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Passage Bio

PASG
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
$4.61
+0.17 (+3.83%)
Market Cap
$14.8M
Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select
Winston Score
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Share count rising — dilution

+19.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.7M (2021) → 3.2M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Passage Bio is a clinical-stage biotechnology company working on gene therapies for rare brain diseases. Its treatments aim to deliver a working copy of a faulty gene directly into a patient's nervous system using a single infusion. The company focuses on conditions like GM1 gangliosidosis and frontotemporal dementia, which currently have few or no approved treatments.

Because Passage Bio has no approved products yet, it generates no meaningful revenue. It funds its research through cash raised from investors. The company is based in Philadelphia and partners with the University of Pennsylvania's gene therapy program, which gives it access to specialized technology for delivering genes to the brain. Its main growth driver is advancing its pipeline through clinical trials toward potential regulatory approval, but the key risk is significant — most experimental gene therapies never reach the market, and the company will need additional funding to continue operations.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

+17.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$23M/ year

Declining (-42% vs prior year)

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

Insider Activity

10.1%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~8 months

$24M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Passage Bio has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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
N/A
Data not available
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
N/A
Data not available
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-889.9%
Weak — -889.9% 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
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
8/8 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
N/A
Data not available

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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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