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INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Next earnings Aug 10, 2026 · consensus $-0.25 EPS

Last earnings -5.0% on 2026-05-13

Avoid
$1.22
▲ +8.93%
$1.22▼ -42.18%
over 1Y
L $1.05H $2.87
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+8.9%
1W+13.0%
1M+0.8%
3M+8.0%
YTD-27.8%
1Y-42.2%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
F
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Flagged
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Long (>12mo)
Street · 10 analysts
Buy

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.

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

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread (caution)~90d expiry
  • Long put 1 @ ~0.05 est
  • Short put 1 @ ~0.05 est
debit $0max +$0max $0

AVOID means we wouldn't engage at all — if expressing the short side anyway, only with capped risk.

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Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
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.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$56.1M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales858.5
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-84.6%
FCF yield-88.6%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-284.6%
Free cash flow-$88.9M
Total debt—
Net cash$44.3M
Altman Z-Score-36.57 distress
Piotroski F-Score0/7

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield—
Shares Δ YoY+88.4%

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
Recent disclosure tone has skewed negative — read the flagged items.
  1. S-3 Shelf registration (potential raise)2026-07-02
  2. 8-K Charter / bylaws change2026-05-20

    Annual meeting votes passed; charter/bylaw amendment adopted

  3. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-13

    Q1'26: cash burn continues funding INO-3107 RRP program, no product revenue

  4. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-13

    Q1'26: cash burn continues funding INO-3107 RRP program, no product revenue

  5. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-04-07

    Proxy: board, comp and share-authorization items put to shareholder vote

  6. 8-K Material agreement2026-04-06

    Entered a material agreement plus other-events corporate update

  7. 8-K Other event2026-04-02

    Other-events disclosure, likely an INO-3107 program/regulatory update

  8. 8-K Earnings results2026-03-12

    FY25: loss narrowed to $84.9M but revenue -70%, shares +88%, cash -33%

  9. 10-K Annual report2026-03-12

    FY25: loss narrowed to $84.9M but revenue -70%, shares +88%, cash -33%

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
S-3Filing2026-07-02open ↗S-8Filing2026-05-26open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-21open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-21open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-21open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-21open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-21open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-21open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-21open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-21open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-21open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-21open ↗

Quality score

F
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueF
GrowthC-
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthC
MomentumF
  • ✗Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
  • ✗Liabilities below 2× equity
1.0552-week2.87
Revenue
$65.3K
-70.0% YoY
Net margin
-130000.0%
ROE
-352.5%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$65.3K-70.0%
Net income-$84.9M+20.8%
Operating income-$86.8M+22.8%
Diluted EPS-$1.81+54.2%
Cash & equivalents$44.3M-32.7%
Total assets$74.3M-34.4%
Total liabilities$50.2M+12.4%
Stockholders' equity$24.1M-64.8%
Op.: -132871.3%L/E: 2.08x

Frequently asked

Is INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (INO) a buy?
INO currently carries a Avoid rating with 5/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Cash-burning clinical-stage biotech with ~6 months of runway, no approved product, and relentless dilution — uninvestable until INO-3107 de-risks.
What is INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.'s quality score?
INO scores 36.203388278388275/100 (grade F) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001055726, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-13) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 6/30/2026, 12:14:48 PM.

›About this recommendation — produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg · not investment advice

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, 8:14 AM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

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Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-05-20
Humeau Laurent
Chief Scientific Officer
Exercise6.03K
2026-05-20
Humeau Laurent
Chief Scientific Officer
Tax2.16K @ $1.23$2.66K

Dividends

Irregular
Yield (TTM)
—
Annual / share
—
Last ex-date
2017-09-28
Last amount
$0.07
ex 2017-09-28paid 2017-10-16$0.07
ex 2017-08-29paid 2017-09-15$0.07
ex 2017-07-27paid 2017-08-15$0.07
ex 2017-06-28paid 2017-07-17$0.07

Source: EODHD. Yield = trailing-12-month dividends ÷ price.

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-13Beat +20.8% est▼ -14.69%8-K ↗
2026-03-12Beat +116.6% est▼ -4.60%8-K ↗
2025-11-10Miss -103.6% est▼ -3.30%8-K ↗
2025-08-12Beat +0.9% est▲ +12.50%8-K ↗
2025-05-13—▲ +6.70%8-K ↗
2025-03-18—▼ -5.42%8-K ↗

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

Congressional trades

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Disclosed under the STOCK Act

2020-11-06Christopher L. JacobsSell$1.00K–$15.0KPTR ↗

Self-reported periodic transaction reports (STOCK Act). Amounts are disclosed ranges; a trade may be a spouse's. Disclosures lag the trade by up to ~45 days. Source: House Clerk + Senate eFD.

Vs tracked universe

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1195 tracked peers · median

TENK Score36 vs 67
Revenue growth-70.0% vs 7.5%
Net margin-130000.0% vs 10.0%
Return on equity-352.5% vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2