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Geovax Labs (Geovax Labs) Profitability Rank : 1 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Geovax Labs Profitability Rank?

Geovax Labs has the Profitability Rank of 1. It has had trouble to make a profit.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Geovax Labs's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was %. As of today, Geovax Labs's Piotroski F-Score is 3.


Competitive Comparison of Geovax Labs's Profitability Rank

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Geovax Labs's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Geovax Labs's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Geovax Labs's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Geovax Labs's Profitability Rank falls into.



Geovax Labs Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Geovax Labs has the Profitability Rank of 1. It has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Geovax Labs's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-7.694 / 0
= %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Geovax Labs has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Geovax Labs (Geovax Labs) Business Description

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1900 Lake Park Drive, Suite 380, Smyrna, GA, USA, 30080
Geovax Labs Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing human vaccines and immunotherapies against infectious diseases and solid tumor cancers using novel proprietary platforms. GeoVax's product pipeline includes ongoing human clinical trials for a next-generation COVID-19 vaccine and a gene-directed therapy against head and neck cancers. Additional research and development programs include preventive vaccines against Monkeypox (MPox), hemorrhagic fever viruses (Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Marburg, and Lassa), and Zika virus, as well as immunotherapies for multiple solid tumors.