(ADCT) ADC Therapeutics - Overview
Sector: Healthcare | Industry: Biotechnology | Exchange: NYSE (USA) | Market Cap: 480m USD | Total Return: 210.7% in 12m
Industry Rotation: +0.2
Avg Turnover: 2.63M USD
Peers RS (IBD): 53.4
EPS Trend: 54.8%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: -48.6%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Negative Equity with losses - insolvent profile
Share dilution 42.6% YoY - potential capital distress
Interest Coverage Ratio -2.1 is critical
Beneish M-Score 1.00 > -1.5 - likely earnings manipulation
Altman Z'' -15.00 < 1.0 - financial distress zone
Volatile
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
ADC Therapeutics SA (NYSE: ADCT) commercializes an antibody-drug-conjugate (ADC) platform focused on hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, with its lead product ZYNLONTA (loncastuximab tesirine) approved in the U.S., EU, and China for relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after ≥ 2 prior therapies.
Recent data show ZYNLONTA generated approximately $45 million in worldwide revenue in FY 2023, while the company reported a cash balance of $150 million at the end of Q1 2024, supporting ongoing Phase 3 LOTIS-5 and Phase 1b LOTIS-7 trials that aim to move the drug into earlier lines of DLBCL and into indolent lymphomas such as follicular and marginal-zone lymphoma. In addition, ADCT’s CD-22 ADC (ADCT-602) is enrolling in a Phase 1/2 investigator-initiated trial for refractory B-cell ALL, and its pre-clinical pipeline targets Claudin-6, NaPi2b, PSMA, and ASCT2.
The ADC sector is benefitting from a projected CAGR of roughly 15 % through 2030, driven by rising demand for targeted oncology therapies and favorable reimbursement trends in major markets. For a deeper dive into ADCT’s valuation and risk profile, you might explore the analysis on ValueRay.
- Zynlonta sales growth drives revenue expansion
- Clinical trial outcomes impact future product approvals
- Regulatory approvals expand market access for therapies
- Competition from new cancer treatments pressures market share
- Research and development expenses affect profitability
| Net Income: -142.6m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.44 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -5.04 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 290.3% < 20% (prev 320.3%; Δ -30.05% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA -0.44 > 3% & CFO -141.2m > Net Income -142.6m |
| Net Debt/EBITDA: error (EBITDA <= 0) |
| Current Ratio: 4.37 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (150.3m) vs 12m ago 42.61% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 90.57% > 18% (prev 0.92%; Δ 8.97k% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 25.22% > 50% (prev 22.00%; Δ 3.22% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: -2.10 > 6 (EBITDA TTM -106.5m / Interest Expense TTM 51.6m) |
| A: 0.73 (Total Current Assets 306.3m - Total Current Liabilities 70.2m) / Total Assets 323.1m |
| B: -5.06 (Retained Earnings -1.64b / Total Assets 323.1m) |
| C: -0.34 (EBIT TTM -108.4m / Avg Total Assets 322.6m) |
| D: -3.19 (Book Value of Equity -1.63b / Total Liabilities 509.0m) |
| Altman-Z'' Score: -17.32 = D |
| DSRI: 1.25 (Receivables 29.1m/20.3m, Revenue 81.4m/70.8m) |
| GMI: 1.01 (GM 90.57% / 91.60%) |
| AQI: 13.32 (AQ_t 0.05 / AQ_t-1 0.00) |
| SGI: 1.15 (Revenue 81.4m / 70.8m) |
| TATA: -0.00 (NI -142.6m - CFO -141.2m) / TA 323.1m) |
| Beneish M-Score: 4.59 (Cap -4..+1) = D |
Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.53%, over one month by -11.11%, over three months by +2.73% and over the past year by +210.74%.
- StrongBuy: 4
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 8.2 | 118.1% |
P/B = 3.4239
Revenue TTM = 81.4m USD
EBIT TTM = -108.4m USD
EBITDA TTM = -106.5m USD
Long Term Debt = 112.5m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 3.00m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 439.0m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 177.7m USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 657.9m USD (480.2m + Debt 439.0m - CCE 261.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -2.10 (Ebit TTM -108.4m / Interest Expense TTM 51.6m)
EV/FCF = -4.65x (Enterprise Value 657.9m / FCF TTM -141.4m)
FCF Yield = -21.50% (FCF TTM -141.4m / Enterprise Value 657.9m)
FCF Margin = -173.9% (FCF TTM -141.4m / Revenue TTM 81.4m)
Net Margin = -175.3% (Net Income TTM -142.6m / Revenue TTM 81.4m)
Gross Margin = 90.57% ((Revenue TTM 81.4m - Cost of Revenue TTM 7.67m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 84.50% (prev 92.68%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 2.04 (Enterprise Value 657.9m / Total Assets 323.1m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.96% (Interest Expense 13.0m / Debt 439.0m)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US default 21%)
NOPAT = -85.6m (EBIT -108.4m * (1 - 21.00%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 4.37 (Total Current Assets 306.3m / Total Current Liabilities 70.2m)
Debt / Equity = -2.36 (negative equity) (Debt 439.0m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter -185.8m)
Debt / EBITDA = -1.67 (negative EBITDA) (Net Debt 177.7m / EBITDA -106.5m)
Debt / FCF = -1.26 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 177.7m / FCF TTM -141.4m)
Total Stockholder Equity = -215.4m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -44.22% (Net Income -142.6m / Total Assets 323.1m)
RoE = 66.23% (negative equity) (Net Income TTM -142.6m / Total Stockholder Equity -215.4m)
RoCE = 105.3% (negative capital employed) (EBIT -108.4m / Capital Employed (Equity -215.4m + L.T.Debt 112.5m))
RoIC = 85.09% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -85.6m / Invested Capital -100.6m)
WACC = 7.81% (E(480.2m)/V(919.2m) * Re(12.80%) + D(439.0m)/V(919.2m) * Rd(2.96%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 12.80% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: 100.0 | Cagr: 35.15%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -141.4m)
EPS Correlation: 54.80 | EPS CAGR: 5.26% | SUE: 1.12 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: -48.59 | Revenue CAGR: -17.06% | SUE: 0.35 | # QB: 0
EPS next Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=-0.19 | Chg7d=+0.005 | Chg30d=+0.067 | Revisions Net=+2 | Analysts=6
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=-0.80 | Chg7d=+0.006 | Chg30d=+0.275 | Revisions Net=+4 | Growth EPS=+28.6% | Growth Revenue=-1.7%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=-0.64 | Chg7d=+0.126 | Chg30d=+0.048 | Revisions Net=-1 | Growth EPS=+20.5% | Growth Revenue=+66.7%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +0.50 (3 Up / 1 Down within 30d for Next Quarter)