Connect Biopharma Holdings Limited

CNTB

Biotechnology · Healthcare

Price

$2.38

+0.04 (+1.93%)

Market Cap

$149.9M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Based on the IPO prospectus (annual filing). This score will refine automatically once the company reports its first quarters.

Share count rising — dilution

+6.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 52.3M (2021) → 55.7M (2025)

Connect Biopharma Holdings Limited, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery and development of immune modulators for the treatment of serious autoimmune diseases and inflammation. The company's lead product candidate is CBP-201, an anti-interleukin-4 receptor alpha antibody, which is in Phase IIb clinical trial for the treatment of inflammatory allergic diseases, such as atopic dermatitis, asthma, and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps. Its products also compri

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+35.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$38M/ year

↑ Rising (+29% vs prior year)

>1,000% of revenue

3281.1x the sector average (18%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

75.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~10 months

$38M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Heavy R&D investment

Connect Biopharma Holdings Limited is putting 59059% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 3281.1x the sector average.

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

100.0%

Premium pricing power — 100.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

-90740.6%

Losing money on operations — -90740.6%

ROCE

-138.3%

Weak — -138.3% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY

-99.8%

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Shrinking sales (-99.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

EPS Consistency

N/A

Data not available

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

-80687.5%

Burning cash (-80687.5%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.00

Conservative — low debt load (0.00)

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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