Kura Oncology

KURA

Biotechnology · Healthcare

Price

$10.86

-0.03 (-0.28%)

Market Cap

$964.1M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+32.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 66.4M (2021) → 87.7M (2025)

Kura Oncology, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops medicines for the treatment of cancer in the United States. The company's pipeline consists of small molecule product candidates that target cancer. Its lead product candidates are ziftomenib, a small molecule inhibitor of the menin-Lysine K-specific Methyltransferase 2A protein-protein interaction for the treatment of genetically defined subsets of acute leukemias, including acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+29.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-25.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$251M/ year

↑ Rising (+48% vs prior year)

372.1% of revenue

20.7x the sector average (18%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

3.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~1 months

$39M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

Kura Oncology grew revenue 29% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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

96.6%

Premium pricing power — 96.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

-431.5%

Losing money on operations — -431.5%

ROCE

-66.3%

Weak — -66.3% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY

+5.4%

Slow sales growth (5.4% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

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Data not available

FCF Margin

-117.9%

Burning cash (-117.9%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.10

Conservative — low debt load (0.10)

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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