Company Analysis

Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (STRO)

Nasdaq: STRO · Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) · South San Francisco, CA · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade4.8
◀ Past 4.2● Present 4.7▶ Future 5.7
1 est.

The grade of Sutro Biopharma, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.8/10
◀ Past4.230% of the headline
● Present4.740% of the headline
▶ Future5.730% 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?

4.2/1030% 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?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2025-06-25.

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

From the record

Sutro Biopharma, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2025-06-25) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.9% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 0 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sutro Biopharma, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $52 million in fiscal 2017 to $102 million in fiscal 2025, up 8.9% a year; it rose in 5 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 60% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.9%bottom 40% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 42% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 31% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak59.6%top 41% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
4.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 49th 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 49% 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: Sutro Biopharma, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.9 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 49% 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?

4.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 176%: owes 176¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 147 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Sutro Biopharma, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 176 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 9.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 10% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 35% 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 -186.5%.

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

From the record

Sutro Biopharma, Inc.'s standing among 102 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $102 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 30% by size; a net margin of -186.5% ranks in the top 45%; revenue growth of 14.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$102Mtop 30% of its family
  • net margin-186.5%top 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth14.8%top 39% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 43% of 110 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 110 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Sutro Biopharma, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Chung, Jane (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-04-08, 1.6 years (bottom 20% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.3 years (bottom 47%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (top 37%; 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 13 peopletop 37% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.3 yearsbottom 47% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.6 yearsbottom 20% 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?

5.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 46% of 92 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 92 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sutro Biopharma, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $58 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 33.4% of its assets as net cash, top 45% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -172.9% of revenue (top 46%); research spending of 162.4% of revenue (top 48%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets33.4%top 45% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-172.9%top 46% of its family
  • research spending against revenue162.4%top 48% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 35% of 100 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 100 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sutro Biopharma, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 14.8% a year over the last three filed years against 8.9% over all 9, speeding up (top 20% of its family); the newest year grew 65.2% (top 26%); research spending grew 6.7% a year (top 39%); capital spending grew -40.5% a year (bottom 43%) (its annual reports). Sutro Biopharma, 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+5.9 points a yeartop 20% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth65.2%top 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending6.7%top 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-40.5%bottom 43% 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
5.1/10

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

top 49% of 72 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Sutro Biopharma, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $102 million in fiscal 2025 came in 72.6% above the $59 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 22% of its family); net income of $191 million against a prior three-year average of $151 million (bottom 28%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (bottom 47%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace72.6%top 22% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-26%bottom 28% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+17.5 pointsbottom 47% 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 STRO · research, not advice