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Bicara Therapeutics Inc. Common Stock

BCAX

Bicara Therapeutics Inc. Common Stock NASDAQ
$16.78 -0.12% (-0.02)

Market Cap $919.24 M
52w High $19.71
52w Low $7.80
P/E 3.12
Volume 682.45K
Outstanding Shares 54.78M

Income Statement

Period Revenue Operating Expense Net Income Net Profit Margin Earnings Per Share EBITDA
Q3-2025 $0 $40.68M $-36.33M 0% $-0.67 $-36.23M
Q2-2025 $0 $32.02M $-27.39M 0% $-0.5 $-32M
Q1-2025 $0 $41.79M $-36.85M 0% $-0.68 $-41.77M
Q4-2024 $0 $26.64M $-20.96M 0% $-0.38 $-26.62M
Q3-2024 $0 $20.63M $-17.48M 0% $-0.32 $-20.61M

What's going well?

The company is still earning solid interest income, which helps soften the blow of its losses. No debt or interest expense means the balance sheet is not weighed down by loans.

What's concerning?

There is still no revenue, and losses are growing fast as expenses rise. The company is burning cash with no sign of sales, which could threaten its future if this continues.

Balance Statement

Period Cash & Short-term Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Equity
Q3-2025 $290.17M $424.69M $21.91M $402.78M
Q2-2025 $436.61M $453.59M $18.39M $435.2M
Q1-2025 $462.06M $478.08M $19.12M $458.96M
Q4-2024 $489.71M $569.2M $77.32M $491.88M
Q3-2024 $520.76M $524.17M $14.62M $509.56M

What's financially strong about this company?

The company has a huge cash and investment cushion, almost no debt, and no risky assets like goodwill. It can easily pay all its bills and has a very high-quality asset base.

What are the financial risks or weaknesses?

Cash reserves dropped sharply this quarter and equity declined, suggesting possible losses. Retained earnings are deeply negative, showing a history of unprofitability.

Cash Flow Statement

Period Net Income Cash From Operations Cash From Investing Cash From Financing Net Change Free Cash Flow
Q3-2025 $-36.33M $-29.25M $-236.12M $436K $-264.93M $-29.29M
Q2-2025 $-27.39M $-25.59M $0 $135K $-25.46M $-25.59M
Q1-2025 $-36.85M $-28.11M $0 $460K $-27.65M $-28.11M
Q4-2024 $-20.96M $-30.03M $-40K $-975K $-31.05M $-30.07M
Q3-2024 $-17.48M $-17.22M $-8K $334.13M $316.9M $-17.23M

What's strong about this company's cash flow?

The company still has $171.7 million in cash, giving it some time to turn things around. Working capital changes helped cash flow this quarter.

What are the cash flow concerns?

Cash burn is increasing, and a huge investment outflow this quarter caused a sharp drop in cash. The company is highly dependent on raising money and has no meaningful revenue or cash generation.

5-Year Trend Analysis

A comprehensive look at Bicara Therapeutics Inc. Common Stock's financial evolution and strategic trajectory over the past five years.

+ Strengths

Key strengths include a very strong cash and liquidity position, minimal reliance on debt, a differentiated bifunctional antibody platform, and a lead asset with late-stage trials and a supportive regulatory designation. The company’s focused strategy in oncology and an expanding early-stage pipeline further underpin its long-term potential if clinical data continue to cooperate.

! Risks

Major risks stem from BCAX’s pre-revenue status, rapidly growing cash burn, and dependence on a single lead program in competitive tumor types. Clinical, regulatory, and commercial uncertainties are high, and any negative trial outcome or delay could require significant course corrections and additional financing. The business model currently relies on continued access to capital markets, as operations are far from cash breakeven.

Outlook

The overall outlook is that of a high-risk, high-upside clinical-stage biotech: financially well-positioned for now, scientifically differentiated, and approaching important data and regulatory milestones, but with no guarantee of eventual approval or commercial success. Over the next few years, progress in the pivotal head and neck cancer trial, expansion into other tumors, and advancement of the pipeline will likely be the key drivers of how the story evolves, both scientifically and financially.