Company Analysis

Beam Therapeutics Inc. (BEAM)

Nasdaq: BEAM · Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) · Cambridge, MA · filing with the SEC since 2018
Grade6.4
◀ Past 6.9● Present 6.6▶ Future 5.5
1 est.

The grade of Beam Therapeutics Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.4/10
◀ Past6.930% of the headline
● Present6.640% of the headline
▶ Future5.530% 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?

6.9/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
8.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2018.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 159 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Beam Therapeutics Inc.'s filings since 2018 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+344.8% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 0 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Beam Therapeutics Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $18 thousand in fiscal 2019 to $140 million in fiscal 2025, up 344.8% a year; it rose in 5 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 83% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span344.8%top 2% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 22% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 31% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak83.2%bottom 45% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
6.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 6.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 65th 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 top 35% 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: Beam Therapeutics Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 6.5 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 35% 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?

6.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -6%: lost 6¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 16%: owes 16¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 69th percentile among 147 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Beam Therapeutics Inc. lost about 6 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 16 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 20.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 22% of its family
  • return on equitytop 16% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 45% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 27% of 102 in its family; net margin -57.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Beam Therapeutics Inc.'s standing among 102 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $140 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 24% by size; a net margin of -57.2% ranks in the top 32%; revenue growth of 31.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$140Mtop 24% of its family
  • net margin-57.2%top 32% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth31.9%top 25% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 48% of 110 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 110 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Beam Therapeutics Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Evans, John M. (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-02-05, 6.8 years (top 28% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.3 years (bottom 26%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 41%; 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 charge5 in three years among 12 peopletop 41% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.3 yearsbottom 26% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.8 yearstop 28% 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?

5.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 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

Beam Therapeutics Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $302 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 20.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -257.7% of revenue (bottom 48%); research spending of 293.1% of revenue (top 39%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets20.4%bottom 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-257.7%bottom 48% of its family
  • research spending against revenue293.1%top 39% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 49% of 100 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 100 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Beam Therapeutics Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 31.9% a year over the last three filed years against 344.8% over all 7, slowing (bottom 1% of its family); the newest year grew 120.1% (top 19%); research spending grew 9.5% a year (top 35%); capital spending grew -32.7% a year (top 49%) (its annual reports). Beam Therapeutics 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-313.0 points a yearbottom 1% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth120.1%top 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending9.5%top 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-32.7%top 49% 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
7.5/10

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

top 25% of 72 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Beam Therapeutics Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $140 million in fiscal 2025 came in 115.5% above the $65 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 19% of its family); net income of $80 million against a prior three-year average of $266 million (top 22%); a net margin of -57.2% against losses larger than its revenue before (top 33%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace115.5%top 19% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+70%top 22% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 33% 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 BEAM · research, not advice