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Fate Therapeutics, Inc.

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Healthcare · Biotechnology
San Diego, CA 92131, United States IPO 2013 fatetherapeutics.com Updated Jun 26, 10:16am
Price
$2.08
Market Cap
$242.4M
Employees
181
Beta
2.52
Avg Volume
3,247,201
CEO
Bahram Valamehr
Business Description

Fate Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm dedicated to creating advanced, programmed cellular immunotherapies. These innovative treatments are designed to combat cancer and various immune disorders across the globe. A significant portion of its development pipeline concentrates on NK- and T-cell immuno-oncology programs. Key candidates include FT516, which targets acute myeloid leukemia (AML), B-cell lymphoma, and advanced solid tumors; FT596 for B-cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia; FT538, addressing AML and multiple myeloma; FT576, also focused on multiple myeloma; FT819, aimed at both hematologic malignancies and solid tumors; FT536, another program for solid tumors; and FT500, intended for advanced solid tumors. The company also actively engages in strategic collaborations to advance its research and development. It holds an agreement with Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. for the joint development and commercialization of two novel, "off-the-shelf" iPSC-derived CAR T-cell therapies. Furthermore, Fate Therapeutics maintains a research collaboration and licensing deal with Juno Therapeutics, Inc., focusing on identifying small molecule modulators that can enhance the therapeutic efficacy of genetically engineered T-cell immunotherapies. A separate collaboration and option agreement exists with Janssen Biotech, Inc. Established in 2007, Fate Therapeutics, Inc. is based in San Diego, California.

Business History
Generated: May 2, 2026 11:10am
Price Overview
Last updated: Jun 27, 2026 7:08am (just now)
$2.10
+0.23 (+12.30%)
Day Range
$1.86 – $2.11
52-Week Range
$0.91 – $2.88
50-Day MA
$1.94
200-Day MA
$1.38
Volume
15,306,235.00
Analyst Price Targets
Low $4.00
Consensus $5.50
High $7.00
(22 analysts)
Share Structure
Outstanding 116,559,000.00
Float 101,864,569.00
Free Float 87.4%
High free float — 87.4% of shares trade freely, ~12.6% held by insiders/institutions
Very liquid — most shares trade freely. Low insider ownership can mean less management alignment, but makes large position sizing straightforward.
Price History (1 Year)
Last updated: Jun 27, 2026 7:08am (just now)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
The directional story — useful even when net income is negative.
Last updated: Jun 22, 2026 7:18am (4d ago)
Revenue
The top line — total sales before any costs or taxes are subtracted. A measure of how much business the company is doing.
Net Income
The bottom line — profit left after subtracting all expenses, interest, and taxes from revenue. Reflects accounting profitability, but includes non-cash items like depreciation, so it isn't the same as cash earned.
Operating Cash Flow
The real cash generated by the day-to-day business — selling products, paying suppliers, collecting from customers. Calculated from net income by adding back non-cash items and adjusting for timing (unpaid bills, unsold inventory). When OCF consistently lags net income, the reported profit may not be converting to real money.
Period Revenue Net Income Net Margin YoY/QoQ
Key Metrics
API Direct from provider CALC Derived from statements
Industry comparison last run: May 2, 2026 11:10am
P/E Ratio (Price per dollar of earnings)
CALC
Stock Price / EPS (Diluted)
-1.81
Stock Price: $2.08
EPS (Diluted): -1.15
P/B Ratio (Price vs net asset value)
API
Stock Price / Book Value Per Share
0.56
Stock Price: $2.08
Total Equity: $207.18M
Shares: 118,789,974
EV/EBITDA (Total value vs operating profit)
API
Enterprise Value / EBITDA
-2.40
Market Cap: $242.44M
Total Debt: $73.29M
Cash: $46.63M
EBITDA: -$127.02M
Enterprise Value (Takeover price (cap + debt - cash))
API
Market Cap + Total Debt - Cash
$147.9M
Market Cap: $242.44M
Total Debt: $73.29M
Cash: $46.63M
P/S Ratio (Price per dollar of revenue)
API
Stock Price / Revenue Per Share
17.56
Stock Price: $2.08
Revenue: $6.65M
Shares: 118,789,974
EV/Sales (Total value vs revenue — works when P/E can't)
API
22.26
Gross Margin (Revenue left after direct costs)
API
Gross Profit / Revenue
-94.1%
Gross Profit: -$6.26M
Revenue: $6.65M
Operating Margin (Revenue left after all operations)
API
Operating Income / Revenue
-2,222.4%
Operating Income: -$147.70M
Revenue: $6.65M
Net Margin (Revenue left as actual profit)
API
Net Income / Revenue
-2,051.1%
Net Income: -$136.32M
Revenue: $6.65M
ROE (Profit from shareholder equity)
API
Net Income / Total Equity
-58.9%
Net Income: -$136.32M
Total Equity: $207.18M
ROIC (Profit from all invested capital)
API
NOPAT / Invested Capital
-53.8%
Operating Income: -$147.70M
Tax Rate: 0.0%
Equity: $207.18M
Total Debt: $73.29M
Cash: $46.63M
Current Ratio (Can it pay short-term bills)
API
Current Assets / Current Liabilities
5.79
Current Assets: $208.70M
Current Liabilities: $36.07M
Debt/Equity (Leverage — debt vs equity)
CALC
Total Debt / Total Equity
0.35
Short-Term Debt: $0.00
Long-Term Debt: $73.29M
Total Debt: $73.29M
Total Equity: $207.18M
Rev/Share (Top-line per share)
CALC
Revenue / Shares Outstanding
$0.06
Revenue: $6.65M
Shares: 118,789,974
Book Value/Share (Net assets per share)
CALC
(Total Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares
$1.74
Total Equity: $207.18M
Shares: 118,789,974
FCF/Share (Real cash generated per share)
CALC
(Operating Cash Flow + CapEx) / Shares
$-0.94
Operating CF: -$106.08M
CapEx: -$5.95M
Shares: 118,789,974
CapEx is negative (outflow) — added to OCF to get FCF
Div Yield (Annual income from holding)
API
Last Annual Dividend / Stock Price
0.0%
Last Dividend: N/A
Stock Price: $2.08
Payout Ratio (Earnings paid out as dividends)
Dividends Paid / Net Income
Dividends Paid: N/A
Net Income: -$136.32M
Dividends paid not available in cash flow statement
Industry Benchmarks
Last run: May 2, 2026 11:10am
Compares FATE against LLM-researched typical ranges for its industry. One research call per industry, cached indefinitely — every stock in the same industry reuses the same baseline.
Deep Analysis
Last run: May 2, 2026 11:13:29 am

