Company Analysis

Champions Oncology, Inc. (CSBR)

Nasdaq: CSBR · Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) · Baltimore, MD · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.9
◀ Past 6.9● Present 6.6▶ Future 4.1
1 est.

The grade of Champions Oncology, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.9/10
◀ Past6.930% of the headline
● Present6.640% of the headline
▶ Future4.130% 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
4.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2017-04-28.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 159 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Champions Oncology, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2017-04-28) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+14.4% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 4 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Champions Oncology, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $20 million in fiscal 2018 to $59 million in fiscal 2026, up 14.4% a year; it rose in 7 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 7% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 4 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span14.4%top 49% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 20% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 11% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak6.9%top 20% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
8.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 8.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 88th 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 12% 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: Champions Oncology, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 8.8 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 12% 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
7.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -30%: lost 30¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 85%: owes 85¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 71st percentile among 147 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-04-30, Champions Oncology, Inc. lost about 30 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 106 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 85 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 23% of its family
  • return on equitytop 32% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 3% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 3% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 38% of 102 in its family; net margin -2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Champions Oncology, Inc.'s standing among 102 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $59 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 39% by size; a net margin of -2% ranks in the top 22%; revenue growth of 3.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 49% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$59.4Mtop 39% of its family
  • net margin-2.0%top 22% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth3.3%bottom 49% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 40% of 110 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 60th percentile among 110 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Champions Oncology, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Brainin, Robert Lawrence (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-30, 9 months (bottom 11% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 14.5 years (top 1%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (top 30%; 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 charge2 in three years among 6 peopletop 30% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed14.5 yearstop 1% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 11% 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?

4.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 92 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 92 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Champions Oncology, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $5 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 18.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 33% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -8.5% of revenue (top 21%); a gross margin of 48% (bottom 24%); research spending of 15.3% of revenue (bottom 12%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets18.1%bottom 33% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-8.5%top 21% of its family
  • gross margin48.0%bottom 24% of its family
  • research spending against revenue15.3%bottom 12% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 39% of 100 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 100 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Champions Oncology, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 3.3% a year over the last three filed years against 14.4% over all 9, slowing (bottom 45% of its family); the newest year grew 4.4% (bottom 42%); research spending grew -7.7% a year (bottom 29%); capital spending grew -41.9% a year (bottom 41%) (its annual reports). Champions Oncology, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2026: Pharmacology Services at $57 million (96%), Product and Service Other at $2 million (3%), Translational Oncology Solutions TOS License Revenue at $764 thousand (1%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-11.1 points a yearbottom 45% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.4%bottom 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-7.7%bottom 29% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-41.9%bottom 41% 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
5.3/10

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

top 47% of 72 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Champions Oncology, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $59 million in fiscal 2026 came in 1.5% above the $59 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $1 million against a prior three-year average of $3 million (top 27%); a net margin of -2% against -5.4% before (bottom 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.5%top 50% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+55%top 27% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+3.4 pointsbottom 37% 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

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