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Autolus Therapeutics

AUTL
27
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
27
Winston is worried
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
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

Autolus Therapeutics is a British biotechnology company that develops cancer treatments using a technology called CAR-T cell therapy. This approach takes a patient's own immune cells, engineers them in a lab to recognize and attack cancer cells, and then puts them back into the patient's body. The company's lead product, Aucatzyl (obecabtagene autoleucel), was approved by the FDA in 2024 to treat a type of blood cancer called B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults.

Autolus makes money by selling Aucatzyl to hospitals and cancer treatment centers in the United States, where it is currently launching the product commercially. The company is small, with a market cap around $500 million, and it is still spending far more than it earns, which is typical for early-stage biotech firms. The key growth driver is how quickly Aucatzyl gains adoption among oncologists, while the main risk is that the company may need to raise additional cash to fund operations before reaching profitability.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+118.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+16.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

Insider Activity

9.6%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~22 months

$202M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Strong grower

Autolus Therapeutics is growing revenue at 118% 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

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
55.2%
Premium pricing power — 55.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-96.0%
Losing money on operations — -96.0%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-156.2%
Weak — -156.2% 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
+292.0%
Fast-growing sales (+292.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-230.3%
Burning cash (-230.3%)

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
1.12
Elevated debt (1.12)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
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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