Pre-flight intelligence scans the company first, then routes to the right analytical methods.

0 Company Classification — What type of company is this?
1 Industry Landscape — Where is the industry headed?
2 Company Momentum — Where is this company trending?
3 Forward Projection — 1Y & 2Y projected metrics (requires Layer 1 + 2)
4a DCF Valuation — Present value of future cash flows
Not applicable for Pre Profit Growth companies
4b Earnings Power Value — Floor value — worth with zero growth
Not applicable for Pre Profit Growth companies
4c Anchored PE — Industry PE adjusted for growth differential
Not applicable for Pre Profit Growth companies
4d Reverse DCF — What growth is the market pricing in?
Not applicable for Pre Profit Growth companies
4e Revenue-Based DCF — For growth/narrative companies (skip if mature earner)
4f Anchored P/S — Price-to-Sales peer comparison (skip if mature earner)
4g Scenario Analysis — Bull / Base / Bear (skip if mature earner)
4h Dividend Discount Model — For dividend/income stocks only
Not applicable for Pre Profit Growth companies
4i Book Value Analysis — For deep value / turnaround stocks only
Not applicable for Pre Profit Growth companies
4j Insider Activity — Are insiders buying or selling?
4f Cash Flow Quality — How trustworthy is the FCF?
4g Debt Maturity Risk — Can it handle its debt?
4h Macro Environment — Rates, market valuation, volatility
4i Sector Intelligence — How does this company compare within its sector?
4j Revenue Confidence — How reliable is the growth projection?
4k Sensitivity Analysis — How fragile is the fair value estimate?
Not applicable for Pre Profit Growth companies
4l Sector Demand Cycle — Is the sector in a boom, steady state, or contraction?
5 AI Investigation — Adaptive research engine (Claude)
5b Thesis Evaluation — What does the market believe? (narrative/platform stocks only)
6 Valuation Synthesis — Weighted verdict from all methods (requires Layer 4)
Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 22, 2026 7:18am (4d ago)
Metric 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue $55.8M $96.3M $63.5M $13.6M $6.6M
Cost of Revenue $5.9M $13.8M $157.2M $118.5M $12.9M
Gross Profit $50.0M $82.5M -$93.7M -$104.9M -$6.3M
Operating Expenses $267.0M $390.9M $96.9M $105.4M $141.4M
Operating Income -$217.0M -$308.4M -$190.5M -$210.3M -$147.7M
Net Income -$212.2M -$281.7M -$160.9M -$186.3M -$136.3M
EBITDA -$206.3M -$268.0M -$142.6M -$176.6M -$127.0M
EPS $-2.24 $-2.91 $-1.64 $-1.64 $-1.15
EPS (Diluted)
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 22, 2026 7:18am (4d ago)
Metric 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Cash & Equivalents $133.6M $61.3M $41.9M $36.1M $46.6M
Total Current Assets $633.4M $502.1M $331.5M $291.9M $208.7M
Total Assets $921.5M $705.6M $506.2M $440.7M $318.9M
Current Liabilities $81.3M $114.1M $39.1M $38.5M $36.1M
Long-Term Debt $0 $0 $0 $0 $73.3M
Total Liabilities $242.6M $221.6M $137.8M $122.0M $111.8M
Total Equity $678.8M $483.9M $368.4M $318.7M $207.2M
