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Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals (CYCC)


Market Price (9/30/2025): $4.8 | Market Cap: $7.6 Mil
Sector: Health Care | Industry: Biotechnology

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals (CYCC)


Market Price (9/30/2025): $4.8
Market Cap: $7.6 Mil
Sector: Health Care
Industry: Biotechnology

Investment Highlights

0 Cash is significant % of market cap
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is -45%
  Not profitable at operating income level
Op Inc LTMOperating Income, Last Twelve Months is -10 Mil, Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is -103580%
1   Expensive valuation multiples
P/SPrice/Sales ratio is 954x
2   Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -87%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is null
3   Not cash flow generative
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -87260%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -87260%
4   Valuation getting more expensive
P/S 6M Chg %Price/Sales change over 6 months. Declining P/S indicates valuation has become less expensive. is 913%
5   Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -72%
0 Cash is significant % of market cap
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is -45%
1 Not profitable at operating income level
Op Inc LTMOperating Income, Last Twelve Months is -10 Mil, Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is -103580%
2 Expensive valuation multiples
P/SPrice/Sales ratio is 954x
3 Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -87%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is null
4 Not cash flow generative
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -87260%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -87260%
5 Valuation getting more expensive
P/S 6M Chg %Price/Sales change over 6 months. Declining P/S indicates valuation has become less expensive. is 913%
6 Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -72%

Market Valuation

 9/30/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$4.80$42.80$303.89$1,138.74$6,641.22
Market Cap CYE ($ Mil)7.61.61.32.218.4
Total Debt ($ Mil)0.00.00.00.10.0
Total Cash ($ Mil)4.33.13.418.336.6
Enterprise Value ($ Mil)3.31.61.32.318.4
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM760.346.85.40.00.0
P/EBIT TTM-0.7-0.2-0.1-0.2-1.6
P/E TTM-1.2-0.2-0.1-0.3-1.9
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)3.73.64.04.57.3
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)-1.6-1.3-1.4-1.3-2.8
P/E TTM (Sector)-1.9-1.5-1.5-1.3-2.8
 9/30/2520242023
Share Price CYE$4.80$42.80$303.89
Market Cap CYE ($ Mil)7.61.61.3
Total Debt ($ Mil)0.00.00.0
Total Cash ($ Mil)4.33.13.4
Enterprise Value ($ Mil)3.31.61.3
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM760.346.85.4
P/EBIT TTM-0.7-0.2-0.1
P/E TTM-1.2-0.2-0.1
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)3.73.64.0
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)-1.6-1.3-1.4
P/E TTM (Sector)-1.9-1.5-1.5

Business Description

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops medicines for the treatment of cancer and other proliferative diseases. The company's development programs include fadraciclib, a cyclin dependent kinase Inhibitors (CDK) that is in Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of solid tumors, as well as in combination with venetoclax to treat relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia; and CYC140, a polo-like kinase inhibitor program, which is in Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of advanced leukemias and solid tumors. Its development programs also comprise Sapacitabine, a novel nucleoside analog that is orally available prodrug of CNDAC, which is in Phase 1/2 clinical trials to treat acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome; and seliciclib, a CDK inhibitor that is in Phase 2 investigator-sponsored trials (IST) for Cushing's disease, as well as in Phase 1/2 IST for the treatment for advanced rheumatoid arthritis. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
CYCC Return-42%-50%-83%-73%-86%-86%-100%
Peers Return-19%-12%-7%-26%-43%12%-69%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%13%106%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: VRTX, ACSB, ALPS, APLM, APM.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/29/2025 (YTD)

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LNTH_8312025_Dip_Buyer_High_CFO_Margins_ExInd_DE08312025LNTHLantheusDip BuyDB | CFO/Rev | Low D/EDip Buy with High Cash Flow Margins
Buying dips for companies with significant cash flows from operations and reasonable debt / market cap
-7.8%-7.8%-8.7%
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Large cap with monopoly-like margins or cash flow generation and getting cheaper based on P/S multiple
0.2%0.2%-4.6%
WST_8312025_Monopoly_xInd_xCD_Getting_Cheaper08312025WSTWest Pharmaceutical ServicesMonopolyMY | Getting CheaperMonopoly-Like with P/S Decline
Large cap with monopoly-like margins or cash flow generation and getting cheaper based on P/S multiple
5.9%5.9%-1.3%
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1.9%1.9%0.0%
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57.5%57.5%0.0%
Unique KeyDateTickerCompanyCategoryTrade Strategy6M Fwd Rtn12M Fwd Rtn12M Max DD
LNTH_8312025_Dip_Buyer_High_CFO_Margins_ExInd_DE08312025LNTHLantheusDip BuyDB | CFO/Rev | Low D/EDip Buy with High Cash Flow Margins
Buying dips for companies with significant cash flows from operations and reasonable debt / market cap
-7.8%-7.8%-8.7%
COO_8312025_Monopoly_xInd_xCD_Getting_Cheaper08312025COOCooper CompaniesMonopolyMY | Getting CheaperMonopoly-Like with P/S Decline
Large cap with monopoly-like margins or cash flow generation and getting cheaper based on P/S multiple
0.2%0.2%-4.6%
WST_8312025_Monopoly_xInd_xCD_Getting_Cheaper08312025WSTWest Pharmaceutical ServicesMonopolyMY | Getting CheaperMonopoly-Like with P/S Decline
Large cap with monopoly-like margins or cash flow generation and getting cheaper based on P/S multiple
5.9%5.9%-1.3%
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1.9%1.9%0.0%
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Financials

