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Prescient Therapeutics Limited

PTX.AX
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
A$0.08
-0.00 (-1.30%)
Market Cap
A$79.9M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
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Share count rising — dilution

+58.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 647.8M (2022) → 1.03B (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Prescient Therapeutics is a small Australian biotechnology company focused on developing new cancer treatments. It does not sell products to everyday consumers — instead, it runs clinical trials testing experimental drugs on cancer patients, with the goal of eventually getting those drugs approved for use by hospitals and oncologists. The company is working on targeted therapies and a cell therapy platform, primarily aimed at blood cancers and solid tumors.

Prescient earns no meaningful revenue from product sales yet, which is typical for a clinical-stage biotech. It is based in Australia but conducts research and trials with international collaborators, and it funds its operations mainly through equity raises rather than profits. The 100% gross margin and deeply negative operating margin reflect a company spending heavily on research with no commercial sales — the key risk is that it will need to keep raising cash to survive until, and unless, one of its drug candidates successfully completes trials and reaches the market.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+52.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

A$5M/ year

Declining (-21% vs prior year)

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

Insider Activity

11.7%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~4 months

A$9M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Prescient Therapeutics Limited 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
-74.0%
Weak — -74.0% 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
-100.0%
Shrinking sales (-100.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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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
0.01
Conservative — low debt load (0.01)
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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