Retained Earnings -$769.1M -$1.1B -$1.2B -$1.4B -$1.5B
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 22, 2026 7:18am (4d ago)
Metric 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Operating Cash Flow -$162.9M -$248.2M -$132.3M -$122.9M -$106.1M
Capital Expenditure -$50.7M -$35.6M -$6.2M $-730,000 -$6.0M
Free Cash Flow -$213.6M -$283.8M -$138.4M -$123.6M -$112.0M
Acquisitions (net) $0 $0 $0 $0 $362,000
Debt Repayment
Dividends Paid
Stock Buybacks $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Net Change in Cash -$33.8M -$72.3M -$19.5M -$5.8M $10.6M
Analyst Estimates (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 26, 2026 10:16am (20h ago)
Metric 2027 2028 2029 2030
Revenue $5.2M
$2.1M – $11.5M
$5.1M
$2.0M – $11.2M
$60.1M
$24.1M – $131.4M
$156.3M
$62.7M – $341.9M
EBITDA -$5.2M
-$11.5M – -$2.1M
-$5.1M
-$11.2M – -$2.0M
-$60.1M
-$131.4M – -$24.1M
-$156.3M
-$341.9M – -$62.7M
Net Income -$148.0M
-$171.2M – -$45.0M
-$173.4M
-$193.5M – -$70.8M
-$117.6M
-$299.1M – -$26.0M
-$79.6M
-$202.4M – -$17.6M
EPS
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Jun 22, 2026 7:18am (4d ago)
Metric 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue Growth +72.4% -34.0% -78.5% -51.2%
Gross Profit Growth +65.1% -213.5% -12.0% +94.0%
Operating Income Growth -42.1% +38.2% -10.4% +29.8%
Net Income Growth -32.8% +42.9% -15.7% +26.8%
EBITDA Growth -29.9% +46.8% -23.8% +28.1%
Insider Trading (Recent)
Type codes PPurchase SSale AAward / grant MOption exercise FIn-kind (tax) CConversion GGift DReturn to issuer
All SEC Form 4 codes
Open market
P Purchase
Open-market or private purchase of shares.
S Sale
Open-market or private sale of shares.
Compensation (Rule 16b-3)
A Award / grant
Grant or award of securities (RSUs, options, etc.) under Rule 16b-3.
D Return to issuer
Securities disposed back to the company under Rule 16b-3.
F In-kind (tax)
Shares withheld or delivered to pay the option-exercise price or tax — not an open-market sale.
I Discretionary
Discretionary transaction under an employee plan — Rule 16b-3(f).
M Option exercise
Exercise or conversion of a derivative (option/RSU) into shares — exempt.
Derivatives
C Conversion
Conversion of a derivative security into the underlying shares.
E Short expiration
Expiration of a short derivative position.
H Long expiration
Expiration or cancellation of a long derivative position with value received.
O OTM exercise
Exercise of an out-of-the-money derivative.
X ITM exercise
Exercise of an in-the-money or at-the-money derivative.
Other exempt
G Gift
Bona fide gift of securities.
L Small acquisition
Small acquisition under Rule 16a-6.
W Inheritance
Acquisition or disposition by will or the laws of descent.
Z Voting trust
Deposit into or withdrawal from a voting trust.
Other
J Other
Other acquisition or disposition (explained in a Form 4 footnote).
K Equity swap
Transaction in an equity swap or similar instrument.
U Tender / buyout
Disposition via tender of shares in a change-of-control transaction.

