Company Analysis

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (ATRA)

Nasdaq: ATRA · Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) · Thousand Oaks, CA · filing with the SEC since 2014
Grade3.9
◀ Past 3.9● Present 3.3▶ Future 4.7
1 est.

The grade of Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.9/10
◀ Past3.930% of the headline
● Present3.340% of the headline
▶ Future4.730% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.9/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
3.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-05-01.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 159 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2026-05-01) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+23.8% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 1 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $64 million in fiscal 2022 to $121 million in fiscal 2025, up 23.8% a year; it rose in 1 of 3 years; the deepest fall was 87% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 1 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span23.8%top 36% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 16% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 21% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak86.5%bottom 40% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
3.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 3.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 30th percentile among 146 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 bottom 30% of 146 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 146 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: Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 3.0 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 bottom 30% of 146 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?

3.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 290%: owes 290¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 13th percentile among 147 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 290 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 69.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 4% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 22% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 23% of 102 in its family; net margin 27.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s standing among 102 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $121 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 26% by size; a net margin of 27.1% ranks in the top 11%; revenue growth of 23.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 30% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$121Mtop 26% of its family
  • net margin27.1%top 11% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth23.8%top 30% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 10% of 110 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 10th percentile among 110 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Nguyen, Anhco (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-09-11, 2.2 years (bottom 25% of its family); the 9 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 1.6 years (bottom 1%); 12 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 9 people in charge now (bottom 4%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge12 in three years among 9 peoplebottom 4% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed1.6 yearsbottom 1% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.2 yearsbottom 25% of its family

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

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 50% of 92 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 92 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $8 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 41.9% of its assets as net cash, top 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -42.2% of revenue (top 31%); research spending of 31% of revenue (bottom 20%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets41.9%top 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-42.2%top 31% of its family
  • research spending against revenue31.0%bottom 20% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 32% of 100 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 100 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 23.8% a year over the last three filed years against 23.8% over all 4, speeding up (top 36% of its family); the newest year grew -6.3% (bottom 30%); research spending grew -48.4% a year (bottom 2%) (its annual reports). Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 36% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-6.3%bottom 30% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-48.4%bottom 2% 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
6.4/10

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

top 36% of 72 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $121 million in fiscal 2025 came in 34.2% below the $184 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 22% of its family); net income of $33 million against a prior three-year average of $197 million (top 13%); a net margin of 27.1% against losses larger than its revenue before (top 17%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-34.2%bottom 22% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+117%top 13% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 17% 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 ATRA · research, not advice