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Poseida Therapeutics (Poseida Therapeutics) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Poseida Therapeutics Financial Strength?

Poseida Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Poseida Therapeutics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Poseida Therapeutics's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.85. As of today, Poseida Therapeutics's Altman Z-Score is -2.52.


Competitive Comparison of Poseida Therapeutics's Financial Strength

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Poseida Therapeutics's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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Poseida Therapeutics Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Poseida Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.27 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-25.91 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $79.47 Mil.

Poseida Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Poseida Therapeutics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Poseida Therapeutics's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(5.951 + 79.472) / 99.98
=0.85

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Poseida Therapeutics has a Z-score of -2.52, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -2.52 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Poseida Therapeutics  (NAS:PSTX) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Poseida Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Poseida Therapeutics (Poseida Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address
9390 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 200, San Diego, CA, USA, 92121
Poseida Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on leveraging non-viral gene engineering technologies to create life-saving therapeutics for patients with a high unmet medical need. It has built a pipeline of autologous and allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T cell, or CAR-T, product candidates, initially focused on the treatment of hematological malignancies and solid tumours.
Executives
John P. Schmid director 6310 NANCY RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 101, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Luke Corning director 614 DAVIS STREET, EVANSTON IL 60201
Marcea Bland Lloyd director 9360 TOWNE CENTRE DRIVE, SUITE 110, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Charles M Baum director C/O MIRATI THERAPEUTICS INC., 9393 TOWNE CENTRE DRIVE, STE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Cynthia Collins director 65 WEST WATKINS MILL ROAD, GAITHERSBURG MD 20878
Rafael Amado director 210 EAST GRAND AVE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Kristin Yarema officer: President, Cell Therapy C/O ATARA BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC., 611 GATEWAY BLVD., SUITE 900, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Malin Life Sciences Holdings Ltd 10 percent owner 2 HARBOUR SQUARE, CROFTON ROAD, DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO, DUBLIN L2 ----
Eric Ostertag director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O POSEIDA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 4242 CAMPUS POINT COURT, SUITE 700, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Kerry D. Ingalls officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O POSEIDA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 9390 TOWNE CENTRE DRIVE, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Brent Warner officer: President, Gene Therapy C/O POSEIDA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 9390 TOWNE CENTRE DRIVE, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Matthew A. Spear officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O POSEIDA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 4242 CAMPUS POINT COURT, SUITE 700, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Harry J Leonhardt officer: GC & Chief Compliance Officer C/O HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC., 11388 SORRENTO VALLEY BLVD., SAN DIEGO CA 92121
David Hirsch director C/O LONGITUDE CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, 800 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 220, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Sean Murphy director, 10 percent owner C/O NOVAN, INC., 4222 EMPEROR BOULEVAND, SUITE 200, DURHAM NC 27703