Compensation-plan codes (A, D, F, M) are routine and rarely directional. Open-market P (buy) and S (sale) carry the most signal.

Date Insider Type Shares Price Value
2026-06-12 Redmile Group, LLC A-Award 87,900.00 $2.06 $181,074
2026-06-12 Lee Michael Stewart A-Award 87,900.00 $2.06 $181,074
2026-06-12 Xu Yuan A-Award 87,900.00 $2.06 $181,074
2026-06-12 Jooss Karin A-Award 87,900.00 $2.06 $181,074
2026-06-12 EPSTEIN ROBERT S A-Award 87,900.00 $2.06 $181,074
2026-06-12 Agarwal Shefali A-Award 87,900.00 $2.06 $181,074
2026-06-12 ABERNETHY MATT A-Award 87,900.00 $2.06 $181,074
2026-06-12 RASTETTER WILLIAM H A-Award 87,900.00 $2.06 $181,074
2026-06-12 Hamill Laura A-Award 175,800.00 $2.06 $362,148
2026-06-12 Hamill Laura 0.00 $0.00 $0
2026-05-20 TAHL CINDY S-Sale 25,590.00 $1.88 $48,084
2026-05-20 Valamehr Bahram S-Sale 28,946.00 $1.88 $54,482
2026-05-06 TAHL CINDY M-Exempt 44,444.00 $1.05 $46,666
2026-05-06 TAHL CINDY M-Exempt 122,220.00 $1.32 $161,330
2026-05-06 TAHL CINDY M-Exempt 44,444.00 $1.05 $46,666
2026-05-06 TAHL CINDY M-Exempt 122,220.00 $1.32 $161,330
2026-05-05 EPSTEIN ROBERT S M-Exempt 25,000.00 $1.69 $42,250
2026-05-05 EPSTEIN ROBERT S M-Exempt 25,000.00 $1.69 $42,250
2026-05-05 RASTETTER WILLIAM H M-Exempt 25,000.00 $1.69 $42,250
2026-05-05 RASTETTER WILLIAM H M-Exempt 25,000.00 $1.69 $42,250
Narrative Economics
The story the market is telling about this stock — the intangible X-factor (founder mythology, cult dynamics, TAM-of-imagination) that moves price beyond what cash flows alone explain. After Shiller, Narrative Economics.
No narrative profile yet for FATE — it's generated by the pipeline (market-narrative step).
Delvantic AI Findings
Independent analyst synthesis · Delvantic - Cairn AI · generated 2026-05-02 11:14:02
Reviews the pipeline's own verdicts

Looking at the raw tape first: revenue collapsed from $96.3M (2022) → $63.5M (2023) → $13.6M (2024) → $6.6M (2025), a 93% peak-to-trough destruction. Quarterly trajectory is worse than the annual suggests — Q4 2025 printed $1.4M, the lowest in the series, with deceleration through every quarter of 2025 ($1.6M → $1.9M → $1.7M → $1.4M). This is not "moderate revenue confidence with accelerating quarterly trend" — that secondary signal is flatly wrong, or measuring something other than top-line dollars. The only good news is burn discipline: net loss narrowed from -$52.2M (Q4'24) to -$32.4M (Q4'25), implying annualized cash burn closer to $130M down from $190M. But against $46.6M cash and -$112M FCF, the runway math is brutal — roughly 5 months at the 2025 burn rate, maybe stretched to 9-12 months if the Q4 run-rate holds and they've raised since (the data file doesn't show a recent raise). Gross margin going negative (-94%) on the annual line is a tell that whatever collaboration revenue remains is now below the cost of delivering it.

The synthesis verdict ("Disconnected from Fundamentals") and Market Forces ("Strong Market Headwinds, terminal decline, fire-sale acquisition") are directionally right but I'd push back on internal contradictions across the model stack. The Pre-Flight thesis pegs market cap at $200M vs $110M burn and frames it as a "lottery ticket"; at $1.53 and $180M cap with $46.6M cash, EV is ~$130M — you are paying $130M of enterprise value for a platform that has lost 93% of its revenue, has negative gross margin, and whose partners have voted with their feet. That's not a lottery ticket priced at pennies; that's still a meaningful asset valuation on a husk. The P/B of 0.56 is the single bull data point — book is roughly $320M, mostly cash and IP — but book equity in a cash-burning biotech evaporates by ~$100M/year, so today's 0.56x is next year's 1.5x absent a raise. The classification model calling this "pre-profit growth" with 0.78 confidence is the worst miss in the stack: this is post-peak decline, not pre-profit growth. Revenue CAGR of -67.7% should have automatically disqualified the growth archetype.

