GH Stock Analysis: Guardant Health | NASDAQ
Diagnostics & Research | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 19.104m USD | 12M Return: 237.1% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 330M
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 99.7%
Qual. Beats: 8
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Seasonality 7.7 years of data
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Guardant Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: GH) is a precision oncology company that develops blood and tissue tests, alongside related data products, serving customers in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company went public in October 2018. Guardant operates in the Health Care Services sub-industry and is classified as a large-cap stock.
The companys commercial test menu centers on liquid biopsy and tissue-based molecular profiling. Key offerings include the Guardant360 CDx (a companion diagnostic for tumor mutation profiling), the Guardant360 Liquid and Guardant360 Tissue tests, the Guardant Reveal ctDNA-based test for residual disease monitoring, and the Shield blood test for colorectal cancer screening in adults. Companion diagnostics like Guardant360 CDx are regulatory-cleared tests used by oncologists to identify patients likely to respond to specific targeted therapies, a core component of the precision oncology business model.
In addition to its clinical tests, Guardant provides research-use products (GuardantINFINITY, GuardantOMNI, and GuardantINFORM), the GuardantConnect software platform for clinical trial enrollment, and its Smart Platform for multiomic research. The company also offers companion diagnostic development and regulatory services to biopharmaceutical partners, and maintains a strategic collaboration with Nuvalent, Inc. for oncology drug development, reflecting the integrated diagnostics-pharma partnership model common in the precision oncology sector.
- Shield CRC screening volume accelerates post Medicare coverage
- Guardant360 companion diagnostic deals boost biopharma revenue
- Path to gross margin expansion drives profitability timeline
| Net Income: -433.2m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.14 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 5.08 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 99.55% < 20% (prev 90.60%; Δ 8.95% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA -0.09 > 3% & CFO -175.4m > Net Income -433.2m |
| Net Debt/EBITDA: error (EBITDA <= 0) |
| Current Ratio: 4.68 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (131.3m) vs 12m ago 5.98% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 64.90% > 18% (prev 61.34%; Δ 3.56% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 66.28% > 50% (prev 57.58%; Δ 8.70% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: -96.55 > 6 (EBIT TTM -429.9m / Interest Expense TTM 4.45m) |
| A: 0.56 (Total Current Assets 1.37b - Total Current Liabilities 292.1m) / Total Assets 1.92b |
| B: -1.62 (Retained Earnings -3.11b / Total Assets 1.92b) |
| C: -0.26 (EBIT TTM -429.9m / Avg Total Assets 1.63b) |
| D: -0.09 (Book Value of Equity -181.1m / Total Liabilities 2.10b) |
| Altman-Z'' = -3.47 = D |
| DSRI: 0.85 (Receivables 137.4m/115.4m, Revenue 1.08b/774.0m) |
| GMI: 0.95 (GM 61.34% / 64.90%) |
| AQI: 1.16 (AQ_t 0.13 / AQ_t-1 0.11) |
| SGI: 1.40 (Revenue 1.08b / 774.0m) |
| TATA: -0.13 (NI -433.2m - CFO -175.4m) / TA 1.92b) |
| Beneish M = -2.83 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of August 01, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 152.35 with a total of 2,577,493 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +1.43%, over one month by -0.90%, over three months by +82.65% and over the past year by +237.13%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 143.30 (which is 5.9% or 1.2 ATR below the current price).
Guardant Health has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.70. Therefore, it is recommended to buy GH.
- StrongBuy: 18
- Buy: 4
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 1
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 171.1 | 12.3% |
P/S = 17.6851
P/B = 55.6696
Revenue TTM = 1.08b USD
EBIT TTM = -429.9m USD
EBITDA TTM = -391.0m USD
Long Term Debt = 1.50b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 28.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.91b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 201.1m
Net Debt = 802.9m USD (calculated: Debt 1.91b - CCE 1.10b)
Enterprise Value = 19.9b USD (19.1b + Debt 1.91b - CCE 1.10b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -96.55 (Ebit TTM -429.9m / Interest Expense TTM 4.45m)
EV/FCF = -74.39x (Enterprise Value 19.9b / FCF TTM -267.6m)
FCF Yield = -1.34% (FCF TTM -267.6m / Enterprise Value 19.9b)
FCF Margin = -24.77% (FCF TTM -267.6m / Revenue TTM 1.08b)
Net Margin = -40.10% (Net Income TTM -433.2m / Revenue TTM 1.08b)
Gross Margin = 64.90% ((Revenue TTM 1.08b - Cost of Revenue TTM 379.2m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 65.22% (prev 64.63%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 10.39 (Enterprise Value 19.9b / Total Assets 1.92b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.23% (Interest Expense 4.45m / Debt 1.91b)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = -339.6m (EBIT -429.9m * (1 - 21.00%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 3.72 (Total Current Assets 1.37b / Total Current Liabilities 367.2m)
Debt / Equity = -10.52 (negative equity) (Debt 1.91b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter -181.1m)
Debt / EBITDA = -2.05 (negative EBITDA) (Net Debt 802.9m / EBITDA -391.0m)
Debt / FCF = -3.00 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 802.9m / FCF TTM -267.6m)
Total Stockholder Equity = -235.1m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -26.58% (Net Income -433.2m / Total Assets 1.92b)
RoE = 184.3% (negative equity) (Net Income TTM -433.2m / Total Stockholder Equity -235.1m)
RoCE = -33.90% (EBIT -429.9m / Capital Employed (Equity -235.1m + L.T.Debt 1.50b))
RoIC = -21.27% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -339.6m / Invested Capital 1.60b)
WACC = 8.35% (E(19.1b)/V(21.0b) * Re(9.17%) + D(1.91b)/V(21.0b) * Rd(0.23%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 9.17% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 93.22 | Cagr: 4.65%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -267.6m)
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: 0.15 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 99.69 | Revenue CAGR: 30.80% | SUE: 2.62 | # QB: 8
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=-0.39 | Chg30d=+0.56% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=17
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=-0.30 | Chg30d=+0.50% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=17
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=-1.39 | Chg30d=+1.47% | Revisions=-40% | GrowthEPS=+23.4% | GrowthRev=+33.9%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=-0.43 | Chg30d=+18.31% | Revisions=+29% | GrowthEPS=+68.9% | GrowthRev=+30.5%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -18% (up=3, down=5)