RNA vaccines curing cancer is an interesting framework to look at roundtrips and valuations, it was the most recent global viral "supercool new thing" before AI.
TMO share price peaked at 30x LTM PE. Fine. Sensible, Like Nvidia. Though it only grew revenues at 50% at the peak, not 100%.
Sartorius Stedim peaked at 100-120x PE (this is equivalent to what today, WFE?).
Repligen got to 300x PE, share price peaked later at 180x PE.
MRNA / Pfizer share price peaked at 50x / 20x PE as earnings grew (PE was higher on the way there, PE contraction always a sign).
CRL peaked at 60x PE (equivalent to what today, OSAT?)
Multiple going up all good green light. After that, when share price keeps going up but multiple stops going up and stays rangebound at 100x like Stedim or contracts like Repligen or MRNA, the end is 6 months away.
Or maybe not this time.
Maybe is faster, because people remember.
Where did the money go after?
Everyone trying to fade these semis moves. Maybe this analog resonates more than the dot com bubble...
Did you guys learn nothing during COVID?
Go look at every life sciences chart
$DHR $TMO $CRL $IQV $MRNA $PFE $RGEN $NVAX. You had shtcos and realcos flying to insane multiples on insane fundamentals.
The assumptions you had to underwrite to were so insane -- an endless wave of biopharma innovation. Ppl literally extrapolated to 'we are going to cure cancer tmwr w/MRNA'.
In comparison, what's happening today is not that crazy. Yet...