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ADCT

ADC Therapeutics SA

Next earnings Aug 10, 2026 · consensus $-0.21 EPS, $19.8M rev

Last earnings -3.9% on 2026-05-04

Avoid
$1.19
▲ +15.53%
$1.19▼ -56.09%
over 1Y
L $0.98H $4.88
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+15.5%
1W+14.4%
1M-62.5%
3M-68.5%
YTD-66.2%
1Y-56.1%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
D
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Watch
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)
Street · 12 analysts
Strong Buy

Single-drug biotech with negative equity, ~$141M annual cash burn and binary confirmatory-trial risk — a speculation, not an investment.

Stockholders' equity -$186M · FY2025

ADCT is a one-product commercial-stage biotech riding entirely on ZYNLONTA, a CD19 ADC that carries only FDA *accelerated* approval in 3rd-line+ DLBCL. That approval is contingent on the LOTIS-5 confirmatory Phase 3 succeeding — a genuinely binary event that could pull the drug's only U.S. label if it reads out negative. With revenue of just $81.4M (FY2025, +14.9%) resting on a single molecule, the entire equity is a bet on that one trial and on pushing into earlier lines and indolent lymphomas. The MD&A confirms the base is thin: product revenue grew only 6.2% to $73.6M and was driven by *price*, not volume ('consistent sales volume'), while the headline 14.9% growth leaned on a lumpy $6.2M jump in Sobi license revenue including a one-time $5.0M milestone recognized in March 2025 — not durable, recurring growth.

The balance sheet is where this crosses from risky to uninvestable for a retail holder. Stockholders' equity is *negative* $186M, with $509M of liabilities against $323M of assets and a $1.64B accumulated deficit. Interest expense alone was $51.6M in FY2025 — larger than product cost of sales, S&M, or the entire product-revenue gross profit — a crushing fixed charge from the loan agreement (which also blocks dividends). Operating cash flow was -$141M against $261M of cash, implying under two years of runway before another raise. Management already responded in June 2025 with the '2025 Restructuring': closing the UK facility and cutting ~30% of the global workforce to focus resources on ZYNLONTA — a defensive move that narrowed the operating loss modestly (to -$121M) but does not fix the structural math.

Is ADCT a buy? The one-page verdict, explained →

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
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  • Long put 1 @ ~0.36 est
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debit $0max +$0max $0

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Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue$210M$69.6M$70.8M$81.4M
Gross profit————
Operating income-$123M-$166M-$131M-$121M
Net income-$157M-$240M-$158M-$143M
Diluted EPS-$2.01-$2.94-$1.62-$1.12
Net margin-74.9%-345.1%-222.8%-175.3%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value-$107M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales-1.3
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-94.2%
FCF yield-93.4%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)—
Free cash flow-$141M
Total debt$3.00M
Net cash$258M
Altman Z-Score-7.02 distress
Piotroski F-Score4/7

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield—
Shares Δ YoY+28.2%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Some governance/structural items recently, but no outright red flags.
  1. 8-K Officer / director change2026-07-02

    Item 5.02: executive/director change — leadership transition, no financials disclosed

  2. 8-K Reg FD disclosure2026-06-24

    Reg FD/other-events disclosure, likely ZYNLONTA clinical or corporate update

  3. 8-K Reg FD disclosure2026-06-03

    Reg FD/other-events disclosure, likely conference presentation or data update

  4. 8-K Shareholder vote2026-06-02

    Item 5.07: annual meeting voting results reported

  5. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-04

    Q1 2026 10-Q; $261M cash funds ZYNLONTA push amid ongoing operating losses

  6. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-04

    Q1 2026 10-Q; $261M cash funds ZYNLONTA push amid ongoing operating losses

  7. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-04-20

    Annual proxy: board/pay/plan votes; no change to operating outlook

  8. 8-K Earnings results2026-03-10

    FY25 10-K: 30% workforce cut, revenue up, but negative $186M equity

  9. S-3 Shelf registration (potential raise)2026-03-10

    FY25 10-K: 30% workforce cut, revenue up, but negative $186M equity

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
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Quality score

D
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA-
GrowthB+
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthF
MomentumF
  • ✓Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
0.9852-week4.88
Revenue
$81.4M
+14.9% YoY
Net margin
-175.3%
ROE
—
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$81.4M+14.9%
Net income-$143M+9.6%
Operating income-$121M+7.0%
Diluted EPS-$1.12+30.9%
Cash & equivalents$261M+4.2%
Total assets$323M+0.4%
Total liabilities$509M-3.0%
Stockholders' equity-$186M+8.3%
Op.: -149.3%L/E: -2.74x

Frequently asked

Is ADC Therapeutics SA (ADCT) a buy?
ADCT currently carries a Avoid rating with 4/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Single-drug biotech with negative equity, ~$141M annual cash burn and binary confirmatory-trial risk — a speculation, not an investment.
What is ADC Therapeutics SA's quality score?
ADCT scores 45.800573766004995/100 (grade D) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001771910, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-04) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 7/3/2026, 4:06:09 PM.

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AI-generated analysis, produced by our proprietary engine from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jul 3, 2026, 12:06 PM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

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Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-06-30
Zaki Mohamed
Chief Medical Officer
Award214K
2026-06-30
GRAHAM PETER J
Chief Legal Officer
Award221K
2026-06-30
Carmona Jose
Chief Financial Officer
Award204K
2026-06-30
MALLIK AMEET
Chief Executive Officer
Award675K
2026-06-03
Azelby Robert
Director
Tax12.6K @ $3.08$38.8K
2026-06-03
Squarer Ron
Director
Tax15.2K @ $3.08$46.8K
2026-06-03
Sandor Victor
Director
Tax12.6K @ $3.08$38.8K
2026-06-03
Monges Viviane
Director
Tax2.60K @ $3.08$8.00K
2026-06-01
Azelby Robert
Director
Award45.0K
2026-06-01
Squarer Ron
Director
Award45.0K
2026-06-01
Sandor Victor
Director
Award45.0K
2026-06-01
Monges Viviane
Director
Award45.0K

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-04Beat +40.7% est▼ -2.13%8-K ↗
2026-03-10Beat +85.4% est▲ +0.49%8-K ↗
2026-01-08Beat +85.4% est▲ +1.64%8-K ↗
2025-11-10Beat +18.7% est▼ -1.98%8-K ↗
2025-10-14Beat +18.7% est▼ -7.69%8-K ↗
2025-08-12Beat +21.4% est▲ +20.83%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Vs tracked universe

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1195 tracked peers · median

TENK Score46 vs 67
Revenue growth14.9% vs 7.5%
Net margin-175.3% vs 10.0%
Return on equity— vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2