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Bicara Therapeutics Inc.

Next earnings Aug 10, 2026 · consensus $-0.85 EPS

Last earnings +1.5% on 2026-05-11

Avoid
$29.00
▼ -1.16%
$29.00▲ +232.95%
over 1Y
L $8.71H $29.34
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today-1.2%
1W+10.1%
1M+47.7%
3M+35.1%
YTD+77.0%
1Y+233.0%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
D
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Clean
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Long (>12mo)
Street · 21 analysts
Buy

Single-asset clinical-stage biotech with zero revenue and binary trial risk — a bet, not an investable business.

Net income -$138M · FY2025

Bicara is a December-2018 clinical-stage biopharma whose entire future, by its own words, is "highly dependent on the success of ficerafusp alfa." There is no revenue (none in FY2023, FY2024, or FY2025), no approved product, and the 10-K is explicit that the company "will continue to incur significant financial losses for the foreseeable future" and expects them to "increase" as it advances clinical development. Net loss widened to -$138M in FY2025 from -$68M in FY2024 and -$52M in FY2023 — a doubling year-over-year — with operating cash flow of -$107M. ROE of -34.4% is a mechanical artifact of burning equity, not a profitability signal. This is a binary, single-catalyst story: ficerafusp alfa either reads out and approves, or the equity is worth a fraction of today's price. That is the "unknowable risk" bucket, and none of the data here lets a fundamentals-or-valuation analyst underwrite it.

The one genuine positive is the balance sheet. Liabilities are just $29.5M against $401M of stockholders' equity (0.07x liabilities/equity), and current assets of $422M dwarf $28.9M of current liabilities. Note that headline cash fell 80.3% to $96.7M, but the gap to $422M of current assets is almost certainly short-term investments/marketable securities — so liquidity is intact, not impaired. Against ~$107M annual operating burn, that implies roughly three years of runway before another raise. But runway is not value: shares outstanding already grew 20.1% to 65.5M in a single year, and the filing flags that if the company "is unable to raise capital when needed, or on acceptable terms" it may not complete development — i.e., expect further dilution.

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

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jun 30, 2026, 1:16 AM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Revenue———
Gross profit———
Operating income-$39.9M-$82.4M-$156M
Net income-$52.0M-$68.0M-$138M
Diluted EPS-$89.61-$4.05-$2.52
Net margin———

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

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$1.81B
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales—
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-7.2%
FCF yield-5.6%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-30.6%
Free cash flow-$107M
Total debt—
Net cash$96.7M
Piotroski F-Score1/6

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield—
Shares Δ YoY+20.1%

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
Routine disclosure cadence — no material red flags in recent filings.
  1. 8-K Shareholder vote2026-06-10
  2. 8-K Other event2026-05-21
  3. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-11
  4. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-11
  5. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-04-27
  6. 8-K Earnings results2026-03-30
  7. 10-K Annual report2026-03-30
  8. 8-K Material agreement2026-02-26
  9. 8-K Other event2026-02-19

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
144Filing2026-06-25open ↗4Period ending 2026-06-092026-06-10open ↗4Period ending 2026-06-092026-06-10open ↗4Period ending 2026-06-092026-06-10open ↗4Period ending 2026-06-092026-06-10open ↗4Period ending 2026-06-092026-06-10open ↗4Period ending 2026-06-092026-06-10open ↗4Period ending 2026-06-092026-06-10open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-06-092026-06-10open ↗144Filing2026-06-01open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-212026-05-26open ↗144Filing2026-05-26open ↗

Quality score

D
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
Value—
GrowthF
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthB-
MomentumA
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
9.0152-week29.69
Revenue
—
Net margin
—
ROE
-34.4%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Net income-$138M-102.9%
Operating income-$156M-88.9%
Diluted EPS-$2.52+37.8%
Cash & equivalents$96.7M-80.3%
Total assets$431M-15.5%
Total liabilities$29.5M+63.0%
Stockholders' equity$401M-18.4%
L/E: 0.07x

Frequently asked

Is Bicara Therapeutics Inc. (BCAX) a buy?
BCAX currently carries a Avoid rating with 3/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Single-asset clinical-stage biotech with zero revenue and binary trial risk — a bet, not an investable business.
What is Bicara Therapeutics Inc.'s quality score?
BCAX scores 45.615630055614226/100 (grade D) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0002023658, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-11) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 6/30/2026, 5:16:12 AM.

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Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC

Last 90 days: 0 open-market buys · 1 sale

2026-05-21
Hyep Ivan
Chief Financial Officer
Exercise9.20K @ $3.79$34.9K
2026-05-21
Hyep Ivan
Chief Financial Officer
Sell9.20K @ $20.42$188K

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-11Miss -20.8% est▲ +1.51%8-K ↗
2026-03-30Beat +0.7% est▲ +3.65%8-K ↗
2026-02-26Beat +0.7% est▼ -4.05%8-K ↗
2025-11-10Miss -19.6% est▼ -4.85%8-K ↗
2025-08-12Beat +13.8% est▲ +4.80%8-K ↗
2025-05-13—▼ -8.10%8-K ↗

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

Recent news

market news →
What Does the Bicara Therapeutics CEO's Sale of 15,000 Shares Mean for Investors?Bullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-06-13
What Does the Bicara Therapeutics CEO's Sale of 15,000 Shares Mean for Investors?Bullish
nasdaq.com· 2026-06-13
Bicara Stock Is Up 50%, and One Biotech Investor Has Made It a 29% Portfolio BetBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-05-15
Alumis Stock Is Up Over 300%. One Major Healthcare Investor Is Cutting BackBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-05-15
Bicara Therapeutics Chief Medical Officer Sells 5,500 Shares for $126,000Bullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-05-04
Morning Movers: Sysco dips following deal to acquire Jetro Restaurant DepotBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-03-31

Vs tracked universe

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1195 tracked peers · median

TENK Score46 vs 67
Revenue growth— vs 7.5%
Net margin— vs 10.0%
Return on equity-34.4% vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2

News sentiment

EODHD · 2d
Bullish
+0.16
vs typical · 4 articles
↑ improving

Recent news tone vs the market's typical (which skews positive). A soft signal, not a recommendation.