Company Analysis

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc. (EBS)

NYSE: EBS · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Gaithersburg, MD · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade4.6
◀ Past 4.6● Present 5.4▶ Future 3.5

The grade of Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.6/10
◀ Past4.630% of the headline
● Present5.440% of the headline
▶ Future3.530% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-11-24.

weight 33% of this tense · 4th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2023-11-24); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2023-11-16); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2023-11-09) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $313 million in fiscal 2013 to $743 million in fiscal 2025, up 7.5% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 58% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.5%bottom 39% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 44% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 11% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak58.1%top 49% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 4.2% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 15 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 87th percentile among 80 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 4.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 15 sales (11 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-07 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 25% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 1% of its family

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

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Emergent Biosolutions, Inc. earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 32 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 28% of its family
  • return on equitytop 13% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 41% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 33% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 315 in its family; net margin 7.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $743 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 7.1% ranks in the top 19%; revenue growth of -12.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$743Mtop 15% of its family
  • net margin7.1%top 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-12.7%bottom 25% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 29% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 29th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Papa, Joseph C (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-02-29, 2.7 years (bottom 29% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.8 years (bottom 23%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 34%; 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 charge10 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 34% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.8 yearsbottom 23% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.7 yearsbottom 29% 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?

3.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 34% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 34th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $205 million against debt of $572 million leaves -27.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 21.1% of revenue (top 11%); a gross margin of 56.1% (bottom 32%); research spending of 7.2% of revenue (bottom 10%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-27.8%bottom 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue21.1%top 11% of its family
  • gross margin56.1%bottom 32% of its family
  • research spending against revenue7.2%bottom 10% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
2.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 20% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 20th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -12.7% a year over the last three filed years against 7.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 26% of its family); the newest year grew -28.8% (bottom 25%); research spending grew -34.4% a year (bottom 11%); capital spending grew -50.8% a year (bottom 20%) (its annual reports). Emergent Biosolutions, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Medical Countermeasures MCM Product at $457 million (62%), Commercial Product at $226 million (30%), All Other Revenue at $60 million (8%); 0 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-20.2 points a yearbottom 26% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-28.8%bottom 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-34.4%bottom 11% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-50.8%bottom 20% 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
5.9/10

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

top 41% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 59th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $743 million in fiscal 2025 came in 26.3% below the $1.0 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 28% of its family); net income of $53 million against a prior three-year average of $388 million (top 13%); a net margin of 7.1% against -36.6% before (top 38%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-26.3%bottom 28% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+114%top 13% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+43.6 pointstop 38% 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 EBS · research, not advice