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Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

$INO·$75M·Biotechnology·Healthcare
$1.36+2.3%1Y-48.2%
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ININO
$INOInovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$1.36+2.26%27 posts
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $INO, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Broken storyStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-09-01

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

Pre-revenue biotech at $75M market cap; no readable equity signal from X and no near-term catalyst on the calendar.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals is a microcap DNA-medicines platform-focused biotech. The equity has been in a persistent drawdown and the current file offers no near-term inflection anchor.

What the file actually shows:

  • Fundamentals are pre-revenue and losing — trailing PE -1x on a small trailing loss, essentially zero revenue, EPS negative $0.07; consensus is $667K revenue with a $0.88 EPS loss for the year.
  • Structural tape is midrange but declining — 29% of the 52-week range, 12% below the 200-day, volume in line with average; a stalled setup on a broken chart.
  • The Q2 print (Aug 12) didn't shift the tape — routine business highlights but no dated catalyst driving conviction.
  • Insider tape is empty in the window.
  • The X window has no readable equity signal — sentiment.posts_analyzed is null in the bundle.
  • Next earnings is Nov 10 with an estimated $0.20 EPS loss — a routine cash-burn update, not a business inflection.

The stall breaks positive only on a specific pipeline data readout with clinical significance, or a strategic transaction announcement; without either, the tape drifts on essentially no catalyst calendar and the ~$75M market cap continues to reflect residual optionality rather than fundamental value.

What to watch: Nov 10 earnings — pipeline data readout with clinical significance, cash-runway commentary, or a strategic-transaction announcement; without a hard catalyst the tape drifts.

On the calendar: 2026-11-10 — Q3 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

DNA medicine biotech developing HPV-related cancer treatments and infectious disease vaccines using electroporation delivery technology.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Biotechnology sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $INO.

Biotechnology · Healthcare

GLP-1 oral formulation competition — emerging clinical data from pipeline challengers — is the central bifurcation: platform holders (LLY, NVO) defend on efficacy breadth while precision oncology names decouple entirely. FDA catalyst cadence over the next 60 days sets the near-term tone.

What this means for $INO

Partial — fee-based midstream revenue has limited direct commodity price exposure but volume ties to upstream production activity.

Top industry ETF

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-0.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-6.4%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
0.0%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-527%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.0Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-10.1%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
0.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.8Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 12, 2026$-0.07$-0.22+67.7%
Q1 2026May 13, 2026$-0.28$-0.35+20.0%
Q4 2025Mar 12, 2026$0.06$-0.37+116.2%
Q3 2025Nov 10, 2025$-0.87$-0.42-106.3%
Next earningsTue, Nov 10·consensus EPS $-0.20

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$0———$-0.07$-39.6B
Q1 FY26$0-100.0%——$-0.28$-21.6M
Q4 FY25$0-100.0%——$0.05$-19.5M
Q3 FY25$0———$-0.87$-21.6M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$667K$403K – $891K-$0.88-$0.90 – -$0.862
FY27$51.3M$41.8M – $60.8M-$0.41-$0.65 – -$0.162
FY28$63.7M$38.5M – $85.1M-$0.12-$0.17 – -$0.061
FY29$126.7M$76.5M – $169.3M$0.10$0.05 – $0.141
FY30$179.2M$108.2M – $239.4M$0.35$0.17 – $0.501

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.5×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.32%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+25.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-7.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

β1.515-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KMaterial agreementJul 318-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (INO), the Plymouth Meeting, PA-based DNA medicine biotech, filed an 8-K on July 31, 2026 disclosing entry into an underwriting agreement with Piper Sandler for a public offering of 21,052,632 shares of common stock plus warrants to purchase up to 42,105,264 additional shares at an exercise price of $1.10 per share, at a combined price of $0.95. Net proceeds are expected to be approximately $18.3 million after underwriting discounts and offering expenses. The underwriter exercised its overallotment option with respect to warrants for an additional 6,315,788 shares. The offering was expected to close around July 31, 2026.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Jul 30424B5
AI summary

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (INO) filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement on July 30, 2026 for the public offering of 21,052,632 shares of common stock paired with warrants to purchase up to 42,105,264 shares, at a combined price of $0.95 per unit — a discount to the then-market price of $1.03 per share. Total gross proceeds are $20,000,000, with underwriting discounts of approximately $1.2 million paid to Piper Sandler. Warrants carry a $1.10 exercise price, five-year term, and are immediately exercisable. The offering represents substantial dilution given Inovio's prior share count and the scale of warrant coverage at double the share count.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Jul 29424B5
AI summary

Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO) filed a preliminary 424B5 prospectus supplement on July 29, 2026 to raise capital through a public offering of common stock paired with warrants. Each share comes bundled with a warrant to purchase two additional shares, a highly dilutive 2:1 warrant coverage ratio. The stock last traded at $1.03/share, signaling an offering from financial stress. This capital raise reflects ongoing cash burn as INO funds its clinical-stage DNA medicine pipeline.

S-3Shelf registrationJul 2S-3
AI summary

Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO) filed an S-3 shelf registration statement on July 2, 2026, establishing a framework for offering securities on a delayed or continuous basis. No offering size, timing, or pricing is specified; the S-3 is preparatory infrastructure enabling future equity or debt capital raises. As a clinical-stage biotech with ongoing cash burn, this shelf should be read alongside the 424B5 prospectus supplement filed later in July that priced an actual dilutive common stock offering.

8-KCharter amendmentMay 208-K — Item 5.03: Charter amendment · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
8-KMaterial agreementApr 68-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 8.01: Other event
424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Apr 2424B5
424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Apr 2424B5
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

INOVIO to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferencesprnewswire.com·1d agoInovio Pharmaceuticals Q2 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·21d agoInovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (INO) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·21d agoINOVIO Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Recent Business Highlightsprnewswire.com·21d agoBet on 5 Top-Ranked Stocks With Rising P/Ezacks.com·29d ago

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