Financial Services · Asset Management
Price
$20.12
Market Cap
$611.8M
Employees
—
Beta
0.73
Avg Volume
110,550
CEO
Daniel R. Omstead
Business Description
Tekla Life Sciences Investors, a closed-ended equity mutual fund, is expertly managed by Tekla Capital Management LLC. This U.S.-domiciled fund, which commenced operations on February 20, 1992, and was formerly known as H&Q Life Sciences Investors, seeks investment opportunities in publicly traded companies worldwide. Its primary focus lies within the broad life sciences sector, encompassing a diverse range of industries such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, managed healthcare, medical equipment, hospitals, healthcare information technology and services, and medical devices and supplies. The fund also extends its investment purview to include the agriculture and environmental management sectors. It predominantly allocates capital to growth-oriented businesses, particularly those with small market capitalizations. Investment decisions are rooted in rigorous fundamental analysis, which assesses critical factors like a company's market position for its offerings, the acumen of its management team, its technological prowess, and its capability to either self-finance expansion or attract external funding to build its portfolio. The fund's performance is gauged against two key benchmarks: the NASDAQ Biotech Index and the S&P 500 Index.
Business History
Price Overview
Price at report time · Jul 5, 4:03am (0m ago)
$20.12
Change · Jul 5
+0.14 (+0.70%)
Day Range
$19.82 – $20.20
52-Week Range
$12.84 – $20.20
50-Day MA
$17.83
200-Day MA
$16.95
Volume
125,399.00
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Real-time — the change above is the move since the report (over 0m).
Share Structure
Outstanding
30,408,000.00
Float
27,435,618.00
Free Float
90.2%
High free float
— 90.2% of shares trade freely, ~9.8% 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)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
The directional story — useful even when net income is negative.
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
P/E Ratio (Price per dollar of earnings)
APIStock Price / EPS (Diluted)
3.09
Stock Price: $20.12
EPS (Diluted): 2.96
EPS (Diluted): 2.96
P/B Ratio (Price vs net asset value)
APIStock Price / Book Value Per Share
0.87
Stock Price: $20.12
Total Equity: $513.66M
Shares: 28,872,416
Total Equity: $513.66M
Shares: 28,872,416
EV/EBITDA (Total value vs operating profit)
APIEnterprise Value / EBITDA
3.09
Market Cap: $611.81M
Total Debt: $0.00
Cash: $75,538
EBITDA: $85.59M
Total Debt: $0.00
Cash: $75,538
EBITDA: $85.59M
Enterprise Value (Takeover price (cap + debt - cash))
APIMarket Cap + Total Debt - Cash
$447.7M
Market Cap: $611.81M
Total Debt: $0.00
Cash: $75,538
Total Debt: $0.00
Cash: $75,538
Gross Margin (Revenue left after direct costs)
APIGross Profit / Revenue
100.0%
Gross Profit: $86.39M
Revenue: $86.39M
Revenue: $86.39M
Operating Margin (Revenue left after all operations)
APIOperating Income / Revenue
99.1%
Operating Income: $85.59M
Revenue: $86.39M
Revenue: $86.39M
Net Margin (Revenue left as actual profit)
APINet Income / Revenue
99.1%
Net Income: $85.59M
Revenue: $86.39M
Revenue: $86.39M
ROE (Profit from shareholder equity)
APINet Income / Total Equity
36.9%
Net Income: $85.59M
Total Equity: $513.66M
Total Equity: $513.66M
ROIC (Profit from all invested capital)
APINOPAT / Invested Capital
35.2%
Operating Income: $85.59M
Tax Rate: 0.0%
Equity: $513.66M
Total Debt: $0.00
Cash: $75,538
Tax Rate: 0.0%
Equity: $513.66M
Total Debt: $0.00
Cash: $75,538
Zero debt — invested capital = equity minus cash (very efficient)
Current Ratio (Can it pay short-term bills)
APICurrent Assets / Current Liabilities
1.74
Current Assets: $1.25M
Current Liabilities: $720,901
Current Liabilities: $720,901
Debt/Equity (Leverage — debt vs equity)
CALCTotal Debt / Total Equity
0.00
Short-Term Debt: $0.00
Long-Term Debt: $0.00
Total Debt: $0.00
Total Equity: $513.66M
Long-Term Debt: $0.00
Total Debt: $0.00
Total Equity: $513.66M
Zero debt — this company carries no debt obligations. Strongest possible score.
