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PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.

Next earnings Aug 10, 2026

Avoid
$0.72
▼ -2.19%
$0.72▼ -30.58%
over 1Y
L $0.63H $1.22
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today-2.2%
1W-5.8%
1M-4.8%
3M+3.6%
YTD-3.1%
1Y-30.6%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
A-
Valuation
Undervalued
Filings
Flagged
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Long (>12mo)
Street · 6 analysts
Sell

Pre-revenue biotech with its lead IND on FDA clinical hold since 2020, $3M/yr cash burn and toxic-preferred dilution — the 0.2x P/E is an accounting mirage.

Revenue [FY2025] $0.00 · FY2025

The read

It screens cheap (~16854% below fair value), but the weak fundamentals are why — more potential value trap than bargain.

PharmaCyte is a clinical-stage cancer-therapy shell whose entire business case rests on a single IND that has been on FDA clinical hold since October 30, 2020 — nearly six years — with no lifting disclosed. Revenue has been exactly $0.00 every year from FY2021 through FY2025, and the company spent just $438K on R&D last year, a trivial figure for a firm that claims to be 'preparing to commercialize cellular therapies.' Operationally it is loss-making (operating income -$4.38M) and cash-consuming (operating cash flow -$2.98M), and its cash pile fell 69.8% to $15.2M while current assets collapsed 55.6%. This is not a going concern strengthening; it is a runway shrinking.

The seductive headline numbers — net income $30.7M, diluted EPS $3.19, a 0.2x P/E, ROE 59.1% — are accounting artifacts, not earnings. With zero revenue and a -$4.38M operating loss, the entire $30.7M 'profit' comes from non-operating/fair-value items (the filing references a 'TNF Transaction' and the Series B preferred/warrant machinery), and the -$85.0M accumulated deficit confirms there has never been real profitability. Valuing this stock on that P/E is meaningless; it will not recur.

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

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread (caution)~90d expiry
  • Long put 0.5 @ ~0.02 est
  • Short put 0.5 @ ~0.02 est
debit $0max +$0max $0

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Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Gross profit—————
Operating income-$3.62M-$4.39M-$6.46M-$8.52M-$4.38M
Net income-$3.55M-$4.24M-$4.32M$334K$30.7M
Diluted EPS-$2.45-$0.27-$0.22-$1.80$3.19
Net margin—————

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

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value-$7.50M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales—
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)0.00
Earnings yield399.4%
FCF yield—

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-6.7%
Free cash flow—
Total debt—
Net cash$15.2M
Altman Z-Score-0.59 distress
Piotroski F-Score4/7

Capital returns

Buyback yield33.1%
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield33.1%
Shares Δ YoY-11.9%

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. 8-K Officer / director change2026-04-02

    Annual meeting: proposals passed and a board/officer change reported

  2. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-03-17

    Latest quarter still pre-revenue with FDA clinical hold; cash burn continues

  3. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-03-09

    Proxy for annual meeting — director elections and routine governance items

  4. 10-Q Quarterly report2025-12-18

    Quarterly report: no product revenue; equity propped by prior non-cash gains

  5. NT 10-Q Late filing notice2025-12-15

    Notified SEC the quarterly 10-Q would be filed late

  6. 8-K Delisting notice2025-12-05

    Received Nasdaq notice of failure to satisfy a continued listing standard

  7. 8-K/A Amended 8-K2025-11-18

    Amended prior 8-K to add required financials for the completed transaction

  8. 8-K Officer / director change2025-10-31

    Shareholder vote results plus an officer/director change

  9. DEF 14A Proxy statement2025-10-06

    Proxy statement for a shareholder meeting on routine governance matters

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
4Period ending 2026-03-312026-04-02open ↗4Period ending 2026-03-312026-04-02open ↗4Period ending 2026-03-312026-04-02open ↗4Period ending 2026-03-312026-04-02open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-03-302026-04-02open ↗4Period ending 2026-03-172026-03-18open ↗SCHEDULE 13GFiling2026-03-18open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-01-312026-03-17open ↗ARSPeriod ending 2025-04-302026-03-09open ↗DEF 14APeriod ending 2026-03-302026-03-09open ↗PRE 14APeriod ending 2026-03-302026-02-27open ↗SCHEDULE 13G/AFiling2026-02-13open ↗

Quality score

A-
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA+
GrowthA+
ProfitabilityA+
Financial healthA
MomentumF
  • ✓Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✓Return on equity above 15%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
  • ✓P/E below 25

Fair value est.

$121.22

Undervalued +16854% vs price

cheapfair valueexpensive

Modified Graham: EPS $3.19 × (8.5 + 1.5 × 22.0% growth) × 1.10 quality = 38.0× multiple. An estimate, not a price target.

0.6352-week1.22
Revenue
$0.00
Net margin
—
ROE
59.1%
P/E
0.2

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$0.00
Net income$30.7M+9085.0%
Gross profit$0.00
Operating income-$4.38M+48.6%
Diluted EPS$3.19+277.2%
Cash & equivalents$15.2M-69.8%
Total assets$55.2M-7.9%
Total liabilities$3.28M-83.9%
Stockholders' equity$51.9M+87.7%
L/E: 0.06x

Frequently asked

Is PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. (PMCB) a buy?
PMCB currently carries a Avoid rating with 4/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Pre-revenue biotech with its lead IND on FDA clinical hold since 2020, $3M/yr cash burn and toxic-preferred dilution — the 0.2x P/E is an accounting mirage.
What is PMCB's fair value?
A Modified-Graham model based on PMCB's SEC fundamentals estimates a fair value of about $121.22. It is an estimate from reported earnings, not a price target.
Is PMCB overvalued or undervalued?
Against a Modified-Graham fair-value estimate, PMCB currently appears undervalued relative to its SEC-grounded earnings power.
What is PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.'s quality score?
PMCB scores 82.93439449094576/100 (grade A-) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001157075, latest 10-Q filed 2026-03-17) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 7/4/2026, 9:39:51 AM.

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Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-01-07
Silverman Joshua
CEO and President
Buy40.0K @ $0.83$33.3K
2026-01-07
SCHECHTER JONATHAN
Director
Buy20.0K @ $0.84$16.9K
2026-01-06
Silverman Joshua
CEO and President
Buy30.0K @ $0.79$23.7K
2026-01-06
SCHECHTER JONATHAN
Director
Buy20.0K @ $0.79$15.8K
2026-01-05
Silverman Joshua
CEO and President
Buy30.0K @ $0.78$23.5K
2026-01-05
SCHECHTER JONATHAN
Director
Buy20.0K @ $0.78$15.6K
2025-12-12
WEINSTEIN ROBERT
Director
Award75.0K
2025-12-12
WEINSTEIN ROBERT
Director
Tax33.8K @ $1.02$34.4K

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2022-07-11—▲ +8.81%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 Score83 vs 67
Revenue growth— vs 7.5%
Net margin— vs 10.0%
Return on equity59.1% vs 12.0%
P/E0.2 vs 26.2