Just because a business does not make any money, does not mean that the stock will go down. For example, Curasight (NGM:CURAS) shareholders have done very well over the last year, with the share price soaring by 156%. Having said that, unprofitable companies are risky because they could potentially burn through all their cash and become distressed.
So notwithstanding the buoyant share price, we think it's well worth asking whether Curasight's cash burn is too risky. In this report, we will consider the company's annual negative free cash flow, henceforth referring to it as the 'cash burn'. Let's start with an examination of the business' cash, relative to its cash burn.
How Long Is Curasight's Cash Runway?
You can calculate a company's cash runway by dividing the amount of cash it has by the rate at which it is spending that cash. As at June 2026, Curasight had cash of kr.41m and no debt. In the last year, its cash burn was kr.62m. That means it had a cash runway of around 8 months as of June 2026. That's quite a short cash runway, indicating the company must either reduce its annual cash burn or replenish its cash. Depicted below, you can see how its cash holdings have changed over time.
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How Is Curasight's Cash Burn Changing Over Time?
Because Curasight isn't currently generating revenue, we consider it an early-stage business. So while we can't look to sales to understand growth, we can look at how the cash burn is changing to understand how expenditure is trending over time. Over the last year its cash burn actually increased by a very significant 54%. Oftentimes, increased cash burn simply means a company is accelerating its business development, but one should always be mindful that this causes the cash runway to shrink. Admittedly, we're a bit cautious of Curasight due to its lack of significant operating revenues. We prefer most of the stocks on this list of stocks that analysts expect to grow.
How Easily Can Curasight Raise Cash?
Since its cash burn is moving in the wrong direction, Curasight shareholders may wish to think ahead to when the company may need to raise more cash. Generally speaking, a listed business can raise new cash through issuing shares or taking on debt. Commonly, a business will sell new shares in itself to raise cash and drive growth. By looking at a company's cash burn relative to its market capitalisation, we gain insight on how much shareholders would be diluted if the company needed to raise enough cash to cover another year's cash burn.
Curasight's cash burn of kr.62m is about 11% of its kr.571m market capitalisation. As a result, we'd venture that the company could raise more cash for growth without much trouble, albeit at the cost of some dilution.
How Risky Is Curasight's Cash Burn Situation?
Even though its cash runway makes us a little nervous, we are compelled to mention that we thought Curasight's cash burn relative to its market cap was relatively promising. Summing up, we think the Curasight's cash burn is a risk, based on the factors we mentioned in this article. Separately, we looked at different risks affecting the company and spotted 5 warning signs for Curasight (of which 4 are a bit concerning!) you should know about.
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