
In mid November, US drugmaker Moderna announced its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing the virus. The news comes just a week after Pfizer's vaccine revealed a 90% accuracy rate.
Moderna (MRNA) is a US pharmaceutical and biotechnology company. The company focuses on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology and was among the first to develop a vaccination against COVID-19. Moderna was founded in 2010 and its headquarters are in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the USA.
How to buy shares in Moderna
- Compare share trading platforms. To buy shares in a company listed in the US from Australia you'll need to find a trading platform that offers access to US stock markets. Look for a platform with low brokerage and foreign exchange fees.
- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, which will typically include your ID and tax file number. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Moderna. Find the share by name or ticker symbol: MRNA. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment that matches your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Moderna reaches your desired price. To spread out your risk, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying using consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of US$79.95, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimise risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Moderna, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Moderna. Optimise your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights.
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Moderna stock price (NASDAQ:MRNA)
Use our graph to track the performance of MRNA stocks over time.Moderna shares at a glance
52-week range | US$62.55 - US$217.25 |
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50-day moving average | US$84.9098 |
200-day moving average | US$117.679 |
Target price | US$134.16 |
PE ratio | N/A |
Dividend yield | US$0 (0%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | US$-9.24 |
Use the fields above to explore the returns from a historical investment. Please refer to the charts further up this page to see performance over 5 years, or other periods. Past performance doesn't indicate future results. Capital is at risk.
Moderna price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of $79.95
1 week (2023-12-01) | 0.15% |
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1 month (2023-11-08) | 12.07% |
3 months (2023-09-08) | -25.72% |
6 months (2023-06-08) | -36.01% |
1 year (2022-12-08) | -56.71% |
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2 years (2021-12-08) | -71.79% |
3 years (2020-12-09) | -48.94% |
5 years (2018-12-07) | 329.84% |
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Moderna share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Moderna's shares have ranged in value from as little as US$62.55 up to US$217.25. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Moderna's is 1.618. This would suggest that Moderna's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Moderna financials
Revenue TTM | US$9.1 billion |
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Gross profit TTM | US$10.6 billion |
Return on assets TTM | -7.32% |
Return on equity TTM | -22.04% |
Profit margin | -38% |
Book value | 35.315 |
Market capitalisation | US$30.5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Moderna share dividends
We're not expecting Moderna to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Moderna overview
Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company, discovers, develops, and commercializes messenger RNA therapeutics and vaccines for the treatment of infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, autoimmune, and cardiovascular diseases in the United States, Europe, and internationally. Its respiratory vaccines include COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, spikevax, and hMPV/PIV3 vaccines; latent vaccines comprise cytomegalovirus, epstein-barr virus, herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster virus, and human immunodeficiency virus vaccines; and public health vaccines consists of Zika and Nipah vaccines. The company also offers systemic secreted and cell surface therapeutics; cancer vaccines, such as personalized cancer, KRAS, and checkpoint vaccines; intratumoral immuno-oncology products; localized regenerative, systemic intracellular, and inhaled pulmonary therapeutics. It has strategic alliances and collaborations with AstraZeneca; Merck; Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated; Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited; Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.; Metagenomi, Inc.; Carisma Therapeutics, Inc.; CytomX Therapeutics; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority; Institute for Life Changing Medicines; and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as a strategic partnership with Caris Life Sciences to advance mRNA-Based oncology therapeutics. The company was formerly known as Moderna Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Moderna, Inc. in August 2018. Moderna, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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