Humacyte

HUMA on Nasdaq. Humacyte sells human blood vessels grown from donor cells to hospitals and surgeons. Market value $139m.

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Figures from the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025.

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Cash yield
annual report to December 2025
-73.0%low

For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $-73.05 of spare cash last year. A savings account pays about $4.

Price to profit
annual report to December 2025
n/a

The filings do not give us enough to work this out.

Return on capital
five annual reports to December 2025
n/a

The filings do not give us enough to work this out.

Quality score: 20 of 100. Price score: 0 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.

$0.52 a share, 4% above its 1-year low

Over the past year the price has ranged from $0.50 to $2.55.

Price from Friday’s close (2 October).

Five years of cash, in billions

-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
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-0.1
2021202220232024202512 monthsto Jun '26
Revenue
n/an/an/a$0$2m
Operating margin
n/an/an/an/a-5306.0%
Debt to equity
0.43n/an/an/a20.86
Shares outstanding
0.10bn0.10bn0.13bn0.19bn0.28bn

Health checks

  • Free cash flow positive0 of 5 years
  • Accounting checksSkipped: company is not yet profitable
  • Debt20.86× equity
  • Revenue growth, five yearsUnknown
  • Buying back its own sharesNo, 169% more shares since 2021

The quarter to June 2026

How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.

  • Sales: $406,000 last quarter, up 35% on a year ago.
  • A loss of $37 million, compared with a loss of $38 million a year ago.
  • It loses 5241 cents on each $1 of sales, compared with 13598 cents a year earlier.
  • Over the past 12 months it spent $98 million more cash than it brought in, compared with $106 million a year earlier.
  • 51% more shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit less of the company.
  • Sales grew on a year ago in 3 of the last 4 quarters.
Sales by quarter
Sales by quarter
Quarter toAmount
September 2024$0
December 2024$0
March 2025$517,000
June 2025$301,000
September 2025$753,000
December 2025$467,000
March 2026$495,000
June 2026$406,000
Profit by quarter
Profit by quarter
Quarter toAmount
September 2024-$39m
December 2024-$21m
March 2025$39m
June 2025-$38m
September 2025-$18m
December 2025-$25m
March 2026-$18m
June 2026-$37m

From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.

Dates

Next results (estimated)
n/a
Last annual report (10-K)
27 March 2026
Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
11 November 2026

Who owns it

1 long-term investor we follow owns it, unchanged from 1 last quarter. 162 funds in all.

Jun '25
Dec '25
Jun '26
Largest holders overall

From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Big holders and activists

2 investors own more than 5%.

  • Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    at least 4.9%−1.9 pts
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 14 August 2026
  • at least 4.7%
    (filed with 3 related holders)
    Since 12 June 2026
  • BlackRock, Inc.
    Passive investor
    Sold down below 5%
    Since 30 June 2026

From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.

What insiders did

In the last 12 months, 3 insiders bought $90,160 of shares on the open market. 2 sold $82,597, $82,597 of it under preset trading plans.

  • Jones Keith Anthony
    Director
    Bought
    Date
    14 September 2026
    Shares
    10,000
    Price
    $0.56
    Value
    $5,620
  • Jones Keith Anthony
    Director
    Bought
    Date
    20 August 2026
    Shares
    10,000
    Price
    $0.69
    Value
    $6,930
  • Jones Keith Anthony
    Director
    Bought
    Date
    17 August 2026
    Shares
    30,000
    Price
    $0.59
    Value
    $17,820
  • Sebelius Kathleen
    Director
    Bought
    Date
    19 May 2026
    Shares
    56,818
    Price
    $0.88
    Value
    $50,000
  • Parikh Shamik J
    Chief Medical Officer
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    18 May 2026
    Shares
    45,887
    Price
    $0.90
    Value
    $41,298
  • Sander Dale A.
    CFO and Chief Corp. Dev. Off
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    18 May 2026
    Shares
    45,887
    Price
    $0.90
    Value
    $41,298
  • Constantino Michael T.
    Director
    Bought
    Date
    18 May 2026
    Shares
    11,000
    Price
    $0.89
    Value
    $9,790

From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.

Warning signs in its filings

Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.

1 serious warning sign in Humacyte’s filings.

We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.

We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 27 Mar 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 12 Aug 2026 and 9 later 8-Ks.

  • Doubt it can keep going

    Serious

    The company or its auditor warned it may not have enough money to last the next year.

    “These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.”
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    if the Company is unable to generate sufficient cash flows from commercial sales on a timely basis and/or obtain additional capital. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The future viability of the Company is dependent on its ability to generate cash flows from the sale of Symvess and raise additional capital to finance its operations. As further disclosed in Note 10, Commitments and Contingencies, in May 2026, the Company implemented a plan to reduce its workforce by approximately 45 employees, defer additional planned new hires, and reduce other operating expenses. These reductions have been implemented thoughtfully, and the Company has retained key personnel, resources, and initiatives to meet its key corporate goals and milestones. The Company plans to seek additional funding through private or public equity financings, debt financings, debt refinancings or restructurings, collaborations, strategic alliances, and marketing, distribution or licensing arrangements. Adequate additional capital may not be available to the Company when needed or on acceptable terms. If the Company is unable to raise capital, the Company plans to implement a program that delays, reduces, suspends or ceases certain of its planned capital expenditures, research and development programs or any future commercialization efforts, which would have a negative impact on its business, prospects, operating results and financial condition. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern and contemplate the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities or any other adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

    From the 10-Q filed 12 August 2026, Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements. Read it in the filing

A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.

What could go wrong

  • It carries a lot of debt: 20.9× its equity.

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