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Genedrive

GDR.L
27
Medical - Diagnostics & Research · Healthcare
Price
1.03 GBp
-0.02 (-1.81%)
Market Cap
6.1M GBp
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
27
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

Share count rising — dilution

+845.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 59.6M (2021) → 562.9M (2025)

Genedrive Plc is a small British medical diagnostics company that makes portable, rapid genetic testing devices. Its main product is a point-of-care molecular testing platform that can detect infectious diseases and genetic variants quickly, without needing a large laboratory. The company has focused on tests for conditions like hepatitis C and pharmacogenetic testing — for example, helping doctors check whether a patient's genes affect how they respond to certain antibiotics.

Genedrive earns money by selling its testing hardware and the single-use cartridges that run each test, a model similar to a printer and ink. It operates primarily in the UK and has pursued partnerships with the National Health Service and international health organizations to expand reach. The company is very small, currently loss-making, and burns through cash, which is its most immediate risk. Future growth depends on winning larger NHS contracts and expanding into new disease areas, but limited scale and funding constraints make that path uncertain.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+129.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+70.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$4M/ year

Flat (+1% vs prior year)

554.1% of revenue

30.8x the sector average (18%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

23.1%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~2 months

$1M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Strong grower

Genedrive is growing revenue at 130% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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
95.2%
Premium pricing power — 95.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
-588.8%
Losing money on operations — -588.8%
ROCE
-3207.1%
Weak — -3207.1% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+74.1%
Fast-growing sales (74.1% 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
-365.3%
Burning cash (-365.3%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
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
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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