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Viva Biotech Holdings1873.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Health Care›Biotechnology
Momentum neutral 41
Mkt cap
$354M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
56%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$749,087
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
9.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-7.7 pp
WACC 11.7%
Hurdle
-14 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
146 days
1 Apr 2027
Close · HKDHK$1.33
1D-1.5%
1W+6.8%
1M-21.0%
3M-7.3%
6M-14.4%
YTD-25.8%
1Y-44.6%
ATR %6.3%
52w lowhigh53.3% off high

What Viva Biotech does

Employees: 2,169

Viva Biotech at a glance

Size Viva Biotech (1873.HK) is a Hong Kong Health Care company (Biotechnology) with a market value of $354M, the 846th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$1.33 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 14.4%, against -32.3% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 18 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 7.4% over the last twelve months (peer median -8.8%); the operating margin is 9.9% (peer median -385.3%).

Valuation It trades at 9.5× forward earnings.

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +19%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.7 points below its cost of capital (11.7% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 1 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20261873.HK 84Peer median 70
Six months, rebased to 100: Viva Biotech against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Viva Biotech financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$2.13BHK$1.88BHK$2.15BHK$2.38BHK$2.77B
Revenue growth—-13%-10%-14%—
Gross profitHK$736MHK$711MHK$745MHK$816MHK$949M
EBITDAHK$440MHK$438MHK$481MHK$446MHK$525M
Net incomeHK$199MHK$238MHK$181M-HK$128M-HK$615M
Free cash flowHK$323MHK$98.0MHK$162MHK$187MHK$80.4M
Capital expenditureHK$168MHK$133MHK$208MHK$193MHK$271M
Total debtn/aHK$1.48BHK$1.37BHK$2.10BHK$3.17B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Viva Biotech competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%0%+50%3880ALLOPROKLYELFENCSRZN4894ALEC456160AGMBBNTC6945CTNMCCCC3003814768301873.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Viva Biotech is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

+20%+40%+60%+80%10×15×3880FENC1873.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Viva Biotech is the large dot.

Viva Biotech competitors and peer comparison

How Viva Biotech compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Viva Biotech against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure1873.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-21.0%-17.2%10th lowest of 20
6-month return-14.4%-32.3%6th highest of 18
Distance from 52-week high-53.3%-53.8%10th highest of 20
Revenue growth (TTM)+7.4%-8.8%6th highest of 16
Operating margin9.9%-385.3%2nd highest of 16
Forward P/E9.5×n/a—
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)5.6%n/a—
Growth delivered (Del g)+19.1%n/a—
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-13.5 ppn/a—
ROIC minus cost of capital-7.7 pp-80.5 pp2nd highest of 11
EV / EBITDA5.9×n/a—
Net debt / EBITDA-0.4×n/a—

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Viva Biotech 1873.HKHong Kong$354M-14%+7%10%9.5×5.6%+19.1%
Medtide 3880.HKHong Kong$358M-9%+14%36%11.4×n/an/a
Allogene Therapeutics ALLOUnited States$359M-54%-100%-3,886%n/an/an/a
Aspen Neuroscience ASPEUnited States$362Mn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Zhejiang Laifual Drive 3952.HKHong Kong$363Mn/a+142%-11%n/an/an/a
ProKidney PROKUnited States$345M-39%+55%-21,665%n/an/an/a
Lyell Immunopharma LYELUnited States$364M-23%-55%-729,281%n/an/an/a
Fennec Pharmaceuticals FENCUnited States$344M+42%+78%-3%18.7×n/an/a
Surrozen SRZNUnited States$364M-35%-9%-385%n/an/an/a
Cuorips 4894.TJapan$341M-9%-51%-947%n/an/an/a
Alector ALECUnited States$340M+9%-83%-857%n/an/an/a
G2GBIO 456160.KSSouth Korea$370M-65%-45%-2,884%n/an/an/a
AgomAb Therapeutics NV ADR AGMBUnited States$376M-37%n/an/an/an/an/a
Benitec Biopharma BNTCUnited States$333M-22%n/an/an/an/an/a
AP Biosciences 6945.TWOTaiwan$330M-32%-100%n/an/an/an/a
Contineum Therapeutics CTNMUnited States$381M-34%n/an/an/an/an/a
C4 Therapeutics CCCCUnited States$381M+5%+2%-288%n/an/an/a
Laekna 2105.HKHong Kong$328M-57%n/a-57%n/an/an/a
Guangdong Vtr Bio-Tech 300381.SZChina$384M-23%-4%-4%n/an/an/a
IMPACT Therapeutics 7630.HKHong Kong$325Mn/a+395%-173%n/an/an/a
Rznomics 476830.KSSouth Korea$386M-79%-72%-1,440%n/an/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Viva Biotech's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Medtide (3880.HK), Allogene Therapeutics (ALLO), Aspen Neuroscience (ASPE), Zhejiang Laifual Drive (3952.HK), ProKidney (PROK), Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FENC), Surrozen (SRZN).
How has Viva Biotech stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -14.4% against -32.3% for the median peer; over one year -44.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.