Company Analysis

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (ABUS)

Nasdaq: ABUS · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Warminster, PA · filing with the SEC since 2008
Grade4.7
◀ Past 5.6● Present 3.9▶ Future 4.9
2 est.

The grade of Arbutus Biopharma Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.7/10
◀ Past5.625% of the headline
● Present3.935% of the headline
▶ Future4.940% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.6/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
5.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2019-04-23.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2019-04-23); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2017-03-16) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+28.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 0 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 48th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1 million in fiscal 2016 to $14 million in fiscal 2025, up 28.3% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 84% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span28.3%top 32% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 41% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak84.2%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
6.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 6.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 464 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 32% of 464 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 464 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Arbutus Biopharma Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 6.8 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 32% of 464 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.9/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
6.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -44%: lost 44¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 19%: owes 19¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Arbutus Biopharma Corporation lost about 44 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 19 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 31% of its family
  • return on equitytop 45% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 36% of 315 in its family; net margin -237.9%.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation's standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $14 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 45% by size; a net margin of -237.9% ranks in the bottom 45%; revenue growth of -28.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 18% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$14.1Mbottom 45% of its family
  • net margin-237.9%bottom 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-28.8%bottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
0.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 0.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 2nd percentile among 415 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 2% of 415 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2025-03-06 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.7 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2025-03-06 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.7 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 415 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Arbutus Biopharma Corporation's leadership is put at 0.3 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 2% of 415 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2025-03-06 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.7 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $18 million against debt of $0 thousand leaves 19% of its assets as net cash, bottom 38% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -281.5% of revenue (bottom 41%); research spending of 179.2% of revenue (top 43%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets19.0%bottom 38% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-281.5%bottom 41% of its family
  • research spending against revenue179.2%top 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 36% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -28.8% a year over the last three filed years against 28.3% over all 10, slowing (bottom 11% of its family); the newest year grew 128.3% (top 14%); research spending grew -33.1% a year (bottom 12%) (its annual reports). Arbutus Biopharma Corporation reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Collaboration and Contracts at $13 million (90%), Non Cash Royalty at $1 million (11%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-57.1 points a yearbottom 11% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth128.3%top 14% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-33.1%bottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 21% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 79th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $14 million in fiscal 2025 came in 473.5% above the $2 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 8% of its family); net income of $34 million against a prior three-year average of $71 million (top 30%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 23%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace473.5%top 8% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+53%top 30% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ABUS · research, not advice