The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 22%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 18%. The street (13 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $63.
Immunocore Holdings plc IMCR
Clears both ethical standards
An entry written while the outcome is still unknown. It will be scored by what the market does next, and it will never be edited to look cleverer than it was.
In plain words · Immunocore Holdings plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and commercialization of immunomodulating medicines for patients with cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmune disease in the United…
read at $34.96
Immunocore Holdings plc holds its Markup at $34.96.
- PHPhase · the trend structure carries the Markup label
- INInsiders · no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- POPositioning · no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- OPOptions · no verdict drawn today, left as found
- SCScreen · passes the values gate
- edge confirmed
- edge broken
- edge forming
Each arm is one independent read. Conviction is not a single call, it is how many edges converge.
The investor read · the season, not the day
| Phase | Markup |
| Quantitative state | Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 235 days |
| Price | $34.96 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · -55.94 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.73 |
The opportunity · what the numbers say it is worth
Price history & projections · where it has been, where the models see it going
The valuation journey · where the price sits against fair value and the Street
Green marks levels above today's price, red below; the shaded band is the gap between the price and our fair value.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
| Revenue growth | 13.60% |
| Profit margin | -6.68% |
| Debt to equity | 110.67 |
| Analyst consensus | Buy · 12 covering |
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; target range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The values screen, explained · five checks, plain English
This company clears both standards. There are two widely recognised ways to check whether a company is suitable for a Muslim investor. Here is how it did on each:
Used by most halal investing apps ✓ PASSES
The one Titan applies ✓ PASSES
What these two standards are, and how they differ →
- Business activity Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines — no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. Pass
- Debt load Interest-bearing debt is of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. Fail
- Interest-bearing cash Interest-bearing cash and securities are of assets, above the one-third limit. Fail
- Receivables Money owed to the company is of assets, above the 49% limit. Fail
- Revenue purity Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources — under the 5% line. Pass
Every security is read against two recognised standards: our stricter asset-based screen (ratios measured against total assets) and the more widely used market-value standard (measured against market capitalisation). Where they agree we say so plainly; where they part ways — almost always on the debt check — we show both readings and mark it, because that disagreement is the finding, not a fault. We report the score; you and your scholar make the call.
The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean
Immune drug developer priced for hope but not for us
Picture a lab team racing to turn immune signals into medicines for tough cancers and infections. Immunocore already sells one approved therapy and grows revenue at 14 percent, yet it still posts a 7 percent loss margin and negative return on equity. The market values the shares at a forward multiple that reflects those losses, and our screen sees no durable edge to justify stepping in.
The 74 percent gap to our fair value looks tempting on paper, and twelve analysts lean buy with a 61 dollar median target. We pass because the business carries an unknown moat, ongoing cash burn, and typical biotech execution risks that outweigh any headline discount.
Currency moves, trial setbacks, and competition from bigger players could widen those losses before any profit appears. The ethical screen clears, yet the numbers still fail our test for a holding we would own ourselves. Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | -55.9x |
| Revenue growth | 13.6% steady growth |
| Profit margin | -6.7% currently unprofitable |
| Return on equity | -7.1% not currently earning a positive return on equity |
| Debt to equity | 1.11 a meaningful debt load worth watching |
| Current ratio | 4.18 comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 0.73 steadier than the market |
| Market cap | $1.8B |
| Employees | 524 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; its business and earnings are exposed to United Kingdom and to currency swings; as a biotechnology name, trial and regulatory outcomes can move it sharply either way.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Where & how to trade · wherever in the world you are
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The trader read · the latest dated commentary
The dated journal · newest first, never edited
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
What holding actually paid · price plus dividends
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $28.85 | -2.9% | · | $971 | -2.9% |
| 2 months | $31.05 | -9.8% | · | $902 | -9.8% |
| 3 months | $31.04 | -9.7% | · | $903 | -9.7% |
| 6 months | $35.80 | -21.7% | · | $783 | -21.7% |
| 1 year | $35.93 | -22.0% | · | $780 | -22.0% |
| 2 years | $40.44 | -30.7% | · | $693 | -30.7% |
| 3 years | $56.99 | -50.8% | · | $492 | -50.8% |
| 5 years | $39.20 | -28.5% | · | $715 | -28.5% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.