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Fortress Biotech

FBIO
46
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
$2.87
+0.10 (+3.61%)
Market Cap
$95.3M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
46
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
Weak
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+5022.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 5.4M (2021) → 279.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Fortress Biotech is a pharmaceutical company that develops and sells medicines. It focuses on specialty drugs, meaning treatments for diseases that are harder to treat and have fewer options available. The company owns or has stakes in multiple smaller drug companies, acting almost like a parent company that helps build new biotech businesses under one roof.

Fortress makes money by selling approved drugs and by collecting royalties and fees from its partner companies when those companies hit certain milestones or generate revenue. It operates mainly in the United States and has a portfolio of both commercial products and drugs still in clinical trials. The company is small, with a market cap around $100 million, and it carries significant financial risk — its operating margin is deeply negative, meaning it spends far more than it earns, which is common for early-stage biotech firms. The key risk is whether its pipeline drugs can reach approval and generate enough revenue to cover its heavy spending.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-116.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$12M/ year

Declining (-79% vs prior year)

18.8% of revenue

In line with sector average (18%)

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

Insider Activity

30.5%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$226M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

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

Growth context

Fortress Biotech is growing revenue at 9% 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
0.0%
Thin — 0.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-56.1%
Losing money on operations — -56.1%
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
+14.0%
Fast-growing sales (+14.0% 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
169%
Turns 169% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
274.0%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (274.0%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.32
Conservative — low debt load (0.32)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.9x
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.9

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-0.5
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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