NASDAQ
GERN
Last Price
US $1.27
Valuation
Financial
Performance
Financial risk - Cash flow debt coverage.
Geron Corporation cash flow to debt ratio of -44.14% indicates that the company cannot generate enough cash to cover its debt over time. This level indicates weak financial health.
Financial stability - Healthy cash flow growth.
Geron Corporation's free cash flow has increased -49.34% from $-219.30M last year to $-111.09M, signaling increasing performance
Financial risk - Healthy debt to equity ratio.
Geron Corporation's debt to equity ratio is 1.10, which means that the company's assets are unhealthy financed, signaling financial risk. READ MORE: A ratio over 0.60 means the company finances its assets with debt, signaling financial risk. If ratio is negative, the company spent its own equity and risks bankruptcy
Financial risk - Healthy debt to equity ratio development.
Geron Corporation's debt has increased relative to shareholder equity from 0.43 last year to 1.10 today, signaling weakened financials
Financial risk - Net debt/EBITDA.
Geron Corporation has negative EBITDA, making leverage ratio unreliable
Financial risk - ICR.
Geron Corporation's interest coverage ratio is -1.18, which means that the company struggles to meet interest obligations, signaling financial risk.
Financial stability - Profit margin growth.
Geron Corporation's profit margin has increased (-84.35%) in the last year from -226.73% to -35.48%, signaling increasing performance
Financial stability - Short term assets vs short term liabilities.
Geron Corporation's short-term assets of $520.27M exceed its short-term liabilities of $111.54M
Decreasing performance - ROA.
Geron Corporation's return on assets of 0.00% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization
Decreasing performance - Absolute return on equity.
Geron Corporation's return on equity of -28.90%, is lower than 15.00%, indicating bad performance
Decreasing performance - Earnings quality.
Geron Corporation's operating cash flow is lower than its net income, indicating that earnings may not be fully backed by cash generation
Decreasing performance - Earnings stability.
Geron Corporation had positive net income in only 0.00 out of 5 years, indicating unstable earnings
Decreasing performance - Free cash flow.
Geron Corporation has negative free cash flow, indicating the company is burning cash rather than generating it
Decreasing performance - FCF yield.
Geron Corporation has negative free cash flow, indicating cash burn
Increasing performance - Healthy earnings growth.
Geron Corporation's yearly earnings has increased -50.86% since last year from $-174.57M to $-85.78M, signaling increasing performance
Increasing performance - Healthy revenue growth.
Geron Corporation's yearly revenue has increased 138.83% since last year from $76.99M to $183.88M, signaling increasing performance
Decreasing performance - ROIC.
ROIC -7.77% (Source: FMP key-metrics). Below the 5% partial-credit threshold. Score: 0 of 2. The 5% and 10% cutoffs anchor to typical US weighted-average cost of capital. Below 5% indicates the company is not generating returns above its likely cost of capital under this definition of invested capital. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities (pension obligations, deferred taxes, lease obligations), and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. Companies with substantial float, lease portfolios, or cash holdings will score lower under this definition than under narrower operating-capital definitions. See methodology.
Increasing performance - 3-year revenue CAGR.
Geron Corporation's 3-year revenue CAGR of 575.71% is positive, indicating growing revenue over the past 3 years
Increasing performance - Revenue consistency.
Geron Corporation had revenue growth in 3.00 out of 5 years, indicating consistent revenue performance
Decreasing performance - ROE consistency.
Geron Corporation had positive ROE in only 0.00 out of 5 years, indicating inconsistent returns on equity
Overvalued - DCF valuation.
Geron Corporation has insufficient data to evaluate this check.
Overvalued - Earnings yield.
Geron Corporation has negative trailing-twelve-month earnings; this ratio is not meaningful and the check fails
Overvalued - EBITDA valuation.
Geron Corporation is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 0.00 based on EBITDA multiple model
Overvalued - EV/EBITDA.
Geron Corporation has negative or missing EBITDA, making EV/EBITDA ratio unreliable
Overvalued - PEG ratio value.
Geron Corporation has negative trailing-twelve-month earnings; this ratio is not meaningful and the check fails
Undervalued - P/B ratio.
Geron Corporation has a price-to-book ratio of 3.86x, which is below the 5.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its book value
Undervalued - P/S ratio.
Geron Corporation has a price-to-sales ratio of 4.32x, which is below the 8.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its revenue
Profit margin
Current Ratio
Capital Returns
-28.90%
Return on equity
ROIC: -7.77%
Valuation History
-12.7X
Price to Earnings
EV/EBITDA: -27.8X
Cash flow
Profit margin
8.13%
(FY vs FY)
Cash flow Y/Y
-9.60%
(FY vs FY)
Fair Value
Market $1.27
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