Rev/Share (Top-line per share)
CALCRevenue / Shares Outstanding
$2.99
Revenue: $86.39M
Shares: 28,872,416
Shares: 28,872,416
Book Value/Share (Net assets per share)
CALC(Total Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares
$17.79
Total Equity: $513.66M
Shares: 28,872,416
Shares: 28,872,416
FCF/Share (Real cash generated per share)
CALC(Operating Cash Flow + CapEx) / Shares
$-0.08
Operating CF: -$2.32M
CapEx: -$5.00
Shares: 28,872,416
CapEx: -$5.00
Shares: 28,872,416
CapEx is negative (outflow) — added to OCF to get FCF
Div Yield (Annual income from holding)
APILast Annual Dividend / Stock Price
7.1%
Last Dividend: N/A
Stock Price: $20.12
Stock Price: $20.12
Payout Ratio (Earnings paid out as dividends)
Dividends Paid / Net Income
—
Dividends Paid: N/A
Net Income: $85.59M
Net Income: $85.59M
Dividends paid not available in cash flow statement
Industry Benchmarks
Compares HQL 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
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
4b
Earnings Power Value
— Floor value — worth with zero growth
4c
Anchored PE
— Industry PE adjusted for growth differential
4d
Reverse DCF
— What growth is the market pricing in?
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
4i
Book Value Analysis
— For deep value / turnaround stocks only
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?
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: Jul 5, 2026 4:03am (just now)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $45.0M | $31.9M | $39.4M | $86.7M | $86.4M |
| Cost of Revenue | $6.1M | $5.5M | $5.2M | $5.4M | $5.0M |
| Gross Profit | $38.9M | $26.3M | $18.3M | $86.7M | $86.4M |
| Operating Expenses | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.4M | $791,573 |
| Operating Income | $64.5M | -$104.6M | -$5.2M | $85.3M | $85.6M |
| Net Income | $64.5M | -$104.6M | $22.4M | $85.3M | $85.6M |
| EBITDA | $68.7M | -$101.6M | $50.0M | $87.2M | $85.6M |
| EPS | $2.66 | $-4.07 | $0.79 | $3.04 | $2.96 |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: Jul 5, 2026 4:03am (just now)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $990 | $445 | $477 | $1 | $75,538 |
| Total Current Assets | $144,663 | $623,917 | $5.0M | $281,608 | $1.3M |
| Total Assets | $534.2M | $414.7M | $402.6M | $460.6M | $515.4M |
| Current Liabilities | $10.7M | $5.1M | $0 | $888,610 | $720,901 |
| Long-Term Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total Liabilities | $10.7M | $16.8M | $666,959 | $888,610 | $1.7M |
| Total Equity | $523.4M | $397.9M | $401.9M | $459.7M | $513.7M |
| Retained Earnings | $150.7M | $9.5M | -$1.5M | $44.1M | $77.6M |
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: Jul 5, 2026 4:03am (just now)| Metric | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$2.3M |
| Capital Expenditure | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $-5 |
| Free Cash Flow | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$2.3M |
| Acquisitions (net) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Debt Repayment | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends Paid | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stock Buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net Change in Cash | $0 | $990 | $-545 | $32 | $75,537 |
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Jul 5, 2026 4:03am (just now)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | -29.2% | +23.6% | +120.1% | -0.3% |
| Gross Profit Growth | -32.4% | -30.5% | +374.2% | -0.3% |
| Operating Income Growth | -262.1% | +95.0% | +1,726.5% | +0.3% |
