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Theravance Biopharma

TBPH
54
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
$17.01
+0.06 (+0.35%)
Market Cap
$881.6M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
54
Winston is curious
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
Good
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Strong

Share count falling — buybacks

25.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 69.5M (2021) → 51.5M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Theravance Biopharma is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops medicines for serious lung diseases and other conditions. Its main product is YUPELRI (revefenacin), an inhaled treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that is sold in the United States. The company focuses on patients with respiratory illnesses and works with healthcare providers and hospitals as its primary customers.

Theravance earns revenue mainly through sales of YUPELRI, which it commercializes in partnership with Mylan (now part of Viatris), sharing costs and profits under a collaboration agreement. The company operates primarily in the United States and has a market cap of roughly $0.9 billion, reflecting its small size relative to larger biopharma peers. Its high gross margin shows the typical economics of a specialty drug business, but its near-zero operating margin means it is barely breaking even, and its main risk is heavy dependence on a single product in a competitive respiratory drug market.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-20.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-110.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$37M/ year

Flat (-2% vs prior year)

34.8% of revenue

1.9x the sector average (18%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

6.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$388M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Theravance Biopharma's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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
93.0%
Premium pricing power — 93.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-2.9%
Losing money on operations — -2.9%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
1.6%
Weak — 1.6% 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
+35.1%
Fast-growing sales (+35.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+325.5%
Earnings growing fast (+325.5% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
96%
Turns 96% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
49.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (49.7%)

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
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.03x
Adequate interest coverage (4.0x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
16.0x
Fair value — P/E 16.0

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+4.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (16.0 → 11.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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