ATRA Nasdaq Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) Financials FY2016βFY2025
Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. had $121M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 6.3% on the year before.
Last close Β· Oct 23, 2026
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8.9%Hi! I read Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.βs latest annual report (fiscal 2025). Here is what stands out:
Good So-so Weak
Are sales growing?
β6.3%
No. Sales fell 6.3% last year.
Does it make a profit?
27.1%
Yes. It keeps 27.1% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
β42.2%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 7
Mixed. It passes 4 of 7 health tests.
How is the share priced?
β
No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
Rules of thumb on reported numbers. A starting point, not a recommendation.
Is it selling more, and how much does it keep?
In plain words: Every quarter, companies publish how much they sold and earned. These are the days Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. did it, and the next one. Share prices often move a lot on those days.
Next results
November 11, 2026
Wednesday Β· in 17 days
| Date | Results for | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Q2 '26 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| May 12, 2026 | Q1 '26 | After the market closes | 10-Q β |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Q4 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Nov 12, 2025 | Q3 '25 | Before the market opens | 8-K β |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Q2 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| May 14, 2025 | Q1 '25 | Time not announced | 8-K β |
| Jan 16, 2025 | Q4 '24 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Q3 '24 | Time not announced | 8-K β |
From SEC filings: the results press release (8-K) or, without one, the quarterly or annual report.
KIRA Β· Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. had $121M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 6.3% on the year before. Its operating margin was 29.7%, up 94.4Β pts: of every 100 in sales, about 30 is left after running the business.
In plain words: Revenue is all the money customers paid. The margins show how many cents of each dollar of sales are left over at each step: after making the product (gross), after running the business (operating) and after everything, tax included (net).
Revenue
Revenue
Margins, % of revenue
Margins, % of revenue
KIRA Β· Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. made $32.7M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
Loss periods are shown in red.
In plain words: Net income is the profit left after every cost and tax. Earnings per share (EPS) splits that profit across every share, so it shows what one share earned.
Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
Diluted EPS
How much cash comes in, and where does it go?
KIRA Β· Free cash flow was β$50.9M in fiscal 2025, β42.2% of revenue.
Cash from operations minus capital spending.
In plain words: Profit on paper is not the same as cash in the bank. Free cash flow is the cash left after paying to run and maintain the business: the money it can hand back to shareholders, save or invest.
Free cash flow
Free cash flow
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
In plain words: Companies hand cash back in two ways: dividends (cash paid to shareholders) and buybacks (buying back their own shares, so each remaining share owns a bigger slice).
Dividends and buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)
KIRA Β· No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. βPlanβ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
In plain words: Insiders are the people who run or own a big part of the company. Buying with their own money can signal confidence; selling often has personal reasons, like taxes or diversifying.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Can it carry its debts, and how well does it use its money?
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. can carry it.
In plain words: What the company owns and what it owes. More cash than debt is a cushion for bad times; a lot of debt leaves less room when business slows down.
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $371M | $243M | $51.7M | $42.5M | $8.5M |
| Interest coverage | β | β752.0x | β52.2x | β18.1x | 9.5x |
| Current ratio | 3.6x | 3.7x | 0.7x | 0.5x | 0.8x |
| Quick ratio | 3.6x | 3.7x | 0.6x | 0.4x | 0.8x |
| Total assets | $468M | $376M | $166M | $109M | $20.2M |
| Total liabilities | $189M | $250M | $265M | $206M | $58.7M |
| Shareholders' equity | $280M | $127M | $99.2M | β$97.3M | β$38.5M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β | β |
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
In plain words: How much profit the business makes on the money put into it. A higher percentage means each dollar invested works harder.
Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
KIRA Β· Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. passes 4 of 7 financial health tests (Piotroski F-score).
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
In plain words: Nine yes/no tests of financial health, one point each. A green tick is a pass: 7 to 9 points is solid, 0 to 3 is weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | 2 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 4 / 7 |
| Accruals ratio | β7.2% | β13.3% | β16.7% | β15.1% | β27.0% | β22.6% | 10.0% | β30.7% | β12.2% | 129.3% |
| Altman Z'' | 28.16 | 0.84 | 2.98 | β3.20 | β0.99 | β9.62 | β15.37 | β51.20 | β71.22 | β315.39 |
Every number, year by year.
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioβs name for its definition.
