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BioLife Solutions

BLFS
49
Medical - Instruments & Supplies · Healthcare
Price
$37.10
+0.13 (+0.35%)
Market Cap
$1.81B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Weak

Share count rising — dilution

+26.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 38.5M (2021) → 48.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

BioLife Solutions makes special fluids and tools used to keep human cells, tissues, and organs alive during medical research and manufacturing. Its main products are preservation media — essentially carefully formulated liquids that protect biological materials from damage when they are frozen or shipped. The company's customers are biotech and pharmaceutical companies that make cell and gene therapies, which are cutting-edge treatments for cancer and other serious diseases.

BioLife earns revenue by selling these consumable products, meaning customers buy them repeatedly as they run experiments or manufacture therapies. The company operates primarily in the United States but sells globally, and its competitive edge comes from being a trusted, specialized supplier deeply embedded in its customers' manufacturing processes — making it hard to switch suppliers. However, BioLife is not yet consistently profitable, and its growth depends heavily on whether cell and gene therapy drugs successfully win regulatory approval and reach large-scale commercial production.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+12.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+378.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$8M/ year

Flat (-4% vs prior year)

7.9% of revenue

Below sector average (18%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

12.6%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$113M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

BioLife Solutions is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 12%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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
64.2%
Premium pricing power — 64.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
6.0%
Thin — 6.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
1.8%
Weak — 1.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+34.4%
Fast-growing sales (+34.4% 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
32%
Weak — only 32% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-2.7%
Burning cash (-2.7%)

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
0.01
Conservative — low debt load (0.01)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
11.29x
Comfortably covers interest (11.3x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
35.9x
Pricey — P/E 35.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-0.9
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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