Caribou Biosciences

CRBU

Biotechnology · Healthcare

Price

$1.65

-0.01 (-0.60%)

Market Cap

$163.6M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+55.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 60.3M (2021) → 93.4M (2025)

Caribou Biosciences, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development of genome-edited allogeneic cell therapies for the treatment of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors in the United States and internationally. Its lead product candidates are CB-010, an allogeneic anti-CD19 CAR-T cell therapy that is in phase 1 clinical trial to treat relapsed or refractory B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma; and CB-011, an allogeneic anti-BCMA CAR-T cell therapy for the treatment of

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+39.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$109M/ year

↓ Declining (-16% vs prior year)

980.7% of revenue

54.5x the sector average (18%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

9.7%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~1 months

$12M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Caribou Biosciences has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin

72.9%

Premium pricing power — 72.9% gross margin

Operating Margin

-1096.4%

Losing money on operations — -1096.4%

ROCE

-25.4%

Weak — -25.4% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+13.0%

Fast-growing sales (13.0% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

—

Data not available

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

—

Data not available

FCF Margin

-911.1%

Burning cash (-911.1%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.01

Conservative — low debt load (0.01)

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

not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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