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We are a biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics targeting serious viral diseases with the potential to improve the lives of patients worldwide. Our pipeline includes multiple clinical-stage investigational therapies, including: (1) two long-acting helicase-primase inhibitors (HPIs) for the treatment of recurrent genital herpes; (2) an orally bioavailable hepatitis del…
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$1.29 (-4.81%)
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The business is unprofitable at the operating level (-16.76% margin). The thesis depends entirely on whether and when it reaches sustainable profitability.
Revenue up 153.5% YoY with margins expanding 142.5pp.
At 319x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. Negative free cash flow of -$41M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
319.0x earnings. The market is pricing in years of above-average growth. If that thesis breaks, downside from multiple compression alone could be 30%+. This is a stock where you're paying for the future, not the present.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$71M
▲ +153.5% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
-$6M
▲ +84.8% YoY
Op. Margin
-19.05%
▲ +142.5pp YoY
ROIC
-6.94%
▲ +82.0pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-$40M
▲ +19.5% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
-$40M
▲ +19.6% YoY
Net Debt
-$224M
Net Cash Position
Cash & Equiv.
$227M
5Y CAGR: -1.8%
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At a P/E of 319.0, Assembly Biosciences (ASMB)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Assembly Biosciences scores 14/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard, weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full . This is analysis, not investment advice.
Assembly Biosciences scores 14 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 5 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a -19.1% operating margin and a -6.9% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh ASMB's valuation and scores 14/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.