Forte Biosciences (Forte Biosciences) Financial Strength : 10 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Forte Biosciences Financial Strength?

Forte Biosciences has the Financial Strength Rank of 10. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Forte Biosciences Inc shows strong financial strength.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Forte Biosciences has no long-term debt ⁽¹⁾. As of today, Forte Biosciences's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.

(1) Note: An indication of "no long-term debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

Competitive Comparison of Forte Biosciences's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Forte Biosciences's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Forte Biosciences's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Forte Biosciences's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Forte Biosciences's Financial Strength falls into.

Forte Biosciences Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Forte Biosciences's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-6.38 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil.

Forte Biosciences's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Forte Biosciences had no long-term debt ⁽¹⁾.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Forte Biosciences Inc has no debt.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Forte Biosciences's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio	=	Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 )			/	Revenue
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Revenue
	=	(0	+	0)	/	0
	=	N/A

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Forte Biosciences has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Forte Biosciences (NAS:FBRX) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Forte Biosciences has the Financial Strength Rank of 10. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

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Forte Biosciences (Forte Biosciences) Business Description

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37TA:Germany

Address

3060 Pegasus Park Drive, Building 6, Dallas, TX, USA, 75247

Website

https://www.fortebiorx.com

Forte Biosciences Inc is a biopharmaceutical company that is advancing through preclinical trials its product candidate, FB-102, which is a proprietary therapeutic molecule with potentially broad autoimmune applications in such indications as graft-versus-host disease ("GvHD"), vitiligo and alopecia areata ("AA"). The company is developing a live biotherapeutic, FB-401, for the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases. FB-401 has completed Phase 1/2a testing in adult and pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis. It plans to advance FB-401 into a randomized Phase 2 clinical trial.

Executives

Paul A. Wagner	director, officer: See Remarks	C/O PFENEX INC., 10790 ROSELLE STREET, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
David W Gryska	director	749 N MARY AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Scott C. Brun	director	C/O CABALETTA BIO, INC., 2929 ARCH STREET, SUITE 600, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Hubert C Chen	officer: See remarks	C/O PFENEX INC., 10790 ROSELLE STREET, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Stephen K Doberstein	director	129 ELSIE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94110
Barbara K Finck	director	C/O PROTINE DESIGN LAB, 3858 JACKSON ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94118
Antony A Riley	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O KRYSTAL BIOTECH, INC., 2100 WHARTON STREET, SUITE 701, PITTSBURGH PA 94538
Thomas E Darcy	director	C/O SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTL CORP, 10260 CAMPUS POINT DR., SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Donald Allen Williams	director	C/O PRYOR CASHMAN LLP, 7 TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Patricia S Walker	director	5540 EKWILL ST STE D, SANTA BARBARA CA 93111
Lawrence Eichenfield	director	C/O FORTE BIOSCIENCES, INC., 1124 W. CARSON ST., MRL BLDG 3-320, TORRANCE CA 90502
Steven Kornfeld	director	C/O FORTE BIOSCIENCES, INC., 1124 W. CARSON ST., MRL BLDG 3-320, TORRANCE CA 90502
Steven Michael Oliveira	10 percent owner	18 FIELDSTONE COURT, NEW CITY NY 10956
Fairooz Kabbinavar	officer: SVP Clinical Development	C/O TOCAGEN INC., 4242 CAMPUS POINT COURT, STE. 500, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Mark G Foletta	officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer	AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 9360 TOWNE CENTRE DR, SAN DIEGO CA 92121