In plain words: Every number we have, year by year. Download it as a spreadsheet if you want to dig deeper.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | β | β | β | β | β | β | $63.6M | $8.6M | $129M | $121M |
| Research and development | $56.5M | $81.2M | $167M | $216M | $245M | $282M | $273M | $225M | $151M | $37.4M |
| Operating income | β$81.2M | β$122M | β$237M | β$296M | β$309M | β$340M | β$281M | β$276M | β$83.4M | $35.9M |
| Interest expense | β | β | β | β | β | β | $0.4M | $5.3M | $4.6M | $3.8M |
| Pretax income | β$79.0M | β$120M | β$231M | β$291M | β$307M | β$340M | β$228M | β$276M | β$85.4M | $32.7M |
| Income tax | $0.0M | β$0.0M | β$0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β$0.0M | $0.0M |
| Net income | β$79.0M | β$119M | β$231M | β$291M | β$307M | β$340M | β$228M | β$276M | β$85.4M | $32.7M |
| Diluted EPS | β$2.75 | β$4.00 | β$5.27 | β$5.67 | β$4.15 | β$3.63 | β$2.24 | β$65.19 | β$11.41 | $2.57 |
| Diluted shares | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.04B | 0.05B | 0.07B | 0.09B | 0.10B | 0.00B | 0.01B | 0.01B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | β$60.0M | β$87.5M | β$180M | β$236M | β$181M | β$221M | β$270M | β$193M | β$68.7M | β$50.9M |
| Capital expenditure | $3.0M | $20.2M | $35.9M | $5.7M | $4.5M | $10.6M | $4.2M | $1.2M | $0.2M | $0.0M |
| Free cash flow | β$63.0M | β$108M | β$216M | β$241M | β$185M | β$231M | β$275M | β$194M | β$69.0M | β$50.9M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $0.4M | $1.0M | $3.7M | $7.1M | $8.3M | $9.3M | $5.7M | $4.8M | $5.1M | $2.1M |
| Stock-based compensation | $16.8M | $23.1M | $33.8M | $51.7M | $51.4M | $53.9M | $53.8M | $45.4M | $27.0M | $9.8M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $256M | $166M | $310M | $259M | $501M | $371M | $243M | $51.7M | $42.5M | $8.5M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.2M | $4.5M | $3.5M | $2.6M | β |
| Current assets | $261M | $172M | $321M | $273M | $523M | $385M | $295M | $102M | $64.9M | $12.2M |
| Current liabilities | $9.7M | $27.6M | $40.0M | $36.7M | $82.9M | $106M | $78.9M | $142M | $135M | $14.9M |
| Inventory | β | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $1.6M | $9.7M | $10.7M | $0.0M |
| Property and equipment, net | $3.3M | $44.1M | $68.6M | $54.2M | $50.5M | $53.8M | $6.3M | $3.9M | $1.3M | $0.1M |
| Total assets | $264M | $218M | $392M | $343M | $588M | $468M | $376M | $166M | $109M | $20.2M |
| Total liabilities | $10.2M | $39.9M | $53.0M | $52.2M | $126M | $189M | $250M | $265M | $206M | $58.7M |
| Shareholders' equity | $254M | $178M | $339M | $291M | $462M | $280M | $127M | $99.2M | β$97.3M | β$38.5M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Operating margin | β | β | β | β | β | β | β441.2% | β3,219.5% | β64.7% | 29.7% |
| EBITDA margin | β | β | β | β | β | β | β432.4% | β3,163.2% | β60.8% | 31.4% |
| Net margin | β | β | β | β | β | β | β359.1% | β3,220.9% | β66.2% | 27.1% |
| FCF margin | β | β | β | β | β | β | β432.0% | β2,265.3% | β53.5% | β42.2% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital employed | β32.0% | β63.9% | β67.4% | β96.6% | β61.2% | β94.0% | β94.3% | β1,185.7% | 327.5% | 675.0% |
| Return on equity | β31.2% | β55.4% | β89.2% | β92.4% | β81.4% | β91.7% | β112.4% | β244.5% | β8,768.3% | β |
| Return on assets | β30.0% | β49.6% | β75.7% | β79.2% | β65.9% | β64.4% | β54.1% | β101.9% | β62.2% | 50.5% |
| Return on tangible equity | β31.2% | β67.2% | β68.0% | β100.1% | β66.3% | β121.6% | β180.3% | β278.3% | β | β |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β86.5% | 1,404.0% | β6.3% |
| Share count change | β | 3.9% | 46.7% | 17.1% | 44.2% | 26.6% | 8.9% | β95.8% | 76.8% | 69.8% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Interest coverage | β | β | β | β | β | β | β752.0x | β52.2x | β18.1x | 9.5x |
| Current ratio | 26.9x | 6.2x | 8.0x | 7.4x | 6.3x | 3.6x | 3.7x | 0.7x | 0.5x | 0.8x |
| Quick ratio | 26.9x | 6.2x | 8.0x | 7.4x | 6.3x | 3.6x | 3.7x | 0.6x | 0.4x | 0.8x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | β | β | β | β | β | β | 6.6% | 14.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Stock comp / revenue | β | β | β | β | β | β | 84.7% | 529.4% | 20.9% | 8.1% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 28.2 | 0.8 | 3.0 | β3.2 | β1.0 | β9.6 | β15.4 | β51.2 | β71.2 | β315.4 |
| Accruals ratio | β7.2% | β13.3% | β16.7% | β15.1% | β27.0% | β22.6% | 10.0% | β30.7% | β12.2% | 129.3% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001604464). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
