BioLife Solutions

BLFS

Medical - Instruments & Supplies · Healthcare

Price

$29.15

-1.11 (-3.67%)

Market Cap

$1.42B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+26.3% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 38.5M (2021) → 48.6M (2025)

BioLife Solutions, Inc. develops, manufactures, and supplies bioproduction tools and services for the cell and gene therapy industry in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. The company's products are used in the basic and applied research, and commercial manufacturing of biologic-based therapies. It offers proprietary biopreservation media products, including HypoThermosol FRS and CryoStor that are formulated to mitigate preservation-induced, delayed-o

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+14.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+357.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$8M/ year

→ Flat (-4% vs prior year)

7.9% of revenue

Below sector average (18%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

12.6%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~9 years

$23M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$23M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

BioLife Solutions is growing revenue at 15% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

63.3%

Premium pricing power — 63.3% gross margin

Operating Margin

0.1%

Thin — 0.1% operating margin

ROCE

0.0%

Weak — 0.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+40.9%

Fast-growing sales (40.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

-1.8%

Burning cash (-1.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.04

Conservative — low debt load (0.04)

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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