Company Analysis

Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. (XBIO)

Nasdaq: XBIO · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Framingham, MA · filing with the SEC since 2011
Grade5.6
◀ Past 4.8● Present 5.6▶ Future 6.1
1 est.

The grade of Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past4.825% of the headline
● Present5.635% of the headline
▶ Future6.140% 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?

4.8/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
4.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

7 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-04-10.

weight 22% of this tense · 41st percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 7 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 6 times, the latest 2022-12-02); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-04-10) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 0 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 34th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3 million in fiscal 2016 to $3 million in fiscal 2025, down 0.1% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 100% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2018; net income was positive in 0 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.1%bottom 28% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 31% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak100.0%bottom 10% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
7.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 7.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 464 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 28% of 464 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 464 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: Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 7.2 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 28% of 464 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?

5.6/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -36%: lost 36¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 12%: owes 12¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. lost about 36 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 12 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 10.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 19% of its family
  • return on equitytop 39% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 39% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 50% of 315 in its family; net margin -90.1%.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 31% by size; a net margin of -90.1% ranks in the top 45%; revenue growth of 20.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 37% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.0Mbottom 31% of its family
  • net margin-90.1%top 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth20.4%top 37% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 46% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Parslow, James F (Interim CEO and CFO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-06-21, 2.4 years (bottom 27% of its family); the 5 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.6 years (top 9%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 5 people in charge now (bottom 20%; 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 charge4 in three years among 5 peoplebottom 20% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.6 yearstop 9% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.4 yearsbottom 27% 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?

6.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 35% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $8 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 94.3% of its assets as net cash, top 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -76.8% of revenue (top 48%); research spending of 103% of revenue (bottom 49%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets94.3%top 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-76.8%top 48% of its family
  • research spending against revenue103.0%bottom 49% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 43% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 20.4% a year over the last three filed years against -0.1% over all 10, speeding up (top 13% of its family); the newest year grew 19.1% (top 39%); research spending grew -13.7% a year (bottom 24%) (its annual reports). Xenetic Biosciences, 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+20.4 points a yeartop 13% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth19.1%top 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-13.7%bottom 24% 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
6.3/10

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

top 37% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.6% below the $3 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 49% of its family); net income of $3 million against a prior three-year average of $5 million (top 34%); a net margin of -90.1% against losses larger than its revenue before (top 29%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.6%top 49% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+45%top 34% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 29% 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 XBIO · research, not advice