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Deep Value: cash covers more than 100% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $219M in cash and investments — more than its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

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ADC Therapeutics S.A.

ADCT
32
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
$1.00
+0.04 (+3.80%)
Market Cap
$126.8M
Winston Score
32
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Data not available
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+65.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 76.7M (2021) → 127.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

ADC Therapeutics is a Swiss biotech company that develops cancer-fighting drugs called antibody-drug conjugates, or ADCs. These are medicines that work like guided missiles — they attach to cancer cells and deliver a toxic payload directly to them, leaving healthy cells mostly alone. The company's main approved product is Zynlonta, a treatment for certain types of blood cancer called B-cell lymphoma, sold primarily to oncologists and hospitals in the United States.

The company makes money by selling Zynlonta to healthcare providers, and it also earns fees by licensing its ADC technology to other pharmaceutical companies. ADC Therapeutics operates mainly in the U.S. and Europe, and with a market cap around $400 million, it is a small player in a competitive field. The deep operating losses reflect heavy spending on research and clinical trials, and the key risk is whether the company can expand Zynlonta's approved uses fast enough to reach profitability before needing to raise more cash.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+2.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+78.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$104M/ year

Declining (-5% vs prior year)

127.8% of revenue

7.1x the sector average (18%)

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

Insider Activity

23.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~5 years

$219M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$219M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

ADC Therapeutics S.A. is growing revenue at 2% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
87.8%
Premium pricing power — 87.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-132.0%
Losing money on operations — -132.0%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-13.5%
Weak — -13.5% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+2.0%
Nearly flat sales (+2.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-129.9%
Burning cash (-129.9%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
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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