ABSI Healthcare

Absci Corporation

$10.00+3.20%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 6, 2026

Basics

Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Biotechnology
Country: United States
Market cap: 1.7B USD
Enterprise value: 1.2B USD
Full-time employees: 140

Overall health

Strength: lower risk than most peers: more short-term liquidity and less debt relative to equitylower risk: more liquidity and less debt vs equity
Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 2.28 vs a peer median of 0.63)bigger price swings (beta 2.28 vs peers 0.63)

Ranks #1,082 of 1,157 healthcare companies (bottom 7%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Operating margin at a 6-year low. -4297% in 2025, the weakest of the last 6 years.
Absci's operating margin fell to -4297% in 2025, its lowest in the 6 years of filings we have.
Stock-based pay is a large cost. Stock pay was 654% of revenue in 2025.
Absci paid employees $18M in stock in 2025, 654% of its $3M revenue. It doesn't use cash, so it flatters cash flow, but it is a real cost to shareholders through dilution.
Annual revenue fell three years running. Fiscal-year revenue down each year from 2022 to 2025.
Absci's fiscal-year revenue declined in each of the three years to 2025.
Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 50% of peers on free cash flow, but only 0% on earnings.
Relative to its free cash flow, Absci looks cheaper than 50% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.

StockQuotient Score

23/ 100

Oct 5 23 → Nov 4 23

Valuation

Is the price right?

8/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▼ Weaker

Share count up 10.1% (existing holders diluted)

Valuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Earnings yield
▼ EBITDA yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-7.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.00Sector median: 0.0148 · MAD: 0.0148

EBITDA yield-7.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price50% base weight · Z-score -1.00Sector median: 0.0401 · MAD: 0.0401

Free cash flow yield-6.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingNegative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price20% base weight · Z-score 0.00Sector median: 0.0000 · MAD: 0.0000

Other data (not scored)

Book yield14.3%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3716 · MAD: 0.2313

Growth

Is it growing?

5/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▼ Weaker

12-month revenue fell 15.0%

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ 3-yr revenue
▼ Revenue growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

Still loss-making, but the loss per share narrowed33% base weight · Z-score 0.29Sector median: 0.0976 · MAD: 0.2991

3-year revenue growth-43.3%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.70Sector median: 0.0584 · MAD: 0.0840

Revenue growth-62.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -4.87Sector median: 0.0609 · MAD: 0.0974

Profitability

Does it earn well?

3/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Operating margin
▼ ROA
▼ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-8084.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -71.87Sector median: 0.0706 · MAD: 0.1217

Return on assets-45.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -8.70Sector median: 0.0166 · MAD: 0.0537

Return on invested capital-71.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -7.60Sector median: 0.0471 · MAD: 0.1004

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin0.0%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · trailing 12 monthsReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.4697 · MAD: 0.2310

Return on equity-49.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0330 · MAD: 0.1225

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Lower

Lower relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Debt / equity
▲ Current ratio

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta2.28

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -4.28Sector median: 0.6250 · MAD: 0.3380

Current ratio10.63×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score 5.81Sector median: 2.5860 · MAD: 1.3850

Debt / equity<0.01×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.06Sector median: 0.2215 · MAD: 0.2039

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Absci

Is Absci getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 11, 2026) got weaker in some ways: 12-month revenue fell 15.0%; share count up 10.1%. Its overall score is unchanged at 23/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Absci valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 8/100 against 1,393 healthcare peers. Earnings yield -7.1% vs a peer median of 1.5% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -7.1% vs peers 1.5% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Absci growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 5/100 against 1,393 healthcare peers. 3-year revenue growth -43.3% vs a peer median of 5.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).3-year revenue growth -43.3% vs peers 5.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How profitable is Absci?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 3/100 against 1,393 healthcare peers. Operating margin -8084.5% vs a peer median of 7.1% (weaker than 100% of peers).Operating margin -8084.5% vs peers 7.1% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How risky is Absci?: Lower risk relative to 1,393 healthcare peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Debt / equity <0.01× vs a peer median of 0.22× (stronger than 93% of peers).Debt / equity <0.01× vs peers 0.22× (stronger than 93% of peers). Beta 2.28 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 100% of peers).Beta 2.28 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 11, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

Got weaker

12-month revenue fell 15.0%
Share count up 10.1% (existing holders diluted)

Worth watching: Absci is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	1.8M USD	1.6M USD	−15.0%
Net income (12 months)	−118.4M USD	−121.1M USD	+2.2%
Operating margin	-6723.0%	-8084.5%	−1361.5 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	−98.5M USD	−109.0M USD	+10.6%
Cash	8.6M USD	107.9M USD	+1150.3%
Shares outstanding	155.9M	171.6M	+10.1%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Industry: Biotechnology · 132 companies

Valuations in Biotechnology are within their usual range since 2016.

48% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
22% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Median price-to-sales is +530% vs the whole market, against a usual +637%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Earnings-based measures are left out for now because many companies in Biotechnology are losing money.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Operating margin	-1573.4%	-1857.5%	-2020.2%	-2401.6%	-4297.0%	▼ >999 pts
Net margin	-2111.3%	-1825.4%	-1933.6%	-2274.1%	-4113.7%	▼ >999 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	-23.7%	-32.7%	-50.9%	-48.3%	-53.3%	▼ 5.0 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	-27.6%	-38.2%	-62.8%	-57.6%	-60.8%	▼ 3.2 pts
Free cash flow margin	-2062.8%	-1696.8%	-1145.4%	-1605.8%	-3358.3%	▼ >999 pts
Current ratio	8.07×	6.17×	4.08×	4.67×	6.57×	▲ 41%
Debt to equity	0.02×	0.05×	0.06×	0.04×	0.00×	▼ 88%
Interest coverage	-21.92×	-109.83×	-114.37×	-192.72×	-575.68×	▼ 199%

ABSI price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Strength: lower risk than most peers: more short-term liquidity and less debt relative to equitylower risk: more liquidity and less debt vs equity

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 2.28 vs a peer median of 0.63)bigger price swings (beta 2.28 vs peers 0.63)

Ranks #1,082 of 1,157 healthcare companies (bottom 7%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Operating margin at a 6-year low. -4297% in 2025, the weakest of the last 6 years.

Absci's operating margin fell to -4297% in 2025, its lowest in the 6 years of filings we have.

Stock-based pay is a large cost. Stock pay was 654% of revenue in 2025.

Absci paid employees $18M in stock in 2025, 654% of its $3M revenue. It doesn't use cash, so it flatters cash flow, but it is a real cost to shareholders through dilution.

Annual revenue fell three years running. Fiscal-year revenue down each year from 2022 to 2025.

Absci's fiscal-year revenue declined in each of the three years to 2025.

Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 50% of peers on free cash flow, but only 0% on earnings.

Relative to its free cash flow, Absci looks cheaper than 50% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.

Questions investors ask about Absci

Is Absci getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 11, 2026) got weaker in some ways: 12-month revenue fell 15.0%; share count up 10.1%. Its overall score is unchanged at 23/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Absci valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 8/100 against 1,393 healthcare peers. Earnings yield -7.1% vs a peer median of 1.5% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -7.1% vs peers 1.5% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Absci growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 5/100 against 1,393 healthcare peers. 3-year revenue growth -43.3% vs a peer median of 5.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).3-year revenue growth -43.3% vs peers 5.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How profitable is Absci?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 3/100 against 1,393 healthcare peers. Operating margin -8084.5% vs a peer median of 7.1% (weaker than 100% of peers).Operating margin -8084.5% vs peers 7.1% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How risky is Absci?

Lower risk relative to 1,393 healthcare peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Debt / equity <0.01× vs a peer median of 0.22× (stronger than 93% of peers).Debt / equity <0.01× vs peers 0.22× (stronger than 93% of peers). Beta 2.28 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 100% of peers).Beta 2.28 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

1.8M USD

1.6M USD

−15.0%

Net income (12 months)

−118.4M USD

−121.1M USD

+2.2%

Operating margin

-6723.0%

-8084.5%

−1361.5 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

−98.5M USD

−109.0M USD

+10.6%

Cash

8.6M USD

107.9M USD

+1150.3%

Shares outstanding

155.9M

171.6M

+10.1%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Operating margin

-1573.4%

-1857.5%

-2020.2%

-2401.6%

-4297.0%

▼ >999 pts

Net margin

-2111.3%

-1825.4%

-1933.6%

-2274.1%

-4113.7%

▼ >999 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

-23.7%

-32.7%

-50.9%

-48.3%

-53.3%

▼ 5.0 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

-27.6%

-38.2%

-62.8%

-57.6%

-60.8%

▼ 3.2 pts

Free cash flow margin

-2062.8%

-1696.8%

-1145.4%

-1605.8%

-3358.3%

▼ >999 pts

Current ratio

8.07×

6.17×

4.08×

4.67×

6.57×

▲ 41%

Debt to equity

0.02×

0.05×

0.06×

0.04×

0.00×

▼ 88%

Interest coverage

-21.92×

-109.83×

-114.37×

-192.72×

-575.68×

▼ 199%