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Hyloris Pharmaceuticals S.A.

HYL.BR
34
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
€4.56
+0.05 (+1.11%)
Market Cap
€127.7M
Exchange
Euronext Brussels
Winston Score
34
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 9, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

Share count rising — dilution

+6.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 25.8M (2021) → 27.5M (2025)

Hyloris Pharmaceuticals is a Belgian specialty pharmaceutical company that takes existing, already-approved drugs and reformulates them — changing how they are delivered, dosed, or combined — to make them work better or easier to use. Its products target hospitals and specialty care settings, focusing on areas like critical care, pain management, and cardiovascular conditions. Rather than discovering brand-new drugs from scratch, Hyloris builds a portfolio around improved versions of known medicines.

The company earns money through royalties and milestone payments from licensing deals with larger pharmaceutical partners who handle manufacturing and sales. Hyloris operates primarily in the United States and Europe, and its business model keeps costs relatively low, which explains its very high gross margin. However, the company is still pre-profitability, spending heavily on development while revenue remains small. The main risk is that regulatory approvals can be delayed or denied, and the company depends on a limited number of partnership deals to generate meaningful income.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-14.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+1.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$11M/ year

Rising (+10% vs prior year)

156.5% of revenue

8.7x the sector average (18%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

56.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~2 years

$17M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$17M cash & investments at current burn rate

Heavy R&D investment

Hyloris Pharmaceuticals S.A. is putting 157% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 8.7x the sector average. With 2+ years of cash runway, they have time to let it pay off.

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Quality

Gross Margin
94.5%
Premium pricing power — 94.5% gross margin
Operating Margin
-71.2%
Losing money on operations — -71.2%
ROCE
-6.1%
Weak — -6.1% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-20.9%
Shrinking sales (-20.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-88.1%
Burning cash (-88.1%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.02
Conservative — low debt load (0.02)
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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