The Moat Index

uniQure N.V.

QURE · Healthcare · $2.5B mkt cap · FY2025 filings · Shallow moat ·

Doesn't clear the bar

47/ 100
Shallow moat

The four filters

Pricing power96

Median gross margin 94.2% over 10y, very stable.

Returns on capital7

Median ROIC -87.0%, above the 9% hurdle in 20% of years.

Balance-sheet safety55

Net cash position — no leverage risk.

Capital discipline24

Owner earnings trend unclear, share count growing (dilution).

Margin of safety

Above valueOn sale
No price data
Owner earnings (normalized)
Est. intrinsic value / share
Recent price
$40.25
Discount to value
No price data

Conservative model: 9% discount rate, 0% assumed growth (capped at 4%), maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A).

13 years of fundamentals

The business, in plain English

uniQure N.V. booked $16.1M of revenue in FY2025 in the Healthcare sector and kept 89.5% of it as gross profit — a high-margin business by that measure. After every other cost, −1236.0% of each revenue dollar reached the bottom line.

Across the filed record, revenue grew from $6.1M (FY2014) to $16.1M (FY2025) — about 9.2% a year compounded over 11 years.

It earned −87.0% on invested capital in FY2025, with a median of −87.0% across 5 filed years. The Returns on Capital filter above scores it 7/100.

The balance sheet carried $49.7M of total debt in FY2025. Balance-Sheet Safety scores it 55/100.

The share count rose 156.2% between FY2015 and FY2025 — existing owners have been diluted over the record. Capital Discipline scores it 24/100.

Put together: Pricing Power is the strongest of the four filters (96/100) and Returns on Capital the weakest (7/100), which is how QURE lands at 47/100 — a Shallow moat.

This breakdown is generated from the filed numbers and sub-scores above — no outside narrative, no estimates. Where a filing doesn’t disclose an input, the sentence that would need it is omitted instead of guessed.

FY2013–FY2025 · 13 fiscal years, normalized from QURE’s SEC filings

RevenueSales, as filed$16.1M FY2025
$0$200M$400M2013201720212025
Gross marginRevenue kept after cost of goods89.5% FY2025
0%50%100%2013201720212025
Return on invested capitalOperating profit on the capital employed−87.0% FY2025
−250%0%250%2013201720212025
Owner earningsCash an owner could take out−$184.7M FY2025
−$250M$0$250M2013201720212025

Gaps in a line mean that item isn’t in QURE’s filings for that year — the series is never interpolated or estimated. The Table view lists every filed value, including operating and net margins, total debt, and share count.

Moat Score history

3 logged readings since Jul 17, 2026 · append-only, never rewritten

Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale46.6 / 100
0406080100WideNarrowShallowNo moatJul 17, 2026

Score history begins Jul 17, 2026 — the record builds from here and can’t be backfilled.

Tier changesSame-methodology crossings of the Wide / Narrow / Shallow bars

None yet — QURE has read Shallow moat for every logged capture since Jul 17, 2026.

Scores are logged append-only and never overwritten — this record can’t be backfilled, which is exactly why it’s worth keeping.

Healthcare context

#148 of 440 scored Healthcare companies, ranked by Moat Score.

Nearest peers by Moat Score

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Common questions about QURE

Does uniQure N.V. have an economic moat?
Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores uniQure N.V. (QURE) 46.6 out of 100 — a Shallow moat. The four filters behind that score (each 0–100): pricing power 96, returns on capital 7, balance-sheet safety 55, capital discipline 24.
How has QURE's Moat Score changed over time?
The record logs 3 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 46.6 out of 100 (shallow moat). No tier changes on record yet. The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.
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