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Northwest Biotherapeutics (LTS:0K95) Profitability Rank : 2 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Northwest Biotherapeutics Profitability Rank?

Northwest Biotherapeutics has the Profitability Rank of 2. It has had trouble to make a profit.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Northwest Biotherapeutics's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -5,531.70%. As of today, Northwest Biotherapeutics's Piotroski F-Score is 3.


Competitive Comparison of Northwest Biotherapeutics's Profitability Rank

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Northwest Biotherapeutics's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Northwest Biotherapeutics's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Northwest Biotherapeutics's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Northwest Biotherapeutics's Profitability Rank falls into.



Northwest Biotherapeutics Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Northwest Biotherapeutics has the Profitability Rank of 2. It has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Northwest Biotherapeutics's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-12.391 / 0.224
=-5,531.70 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Northwest Biotherapeutics has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Good Sign:

Northwest Biotherapeutics Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Northwest Biotherapeutics (LTS:0K95) Business Description

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Address
4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 800, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20814
Northwest Biotherapeutics Inc is a biotechnology company involved in the development of cancer vaccines. The target is a broad range of solid-tumor cancers. The company has a proprietary manufacturing technology, which it uses to produce a personalized vaccine. The product portfolio includes product candidates such as DCVax-L, for patients with brain cancer; DCVax-Direct, direct injection into all types of inoperable solid tumor cancers, and DCVax for late-stage ovarian cancer. DCVax-Prostate, for late-stage prostate cancer, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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