CYCCVRTXACSBALPSAPLMAPMMedian
NameCyclacel.Vertex P.Acesis ALPS Apollomi.Aptorum  
Mkt Price-395.31---1.82198.56
Mkt Cap0.0101.5----50.7
Rev LTM011,419----5,709
Op Inc LTM-10-199-----105
FCF LTM-93,500----1,745
FCF 3Y Avg-141,984----985
CFO LTM-93,846----1,919
CFO 3Y Avg-142,324----1,155

Growth & Margins

CYCCVRTXACSBALPSAPLMAPMMedian
NameCyclacel.Vertex P.Acesis ALPS Apollomi.Aptorum  
Rev Chg LTM-87.5%10.5%-----38.5%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg-11.0%----11.0%
Rev Chg Q-100.0%12.1%-----44.0%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM-28.6%2.9%-----12.8%
Op Mgn LTM-103,580.0%-1.7%-----51,790.9%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg-45,497.3%26.5%-----22,735.4%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM-12,972.9%2.0%-----6,485.4%
CFO/Rev LTM-87,260.0%33.7%-----43,613.2%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg-35,698.1%22.5%-----17,837.8%
FCF/Rev LTM-87,260.0%30.6%-----43,614.7%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg-35,698.7%19.2%-----17,839.7%

Valuation

CYCCVRTXACSBALPSAPLMAPMMedian
NameCyclacel.Vertex P.Acesis ALPS Apollomi.Aptorum  
Mkt Cap0.0101.5----50.7
P/S953.58.9----481.2
P/EBIT-0.923.1----11.1
P/E-1.527.9----13.2
P/CFO-1.126.4----12.6
Total Yield-67.2%3.6%-----31.8%
Dividend Yield0.0%0.0%----0.0%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg-259.9%2.1%-----128.9%
D/E0.00.0----0.0
Net D/E-0.4-0.0-----0.2

Returns

CYCCVRTXACSBALPSAPLMAPMMedian
NameCyclacel.Vertex P.Acesis ALPS Apollomi.Aptorum  
1M Rtn-1.1%----7.6%-3.3%
3M Rtn--11.2%---100.0%44.4%
6M Rtn--18.5%---116.7%49.1%
12M Rtn--14.6%----1.6%-8.1%
3Y Rtn-36.5%----84.2%-23.8%
1M Excs Rtn--1.6%----20.3%-11.0%
3M Excs Rtn--18.6%---92.6%37.0%
6M Excs Rtn--39.1%---86.3%23.6%
12M Excs Rtn--30.8%----28.1%-29.4%
3Y Excs Rtn--39.2%----161.3%-100.2%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20242023202220212020
Development of innovative cancer medicines based on cell cycle, transcriptional regulation and000  
Total000  


Operating Income by Segment
$ Mil20242023202220212020
Development of innovative cancer medicines based on cell cycle, transcriptional regulation and-25    
Total-25    


Net Income by Segment
$ Mil20242023202220212020
Development of innovative cancer medicines based on cell cycle, transcriptional regulation and-23    
Total-23    


Assets by Segment
$ Mil20242023202220212020
Development of innovative cancer medicines based on cell cycle, transcriptional regulation and 28433715
Total 28433715


Price Behavior

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
8/13/2025-0.1%-17.8%-32.4%
4/2/2025-6.2%-7.4%116.0%
11/12/20249.8%-8.9%-10.7%
8/14/2024-9.0%-15.9%-30.3%
3/19/2024-4.3%-18.3%-21.3%
11/13/2023-35.5%-42.4%-53.2%
8/9/2023-0.4%-15.0%-44.2%
3/6/2023-2.6%-15.0%-23.8%
...
SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive558
# Negative151512
Median Positive3.0%11.8%16.6%
Median Negative-3.1%-9.3%-31.4%
Max Positive26.3%51.1%116.0%
Max Negative-35.5%-42.4%-53.2%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
6302025814202510-Q 6/30/2025
3312025514202510-Q 3/31/2025
12312024402202510-K 12/31/2024
93020241112202410-Q 9/30/2024
6302024814202410-Q 6/30/2024
3312024514202410-Q 3/31/2024
12312023321202410-K 12/31/2023
93020231129202310-Q 9/30/2023
6302023810202310-Q 6/30/2023
3312023511202310-Q 3/31/2023
12312022308202310-K 12/31/2022
93020221110202210-Q 9/30/2022
6302022811202210-Q 6/30/2022
3312022512202210-Q 3/31/2022
12312021330202210-K 12/31/2021
93020211112202110-Q 9/30/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0Lazar David E.8042025Sell12.366,75083,4301,926,158Form