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INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Next earnings Aug 10, 2026 · consensus $-0.25 EPS
Last earnings -5.0% on 2026-05-13
Cash-burning clinical-stage biotech with ~6 months of runway, no approved product, and relentless dilution — uninvestable until INO-3107 de-risks.
Cash & equivalents $44.3M · FY2025
Inovio is a pre-revenue, clinical-stage DNA-medicine company whose financials describe a binary science bet, not a business. FY2025 revenue was $65.3K (down 70% YoY) against a -$84.9M net loss and -$88.6M of operating cash burn — the 'revenue' is a rounding error, so the headline 1184x P/S and -130,000% net margin are meaningless except as confirmation there is no commercial engine. The MD&A is explicit: this is a 'clinical-stage biotechnology company' with a 'history of losses' and a 'lack of products that have received regulatory approval,' whose value rests entirely on whether lead candidate INO-3107 (for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis) and the CELLECTRA delivery platform survive trials where 'failure can occur at any time.'
The balance sheet turns that risk into a near-term funding cliff. Cash fell to $44.3M (down 32.7%) while the company burned $88.6M running operations — under a year, realistically ~6 months, of runway. Stockholders' equity collapsed 64.8% to $24.1M, liabilities/equity sits at 2.08x, and the $1.82B accumulated deficit shows how much capital this platform has consumed without an approval. Management lists 'the availability of funding' and 'the ability to manufacture our DNA medicine candidates' among its own primary risks — a tacit acknowledgment that another raise is required.
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| Line item | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.77M | $10.3M | $832K | $218K | $65.3K |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | -$301M | -$268M | -$144M | -$112M | -$86.8M |
| Net income | -$304M | -$280M | -$135M | -$107M | -$84.9M |
| Diluted EPS | -$17.45 | -$14.07 | -$6.09 | -$3.95 | -$1.81 |
| Net margin | -17109.9% | -2726.7% | -16239.9% | -49254.3% | -130000.0% |
Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.
Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.
Annual meeting votes passed; charter/bylaw amendment adopted
Q1'26: cash burn continues funding INO-3107 RRP program, no product revenue
Q1'26: cash burn continues funding INO-3107 RRP program, no product revenue
Proxy: board, comp and share-authorization items put to shareholder vote
Entered a material agreement plus other-events corporate update
Other-events disclosure, likely an INO-3107 program/regulatory update
FY25: loss narrowed to $84.9M but revenue -70%, shares +88%, cash -33%
FY25: loss narrowed to $84.9M but revenue -70%, shares +88%, cash -33%
Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001055726, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-13) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 6/30/2026, 12:14:48 PM.
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