BioNtech Half-Year Report 2022
Total revenues reported were €3,196.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to €5,308.5 million for the comparative prior year period. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, total revenues were €9,571.1 million, compared to €7,356.9 million for the comparative prior year period. BioNTech believes the development of the pandemic remains dynamic, causing a re-phasing of orders and with this leading to fluctuations in quarterly revenues.
Cost of sales were €764.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to €883.8 million for the comparative prior year period. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, cost of sales were €2,058.7 million, compared to €1,116.9 million for the comparative prior year period. The change in cost of sales resulted mainly from the recognition of costs related to BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine revenues which included the share of gross profit owed to its collaboration partner Pfizer. In addition, cost of sales was impacted by expenses arising from inventory write-offs and expenses for production capacities derived from contracts with contract manufacturing organizations.
Net profit was €1,672.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to €2,787.2 million for the comparative prior year period. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net profit was €5,370.8 million, compared to €3,915.3 million for the comparative prior year period.