BriaCell Therapeutics Corp. — financial distress indicators
Financial-health summary
BriaCell Therapeutics Corp.'s reported numbers place it in the 'Weak' financial-health band (distress score 53/100). The main indicators are cash runway under 12 months, losses in each of the last 3 years and operations consume cash. Independently, the Ohlson accounting model puts its 1-year failure probability at 100%. In its favour: strong current ratio (7.07).
Stress by dimension
Share price — last 12 months
Indicators behind the score
Each red flag shows the evidence from the company’s own filings and the financial or legal principle behind it. Points add to the 0–100 score.
At the current free-cash-flow burn, cash covers ~11 months.
Going-concern standard: management must assess ability to continue for 12 months (ASC 205-40). Runway below that horizon forces dilution, asset sales or default.
Net income negative in 3 of 3 fiscal years.
Persistent losses erode equity and the capacity to absorb shocks.
Operating cash flow negative in 3 of the last 3 years.
A business that cannot fund itself from operations depends on external capital to survive.
O-score 14.77 → model probability 100%.
Ohlson (1980) logit model of 1-year corporate failure; O > 0 (p > 50%) is the original failure cut-off.
Price is -72% from its 52-week high.
For financial firms a share-price run often precedes a deposit or funding run (confidence channel).
Revenue vs net income
Cash generation
Debt vs cash vs equity
✅ Mitigating factors
- Strong current ratio (7.07).
📰 Recent news scan
- BriaCell and BriaPro to Present Four Posters at SITC 2026 Annual MeetingYahoo Finance · 2026-10-06
- Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) Recommends Continuing BriaCell’s Phase 3 Metastatic Breast Cancer StudyYahoo Finance · 2026-09-14
- BriaCell’s Pivotal Phase 3 Metastatic Breast Cancer Study Expands to Leading Cancer CenterYahoo Finance · 2026-09-08
- BriaCell Opens First Canadian Site – Sunnybrook – for Pivotal Phase 3 Trial in Metastatic Breast CancerYahoo Finance · 2026-07-16
- BriaCell Arranges Scalable Manufacturing with FUJIFILM Biotechnologies for Bria-IMT™Yahoo Finance · 2026-07-15
- BriaCell Engages Consulting and Branding Firms to Support Commercial and Market Access Evaluation of Bria-IMT™Yahoo Finance · 2026-07-07
⚖️ U.S. legal pathway — Title 11, U.S. Code
Which chapter would apply?
- Chapter 11 — reorganisation. Management usually stays in control as debtor-in-possession; the automatic stay (§362) halts collection; a plan must meet the best-interests test (§1129(a)(7)) and the absolute priority rule (§1129(b)) — creditors are paid before shareholders, who are frequently wiped out.
- Chapter 7 — liquidation. A trustee sells assets and distributes proceeds by statutory priority (§§507, 726).
- Subchapter V (“Chapter 5”) is a fast track for small-business debtors under a statutory debt cap, but SEC-reporting companies are excluded (§101(51D)) — so it rarely applies to listed companies.
What typically triggers a filing
- Payment default or covenant breach lenders will not waive; a debt maturity that cannot be refinanced.
- Auditor going-concern doubt (ASC 205-40 / PCAOB AS 2415) — often itself a default trigger in loan agreements.
- Creditors can force a case with an involuntary petition (§303) if debts are not paid as they come due.
- Delisting after sustained sub-$1 prices or equity deficits cuts off equity funding.
Transactions shortly before filing can be clawed back (preferences — 90 days, §547; fraudulent transfers — 2 years, §548).
Frequently asked questions
What do BriaCell Therapeutics Corp.'s financial-health indicators show?
As of 2026-10-08, BriaCell Therapeutics Corp.'s public financial data places it in the 'Weak' band with a distress score of 53/100, driven by cash runway under 12 months, losses in each of the last 3 years and operations consume cash. This is a statistical screen of reported numbers — it does not mean the company is insolvent, has defaulted or will enter insolvency proceedings.
What is BriaCell Therapeutics Corp.'s financial distress score?
53/100 ('Weak'). Ohlson O-score 14.77 (model 1-year failure probability 100%).
What works in BriaCell Therapeutics Corp.'s favour?
Strong current ratio (7.07).
How are shareholders treated if a company enters insolvency?
In a Chapter 11 reorganisation the absolute priority rule pays secured lenders, then unsecured creditors, before shareholders — so existing shares are usually cancelled or heavily diluted. In Chapter 7 the company is liquidated and shareholders rarely recover anything.
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Methodology
Score = capped sum of rule-based red flags across seven dimensions (liquidity, solvency, profitability, cash flow, sales trend, market signal, news). Ohlson O-score (1980) gives an accounting-based 1-year failure probability; Merton distance-to-default (Bharath & Shumway 2008) gives a market-implied probability. Financial institutions use a capital-based rule set. Recalculated every trading day from the latest filings, prices and news.