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

This company holds roughly $13M 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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Phio Pharmaceuticals

PHIO
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Exchange
NASDAQ
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The full picture

Phio Pharmaceuticals is a small biotech company focused on developing new cancer treatments. It works on a technology called INTASYL, which is designed to make immune cells better at fighting tumors by silencing certain genes inside those cells. The company's main focus is on cell therapy — essentially improving the cancer-killing power of T cells and natural killer (NK) cells used in immunotherapy treatments.

Phio does not yet sell any approved products, so it generates no meaningful revenue. It operates primarily in the United States and funds its research through equity raises and grants, which is typical for early-stage biotechs. The company is very small, with a market cap near zero, and faces significant financial risk given its ongoing losses and lack of commercial products. The key challenge ahead is advancing its pipeline through clinical trials and securing either regulatory approval or a partnership with a larger pharmaceutical company to survive long-term.

Growth Profile

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

Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

+20.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

Insider Activity

0.7%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~10 months

$13M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Phio Pharmaceuticals 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
-106.9%
Weak — -106.9% 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
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
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
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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