MBAFPX5014__Assessment1_1.docx MBAFPX5014

MBAFPX5014__Assessment1_1.docx  MBAFPX5014                                                        Financial Condition Analysis: Moderna, Inc.  Capella University  Executive Summary  Maria Gomez is the founder and president of PacificCoast Technology, a small technology company. She is considering being bought out by a larger publicly-traded company that can take PacificCoast to its full potential. Maria values financial strength over any synergistic benefits so the acquiring company can be in any industry. In this report, we have selected Moderna, Inc as a viable acquiring company and will examine its financial condition by analyzing its financial statements and using financial ratio analysis. We will use at least three years of trend analysis and industry average analysis, as well as a review of financial statements to tell Moderna's financial story.  Moderna, Inc Company Background and Summary  Moderna, Inc was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company is centralized around the belief that messenger RNAs are the "software of life" (Moderna, 2020). Messenger RNAs, also known as mRNA, are made in the nucleus and then exported to the cytoplasm to make a specific protein (Brody, 2020). Given this vital function, Moderna works hard to pioneer a new class of medicine using mRNAs. Over the years, they have built relationships with many different medical sectors. For example, they have a collaboration with AstraZeneca to research cardiometabolic disease and cancer, a strategic