| Net Income Growth | -262.1% | +121.4% | +281.6% | +0.3% |
| EBITDA Growth | -248.0% | +149.2% | +74.6% | -1.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 | Mahai Chris LaVictoire | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0 | |
| 2025-12-09 | Reilly Heather Carter | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0 | |
| 2025-12-16 | Pittard Christian | P-Purchase | 7,923.00 | $16.88 | $133,755 |
| 2025-09-19 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 6,989.00 | $14.10 | $98,545 |
| 2025-09-22 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 41,623.00 | $14.14 | $588,549 |
| 2025-09-17 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 24,328.00 | $13.99 | $340,349 |
| 2025-09-18 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 40,208.00 | $14.07 | $565,727 |
| 2025-09-15 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 700.00 | $14.13 | $9,891 |
| 2025-09-16 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 2,026.00 | $13.99 | $28,344 |
| 2025-09-11 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 15,116.00 | $14.28 | $215,856 |
| 2025-09-02 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 14,083.00 | $14.04 | $197,725 |
| 2025-08-29 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 23,723.00 | $13.89 | $329,512 |
| 2025-08-26 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 400.00 | $13.83 | $5,532 |
| 2025-08-21 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 10,710.00 | $14.07 | $150,690 |
| 2025-07-17 | Dietrick Joseph Francis | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0 | |
| 2025-05-20 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 11,419.00 | $12.71 | $145,135 |
| 2025-05-15 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 23,729.00 | $12.08 | $286,646 |
| 2025-05-13 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 730.00 | $12.28 | $8,964 |
| 2025-05-14 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 600.00 | $12.04 | $7,224 |
| 2025-05-08 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | S-Sale | 12,689.00 | $11.98 | $152,014 |
Dividend History (Last 20)
Last updated: Jul 5, 2026 4:03am (just now)| Date | Dividend | Declaration | Record | Payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | $0.56 | 2026-05-11 | 2026-05-21 | 2026-06-30 |
| 2026-02-20 | $0.56 | 2026-02-10 | 2026-02-20 | 2026-03-31 |
| 2025-11-21 | $0.50 | 2025-11-11 | 2025-11-21 | 2026-01-12 |
| 2025-08-22 | $0.42 | 2025-08-11 | 2025-08-22 | 2025-09-30 |
| 2025-05-22 | $0.43 | 2025-05-12 | 2025-05-22 | 2025-06-30 |
| 2025-02-21 | $0.47 | 2025-02-11 | 2025-02-21 | 2025-03-31 |
| 2024-11-21 | $0.50 | 2024-11-11 | 2024-11-21 | 2025-01-10 |
| 2024-08-23 | $0.49 | 2024-08-09 | 2024-08-23 | 2024-09-30 |
| 2024-05-22 | $0.48 | 2024-05-09 | 2024-05-23 | 2024-06-28 |
| 2024-02-21 | $0.39 | 2024-02-09 | 2024-02-22 | 2024-03-28 |
| 2023-11-21 | $0.30 | 2023-11-09 | 2023-11-22 | 2024-01-10 |
| 2023-08-24 | $0.32 | 2023-08-15 | 2023-08-25 | 2023-09-29 |
| 2023-05-24 | $0.32 | 2023-05-15 | 2023-05-25 | 2023-06-30 |
| 2023-02-24 | $0.33 | 2023-02-15 | 2023-02-27 | 2023-03-31 |
| 2022-11-23 | $0.31 | 2022-11-15 | 2022-11-25 | 2022-12-30 |
| 2022-08-25 | $0.31 | 2022-08-17 | 2022-08-26 | 2022-09-30 |
| 2022-05-26 | $0.35 | 2022-05-18 | 2022-05-27 | 2022-06-30 |
| 2022-02-24 | $0.39 | 2022-02-17 | 2022-02-25 | 2022-03-31 |
| 2021-11-23 | $0.42 | 2021-11-15 | 2021-11-24 | 2021-12-31 |
| 2021-08-26 | $0.43 | 2021-08-18 | 2021-08-27 | 2021-09-30 |
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