Arbutus Biopharma Corp · Drugmakers

ABUS

Elevated riskNext report: Around Nov 12 (est.)

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The short version

A company still losing money with shrinking sales, with elevated risk.

Going well

Sales up 128% last year
No debt reported

Watch out for

Sales down 91% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
About 5 months of cash left at its current burn
Losing money, losses are large next to sales

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 0.7% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (95 bought, 63 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$4.200.0% that day

Company value: $831M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 5.3x; You pay about $5 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 4.6x; Company value is 4.6 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 2%; Cash as a share of company value

From ABUS's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$1.0M-91% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $181.7M. Over 5 years, sales grew about 15% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of ABUS. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+15% a yearRecently: +15% a yearProfit margin50%Last 12 months: 84.2%P/E at the end8xToday: 5.3x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change+9% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$366M

Profit in 5 years$183M

Price these guesses point to$4.80+14% vs $4.20 todayAbout +2.7% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 50% margin and a 8x P/E, sales would have to grow about 12% a year for 5 years just to match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

1/6Weak

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-38.5%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.00x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-237.9%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.0 of 10 years
MissFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.-$39.6M
MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+26.9% in 3 years

Revenue: $14.1M; +128.2% vs prior year
5-year growth: +15.3%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: None; 0.00x equity
Current ratio: 15.73x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.