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BB Biotech AG

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BB Biotech AG

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  • Price (CHF)38.40
  • Today's Change-0.65 / -1.66%
  • Shares traded54.50k
  • 1 Year change+3.23%
  • Beta1.1104
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About the company

BB Biotech AG is a Switzerland-based investment company, which principal activity is to invest in companies active in the biotechnology industry. BB Biotech AG invests mainly in companies operating in such sectors as oncology, infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases and autoimmune diseases. The Company’s portfolio comprises between 20 and 35 companies and includes such companies as Celgene, Actelion, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Gilead, Novo Nordisk, Incyte, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Immunogen, Halozyme Therapeutics, Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Biomarin Pharmaceutical, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Swedish Orphan Biovitrum, Dendreon, Bavarian Nordic, Lupin, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Strides Arcolab, Endocyte, Probiodrug, and Idenix Pharmaceuticals.

  • Revenue in CHF (TTM)270.66m
  • Net income in CHF125.36m
  • Incorporated1993
  • Employees--
  • Location
    BB Biotech AGSchwertstrasse 6SCHAFFHAUSEN 8200SwitzerlandCHE
  • Phone+41 526240845
  • Fax+41 442676701
  • Websitehttps://www.bbbiotech.ch/
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Profile

Management group(s)Bellevue Asset Management, LLC
AIC sector--
ISINCH0038389992
Launch date09 Nov 1993
Share typeOrdinary Share
StructureInvestment Trust
Base currencyCHF

Objective

BB Biotech invests in fast-growing biotechnology companies that are developing and marketing innovative drugs. It focuses on biotech companies whose products address areas of significant unmet medical needs and that are generating above-average sales and profit growth. BB Biotech’s investment portfolio will usually consist of 20 to 35 biotechnology companies. This will include 5 to 8 large core positions, which together will account for up to 2/3 of the portfolio.New investments in mid-cap companies will have a weighting of between 1% and a maximum of 5% to ensure that both upside potential and R&D risks are adequately addressed.Non-listed companies should not exceed 10% of the portfolio.

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Management & contract fees

The Company pays a 1.1% all-in fee without any additional fixed or performance-based elements of compensation for the asset management company.

Peer analysis

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Puretech Health PLC412.61k-72.70m467.77m90.00--1.68--1,133.69-0.236-0.2360.00131.030.0007--0.22524,079.40-14.134.92-16.355.94-----19,222.22352.67----0.07280.00-78.68-30.64-30.47---44.10--
Oxford BioMedica plc109.33m-159.60m506.51m834.00--6.76--4.63-1.44-1.440.96420.62920.30124.094.21136,252.10-51.98-19.60-66.85-24.6836.7450.74-172.59-44.382.07-12.470.6077---36.046.04-302.20---0.6307--
Basilea Pharmaceutica AG Allschwil149.02m-652.00k542.59m156.00--29.75472.643.64-0.2814-0.281411.541.380.71181.224.401,013,755.00-0.3114-1.86-0.4156-2.9976.5783.45-0.4375-2.993.27-1.380.8508--6.683.53-13.96--11.17--
Philogen SpA2.14m-27.49m547.76m174.00--10.63--256.07-0.7301-0.73010.05681.880.01915.551.5714,275.00-24.49-7.32-27.75-8.36-564.1932.04-1,285.03-58.665.02--0.155---2.4610.80-14.60--51.78--
Abivax SA0.00-166.17m560.19m62.00--4.70-----3.20-3.200.002.010.00----0.00-77.89-65.49-107.73-97.67-----------110.670.4334-------111.52---19.06--
Formycon AG56.94m59.84m782.19m239.0011.831.4512.6613.744.004.003.6432.640.065434.461.55255,462.206.875.877.376.3312.4628.54105.0939.762.06--0.01850.0082.8312.47110.5960.5881.87--
BioArctic AB24.22m-7.14m847.95m96.00--13.53222.3635.02-0.9972-0.99723.3910.520.2699----3,401,659.00-7.962.24-8.902.5688.2286.52-29.499.76----0.06040.00169.83-2.912,150.71-9.6911.83--
Gubra A/S28.10m-5.84m960.69m235.00--16.45--34.19-2.82-2.8213.5428.440.3627--8.071,021,986.00-7.54---8.33--58.74---20.79------0.1647--2.82---1,133.04------
Kuros Biosciences AG52.54m-8.89m1.06bn80.00--17.26--20.21-0.2295-0.22951.731.640.67551.957.89656,775.00-11.42-13.47-13.53-14.8479.1378.73-16.91-81.482.17--0.0847--86.61115.935.95---13.21--
Genus plc751.61m8.88m1.34bn3.44k152.592.1824.191.790.11860.118610.148.300.6569--5.84194,475.100.23573.300.27423.87----0.35894.981.2193.170.348762.72-3.036.48-76.280.2551-2.682.93
Evotec SE727.76m-160.50m1.35bn5.01k--1.49--1.85-0.9668-0.96684.395.460.366119.825.22153,537.30-8.07-0.0064-9.86-0.007613.7024.51-22.05-0.01781.99-3.110.32680.003.9915.7952.23--50.62--
Galapagos NV284.39m-56.77m1.60bn683.00--0.5958--5.62-0.90963.144.6143.440.07040.31576.58470,055.70-1.41-1.48-1.55-1.6565.10---19.96-14.429.95--0.004--3.47-2.0294.42--7.04--
BB BIOTECH AG270.66m125.36m2.16bn--17.210.9605--7.992.272.274.9540.660.1077------4.992.345.642.5297.8699.0646.3235.40--2.170.1096217.78-57.97-37.9842.26-----8.09
Data as of Nov 13 2024. Currency figures normalised to BB Biotech AG's reporting currency: Swiss Franc CHF

Institutional shareholders

7.15%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
UBS Asset Management Switzerland AGas of 30 Sep 20241.71m3.08%
Z�rcher Kantonalbank (Investment Management)as of 30 Aug 2024972.20k1.76%
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd.as of 31 Mar 2024224.58k0.41%
Vontobel Asset Management AGas of 31 Jul 2024209.25k0.38%
Credit Suisse Asset Management (Schweiz) AGas of 30 Apr 2024197.02k0.36%
Union Bancaire Priv�e, UBP SAas of 30 Jun 2024190.30k0.34%
Pictet Asset Management SAas of 30 Jun 2024159.47k0.29%
BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AGas of 03 Oct 2024118.81k0.21%
Credit Suisse AGas of 30 Aug 202494.32k0.17%
Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (Investment Management)as of 30 Jun 202489.24k0.16%
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