.com |
hVIVO plc operates as a full-service early specialist contract research organisation in the United Kingdom, Europe, and North America. It provides end-to-end early clinical development services to the biopharmaceutical industry, including phase I capabilities and world leading human challenge trial services. The company is involved in the testing of vaccines and antivirals using human challenge clinical trials; and provision of laboratory services, including virology, immunology and biomarker analysis, as well as assay development, sample analysis, and data interpretation.
hVIVO plc Fundamentals Summary
| HVO fundamental statistics | |
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| Market cap | UK£53.93m |
| Earnings (TTM) | -UK£5.99m |
| Revenue (TTM) | UK£49.66m |
1.1x
P/S Ratio-9.0x
P/E RatioIs HVO overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| HVO income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | UK£49.66m |
| Cost of Revenue | UK£48.24m |
| Gross Profit | UK£1.42m |
| Other Expenses | UK£7.41m |
| Earnings | -UK£5.99m |
Last Reported Earnings
Dec 31, 2025
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | -0.0087 |
| Gross Margin | 2.86% |
| Net Profit Margin | -12.07% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 0% |
How did HVO perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/06/21 06:23 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/06/19 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.
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Industry and Sector Metrics
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Analyst Sources
hVIVO plc is covered by 11 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Michael Mitchell | Cavendish |
| Adam McCarter | Cavendish |
| Edward Thomason | CGS International |