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PCVX

LONGINSIDER SELL

VAXCYTE INC

Research: Finviz ↗·Perplexity ↗

🗄 Viewing archived Q1 2026 data — frozen, no longer refreshed.

Funds
3
Score
2.80
vs SPY
-19.8%
Stock return (since Q-end)
-0.1%
SPY return (since Q-end)
+19.7%
Current price
$58.07
Days to cover (short int.)
14.8d↑+1.6%
as of 2026-07-31

News Summary

Neutral

Vaxcyte advanced VAX-31 Phase 3 adult trials (OPUS-1 topline in Q4 2026, enabling potential 2027 BLA submission) and initiated VAX-A1 Phase 1 for Group A Strep, supported by a strong $2.51B cash position post-$600M capital raise. However, the company is burning cash at an alarming rate (~$513M in H1 2026 alone) with R&D expenses exceeding $580M annualized, and non-cancelable manufacturing commitments of $670M create significant execution risk if clinical programs underperform.

Red flags

  • Extreme cash burn: $513M in operating cash outflow in first half 2026 alone; at this rate, $2.5B cash covers only ~5 years despite 12-month guidance language
  • Non-cancelable manufacturing commitments of $670.2M create major financial inflexibility if clinical programs fail or face delays
  • Net losses accelerating: Q2 2026 loss of $284.3M vs. $166.6M YoY represents 71% increase despite no revenue generation
  • VAX-31 adult Phase 3 data not until Q4 2026 (OPUS-1) with full readout delayed to H1 2027, pushing any BLA submission well into 2027 with regulatory approval uncertainty
  • Infant Phase 2 data also delayed to end of H1 2027, further extending commercialization timeline
  • Early-stage VAX-A1 (GAS) won't have Phase 1 data until H2 2027, offering limited near-term value catalysts

Funds Buying (3)

FundManagerShares Held∆ SharesPosition Value% of FundQoQStatus
Maverick CapitalLee Ainslie1.4M+24K$80M0.9%+2%Existing
Baupost GroupSeth Klarman800K+800K$46M0.9%NEW
Point72Steve Cohen620K+620K$36M<0.1%NEW

Shares Held and Position Value reflect total quarter-end holdings. ∆ Shares is the change from the prior quarter. % of Fund is the position's share of the fund's reported equity portfolio — it drives the size weighting in the conviction score.

Portfolio Context

Where PCVX ranks in each buying fund's book, and the positions immediately around it. What a holding sits next to often says more about the thesis than the position size does.

Baupost Group

position #21 of this fund's book

  1. 18MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC$84M
  2. 19GRUPO AEROMEXICO SAB DE CV$68M
  3. 20NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HLDGS$68M
  4. 21VAXCYTE INC$46M
  5. 22DNOW INC$43M
Maverick Capital

position #35 of this fund's book

  1. 32PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC$94M
  2. 33MCDONALDS CORP$91M
  3. 34MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC$86M
  4. 35VAXCYTE INC$80M
  5. 36NOVO-NORDISK A S$76M
  6. 37WAVE LIFE SCIENCES LTD$74M
  7. 38CENTESSA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC$74M

Values are quarter-end position sizes. Shown only for funds where PCVX ranks inside their 40 largest equity positions — below that, neighbouring names carry no signal. Adjacency is an inference about a fund's reasoning, not a disclosure of it.

Insider Activity

NameTitleTypeSharesPriceValueFiledSrc
Dhaliwal Harpreet S.Chief Technical Ops OfficerSELL17K$55.00$0.94M2026-08-05
Wassil JimCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERSELL861$53.50$0.05M2026-08-03
Wassil JimCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERSELL1K$54.09$0.08M2026-08-03
GUGGENHIME ANDREWPRESIDENT AND CFOSELL7K$53.76$0.37M2026-08-03
GUGGENHIME ANDREWPRESIDENT AND CFOSELL3K$54.18$0.16M2026-08-03
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL12K$55.52$0.65M2026-07-27
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL4K$55.93$0.25M2026-07-27
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL756$55.52$0.04M2026-07-27
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL244$55.96$0.01M2026-07-27
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL622$55.54$0.03M2026-07-27
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL378$55.91$0.02M2026-07-27
GUGGENHIME ANDREWPRESIDENT AND CFOSELL8K$57.16$0.45M2026-07-06
GUGGENHIME ANDREWPRESIDENT AND CFOSELL2K$57.76$0.12M2026-07-06
Wassil JimCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERSELL2K$56.03$0.10M2026-07-01
Wassil JimCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERSELL456$57.47$0.03M2026-07-01
Wassil JimCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERSELL6$57.82$0.00M2026-07-01
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL7K$54.27$0.36M2026-06-26
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL9K$55.27$0.50M2026-06-26
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL6K$56.12$0.36M2026-06-26
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL312$54.34$0.02M2026-06-26
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL356$55.23$0.02M2026-06-26
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL332$55.99$0.02M2026-06-26
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL207$54.22$0.01M2026-06-26
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL602$55.30$0.03M2026-06-26
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL191$56.27$0.01M2026-06-26
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL225$52.51$0.01M2026-06-18
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL22K$52.50$1.17M2026-06-18
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL1K$52.50$0.05M2026-06-18
PICKERING GRANTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSELL1K$52.50$0.05M2026-06-18
GUGGENHIME ANDREWPRESIDENT AND CFOSELL10K$53.00$0.53M2026-06-18
Wassil JimCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERSELL2K$49.40$0.10M2026-06-01
Wassil JimCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERSELL301$50.26$0.02M2026-06-01
Wassil JimCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERSELL2K$56.83$0.13M2026-05-01
Cowan ElviaSVP, Finance & CAOSELL3K$60.00$0.18M2026-04-07
Wassil JimCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERSELL1K$58.14$0.08M2026-04-01
Wassil JimCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERSELL838$58.93$0.05M2026-04-01

Beneficial Ownership (13D/13G)

FilerFormShares% of ClassFiledSrc
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.SC 13G/A11.3M8.6%2026-02-17

SC 13D = active intent to influence control (10-day filing deadline after crossing 5%). SC 13G = passive accumulation, no intent to influence control.