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WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd.

$WUXIF·$62B·Medical - Diagnostics & Research·Healthcare
$24.950.0%YTD+52.8%1Y+74.5%
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WUWUXIF
$WUXIFWuXi AppTec Co., Ltd.
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $WUXIF, 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.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-29

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Chinese CDMO compounder with two straight material beats + Q2 revenue +47% + FY27 EPS +17%; US DoD lawsuit is the overhang.

WuXi AppTec is a $62B Chinese CDMO (contract development + manufacturing) leader (biologics + small molecule pharma R&D services) at $24.95 — sitting at 81% of 52w range.

  • Q2 EPS $0.323 vs $0.232 (+39.2% beat), Q1 $0.231 vs $0.177 (+30.5%), Q4 2025 $0.368 vs $0.383 (-3.9% miss) — Q1/Q2 both material beats.
  • Q1 revenue ¥12.4B (+28.8% YoY), Q2 ¥16.4B (+47.1%) — massive revenue acceleration.
  • Cash economics: PE 18.7 (attractive), PS 6.53, ROIC 17.9%, ROE 27.2%, gross margin 52%, op-margin 42.4% (peak CDMO economics), D/E 0.18 (low), EV/EBITDA 11.1, FCF yield 3.9%.
  • Analyst path FY26 EPS $6.08 → FY27 $7.11 (+16.8% growth).
  • Recent: WuXi AppTec files complaint against U.S. DoD for linking it to Chinese military — real geopolitical/legal overhang.
  • Sentiment feed is empty.

Read as a Chinese CDMO compounder with Q1/Q2 massive beats + Q2 revenue +47% + FY27 EPS +17% growth + geopolitical DoD legal overhang; the debated question is whether Q3 confirms the biologics + small-molecule demand acceleration or whether the US DoD/BIOSECURE Act risks compound.

What to watch: DoD lawsuit progression, BIOSECURE Act US legislative status, and Q3 CDMO demand on the Oct 28 print.

On the calendar: 2026-10-28 Q3 earnings

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What it does

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

Chinese pharmaceutical contract research and manufacturing organization (CRO/CDMO) serving global drug discovery and production pipelines.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Medical - Diagnostics & Research sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $WUXIF.

Medical - Diagnostics & Research · Healthcare

Diagnostic testing volumes are normalizing post-COVID elevated baseline; liquid biopsy and genomic sequencing are the structural growth areas. Reimbursement rate changes (CMS updates) are the primary margin risk for established lab businesses.

What this means for $WUXIF

Partial — upstream oil & gas exposure ties to commodity price cycle; WuXi AppTec Co.

Industry benchmark

21-name peer basket
+34.7%YTD
+73.2%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
18.7How 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
17.9%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
42.4%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
3.9%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
6.5Same 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
27.2%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
52.0%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
0.2Total 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 3, 2026$0.32$0.23+39.2%
Q1 2026Apr 27, 2026$0.23$0.18+30.5%
Q4 2025Mar 23, 2026$0.37$0.38-3.9%
Q3 2025Oct 27, 2025$0.17$0.15+13.9%
Next earningsWed, Oct 28·consensus EPS $0.31

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$16.4B+47.1%55.8%47.2%$2.24—
Q1 FY26$12.4B+28.8%50.4%45.2%$1.59$2.4B
Q4 FY25$12.6B+9.2%50.3%39.6%$2.48$3.8B
Q3 FY25$12.0B+15.1%49.8%38.3%$1.21$2.7B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 19 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$53.3B$51.7B – $56.4B$6.08$5.79 – $6.9019
FY27$62.3B$59.6B – $71.1B$7.11$6.77 – $8.0519
FY28$71.9B$69.3B – $79.3B$8.28$7.88 – $9.388
FY29$85.6B$82.4B – $94.3B$9.74$9.27 – $11.0410
FY30$100.2B$96.5B – $110.4B$11.34$10.80 – $12.8516

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.0.3×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.81%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.+18.8%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.+57.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMega float · 2.5B shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.465-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.ListedOTCListed on an over-the-counter market (PNK / OTCQB / OTCQX), not a major exchange. Lower disclosure requirements and thinner liquidity.

Recent news

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

WuXi AppTec Continues to Reward Shareholders, Further Increasing Interim Dividend to RMB 1.51 Billionprnewswire.com·1d agoContrasting Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC) & WuXi AppTec (OTCMKTS:WUXIF)defenseworld.net·11d agoWuXi AppTec files complaint against U.S. DoD for linking it to Chinese militaryreuters.com·82d ago

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