One-glance verdict
$29.10 our estimate vs market $45.58
Wall Street consensus: $87.25 (199.8% higher than our fair-value estimate)
57% above our estimate
Fundamentals snapshot
ANAB · NMS · Healthcare · Biotechnology
Current price
$45.58
52-week range
$20.18 - $72.36
Market cap
$1.36B
One-glance verdict
Wall Street consensus: $87.25 (199.8% higher than our fair-value estimate)
57% above our estimate
Balance sheet
Net debt $105.44M. Interest coverage shows how many times profit covers the interest bill.
What stands out
What this company does
AnaptysBio develops treatments for serious diseases, like certain cancers and skin conditions, and makes money by letting other larger companies like GSK and Vanda Pharmaceuticals develop and sell these treatments. This approach means AnaptysBio's income is tied to the success of these partnerships and the drugs they are developing.
AnaptysBio, Inc. started in 2005, originally named Anaptys Biosciences, Inc., and changed its name in 2006. The company's journey has been focused on discovering and then licensing out (meaning, letting other companies develop and sell) potential new medicines. This strategy means AnaptysBio often partners with larger pharmaceutical companies to bring its discoveries to patients, rather than developing and selling them all on its own. This approach allows them to focus on the early stages of drug discovery.
AnaptysBio is a biotechnology company that focuses on creating antibody-based therapies. Think of antibodies as tiny soldiers your body makes to fight off infections. AnaptysBio designs these 'soldiers' in the lab to target specific diseases. Instead of selling a finished medicine directly to consumers, they often partner with other drug companies who then take these discoveries through the expensive and lengthy process of clinical trials and eventual sales. This business model is common in biotech, where developing a drug from start to finish is incredibly costly and time-consuming.
This is the core of AnaptysBio's business. They discover and develop antibody therapies, which are like specialized proteins designed to target specific parts of the body or disease processes. For example, they have developed a therapy called Jemperli, which is designed to help the immune system fight certain types of cancer by targeting a specific pathway (PD-1 antagonist). Another therapy, Quimilza, targets a different pathway (IL-36R antagonist) and is being studied for inflammatory skin conditions like generalized pustular psoriasis. AnaptysBio 'out-licenses' these therapies, meaning they give other companies, like GSK plc and Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., the rights to further develop and sell them, often in exchange for upfront payments, milestone payments as the drug progresses, and royalties on future sales.
AnaptysBio's strategy revolves around its ability to discover promising antibody drug candidates and then successfully partner them with larger pharmaceutical companies. Their current focus is on advancing their pipeline of therapies, particularly those targeting inflammatory diseases and cancer. By out-licensing these assets, they aim to generate revenue through collaboration agreements and potential future royalties, allowing them to fund further research and development without bearing the full cost of late-stage drug commercialization. This approach allows them to remain agile and focused on innovation in drug discovery.
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Is it cheap or expensive?
Wall Street consensus is the average analyst price target: $87.25 (199.8% higher than our fair-value estimate).
Our most-likely fair value is $29.10 a share — about 36.2% away from today's price of $45.58, so the stock currently looks fairly priced.
Is it drowning in debt?
Net debt $105.4M. Interest coverage 2.8x.
AnaptysBio, Inc.'s profit covers its interest bill about 2.8 times over. which is stronger than most peers shown here and 3 peers sit below 1x, which is the danger zone where profit does not fully cover the interest bill.
Total debt $269.59M Interest coverage 2.84x This is the baseline the peer rows are being compared against.
Total debt $7.88M Interest coverage 61.63x +2,070% vs ANAB Carries about 21.7x more debt cushion than ANAB.
Total debt $244.26M Interest coverage -108.87x -100% vs ANAB This peer has almost no interest-payment cushion compared with ANAB.
Total debt $743.56M Interest coverage -1.54x -100% vs ANAB This peer has almost no interest-payment cushion compared with ANAB.
Total debt $616.16M Interest coverage -5.85x -100% vs ANAB This peer has almost no interest-payment cushion compared with ANAB.
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