A careful contrarian would argue three things. First, allogeneic/iPSC cell therapy IP has strategic value to large pharma (Sana, BMS, Sanofi all have programs), and a $130M EV could be cheap if the platform gets acquired for the science — historical cell-therapy M&A has happened at 2-5x cash for less-developed assets. Second, insider J-Other transactions on 2026-04-20 totaling ~27M shares look like grant/award activity rather than open-market sales; not a bearish tell, possibly a retention package signaling the board still sees option value. Third, the burn-down from -$52M to -$32M quarterly losses is real cost discipline — management is clearly preparing the company for either a deal or a much smaller restated trial focus. The bear retort: every failed biotech looks like this on the way down, and "strategic value" is the cope that retail clings to while the equity goes to zero in a recap.

I dissent partially from the synthesis. "Disconnected from fundamentals" implies overvaluation, and at $1.53 with 5-12 months of runway and a ~$130M EV, I agree the equity is still too expensive for the fundamentals as-presented — fair value is probably $0.50-$0.80 absent a catalyst, reflecting cash-per-share minus expected dilution. But I disagree this is uninvestable; it's a binary at a price where the binary becomes interesting only below ~$1.00, and only if you size it as a 1-2% position you're prepared to zero. The data file is materially thin on the most important variable: clinical pipeline status and any 2026 financing. Without the FT522 / FT819 readout calendar and post-period cash, the entire thesis is unanchored. The models did not flag this gap loudly enough — they treated the income statement as the story when the story is actually the trial calendar and the next raise. I'd refuse to underwrite long here at $1.53; I'd watch for either (a) a dilutive raise that resets the runway and the share count, after which the option becomes cleaner, or (b) a clinical update.

GPT Critique
Second-opinion review · gpt-4o · generated 2026-05-02 11:14:11
Reviews the Opus findings above
Verdict I largely agree with Opus that Fate Therapeutics is overvalued at $1.53 given the dire financials. However, I peg fair value closer to $0.50-$0.70, reflecting cash reserves and current operational burn — significant dilution or positive clinical developments are necessary to justify investment.

Fate Therapeutics' financial data paints a grim picture of a company in sharp decline. Revenue has plummeted from $96.3M in 2022 to a mere $6.6M in 2025, resulting in a staggering 93% drop. The quarterly figures corroborate this downward spiral, with Q4 2025 posting the lowest revenue of $1.4M. The net margin is deeply negative, reflecting the company's inability to generate profit from its operations, and the gross margin has turned negative as well, indicating that current operations are unsustainable. The company is burning cash rapidly, evidenced by a free cash flow of -$112M and a current cash reserve of only $46.6M, suggesting a runway of less than a year without new funding or a significant operational turnaround.

I agree with Opus's assessment that the company's situation is dire. He rightly points out that the revenue trajectory contradicts the "moderate revenue confidence with accelerating quarterly trend" signal, which seems an error in the model. The narrative that Fate Therapeutics is a "lottery ticket" is misleading; the company is more accurately described as a high-risk, distressed asset rather than a promising growth story. The valuation metrics underscore this disconnect, with an enterprise value of approximately $130M for a company whose revenue base has effectively evaporated and whose gross margins are severely negative. Opus's skepticism of the "pre-profit growth" classification is justified; the data clearly indicates a post-peak decline, not a growth phase.

However, I diverge from Opus's conclusion regarding the potential for the company's science and IP to attract acquisition interest. While the insider transactions might suggest some internal optimism, they do not negate the fundamental weaknesses. Opus mentions that historical M&A in cell therapy has occurred at 2-5x cash for less-developed assets, but with the current financial trajectory and lack of late-stage clinical data, it's speculative to assume Fate can attract such interest without substantial positive developments in its clinical pipeline. Moreover, the P/B ratio of 0.56 is not a compelling bull point when considering the rapid rate at which the company's cash reserves are depleting.

A careful skeptic might argue that despite the severe financial decline, the intrinsic value of Fate's technology in the cell therapy space holds potential for strategic interest. They could posit that the insider transactions suggest management confidence in future developments, possibly hinting at positive clinical data or partnerships in the pipeline. Yet, this optimism must be tempered by the reality of the company's financial burn rate and the absence of significant new clinical or financial developments in the data provided.

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