Here’s Why uniQure (QURE) Declined in Q4

Apis Capital Advisors’ Apis Flagship Fund released its Q4 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Apis Flagship Fund delivered strong performance in the fourth quarter of 2025, with the Fund up 10.0% net for the quarter and gaining 55.1% for the full year, significantly outperforming the MSCI ACWI global benchmark by approximately 7.0% in Q4 and 33.0% for the year. Long positions drove the majority of gains as they generated 11.9% gross contribution, while shorts added a further 0.8% gross, with the portfolio positioned around 68% net long as of December. Performance was broad-based, as Technology and Healthcare led quarterly returns, and strong contributions also came from basic materials, while small-capitalization stocks narrowed their traditional underperformance relative to large caps. Looking ahead, the firm highlighted its continued emphasis on bottom-up stock selection, structural exposures to niche opportunities across healthcare, semiconductors, and industrials, and the persistent attractiveness of non-U.S. markets as key drivers for future potential returns. In addition, please check the Fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2025.

In its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter, Apis Capital Advisors highlighted stocks like uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE).uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE) is a gene therapy company focused on developing one-time treatments for rare and neurological diseases using its proprietary AAV-based delivery technology. The one-month return of uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE) was 0.44% while its shares traded between $7.76 and $71.50 over the last 52 weeks. On January 30, 2026, uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE) stock closed at approximately $22.72 per share, with a market capitalization of about $1.4 billion.

Apis Capital Advisors’ Apis Flagship Fund stated the following regarding uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE) in its Q4 2025 investor letter:

“uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE) detracted about 1.1%, while several of our Korean defense-related holdings collectively detracted approximately 2.5% in Q4. We attribute this weakness to a technical pause following strong prior performance rather than any deterioration in fundamentals.”

uniQure (QURE) Navigates Gene Therapy Development as Investors Weigh Long-Term Potential

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uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 59 hedge fund portfolios held uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE) at the end of the third quarter, which was 36 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the risk and potential of uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE) and that has 10,000% upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

In another article, we covered uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE) and shared the list of promising stocks to buy under $50. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q4 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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