Impact Biomedical
IBO on NYSEAmerican. Impact Biomedical licenses and develops health technologies for partners and consumers. Market value $410m.
Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Some use the latest annual report instead, as marked. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.
We can't read total debt from the filing, so debt is left out.
Cash flow or capital spending isn't reported, so free cash flow is unknown.
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Quality score: not known. Price score: 17 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$4.01 a share, 65% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $2.43 to $10.51.
Pays no dividend
Prices from Monday’s close (2 November).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||
| Revenue | n/a | n/a | $32,000 |
| Operating margin | |||
| Operating margin | n/a | n/a | -13381.3% |
| Debt to equity | |||
| Debt to equity | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shares outstanding | |||
| Shares outstanding | 0.01bn | 0.10bn | 0.11bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positiveNot enough data
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Not enough data
- Financial strength (Piotroski)Not enough data
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)No
- DebtUnknown
- Revenue growth, five yearsUnknown
- Buying back its own sharesNo, 837% more shares since 2023
The quarter to June 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $3,000 last quarter, down 57% on a year ago.
- A loss of $699,000, compared with a loss of $14 million a year ago.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | Not reported |
| December 2024 | Not reported |
| March 2025 | Not reported |
| June 2025 | $7,000 |
| September 2025 | $18,000 |
| December 2025 | $7,000 |
| March 2026 | $7,000 |
| June 2026 | $3,000 |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $4m |
| December 2024 | -$27m |
| March 2025 | -$1m |
| June 2025 | -$14m |
| September 2025 | -$1m |
| December 2025 | $5m |
| March 2026 | -$2m |
| June 2026 | -$699,000 |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 11 March 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 6 November 2026
Who owns it
None of the long-term investors we follow own it. 22 funds in all.
Largest holders overall
- Geode Capital Management$545,578
- Vanguard Capital Management$371,997Added
- State Street$279,633
- Vanguard Fiduciary Trust$271,137
- BlackRock$119,575
- Northern Trust$108,319Cut
- Citadel Advisors$22,801New
- Vanguard Global Advisers$14,812
- Jane Street Group$11,282New
- TWO Sigma Investments, LP$7,908Cut
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
1 investor owns more than 5%.
- Heng Fai Ambrose Chanat least 2.9%−14.0 pts(filed with 3 related holders)Since 2 April 2025
What they said
On April 2, 2025, Alset International Limited sold 300,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock at a weighted average sale price of $0.581. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $0.551 to $0.607. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide,…
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| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
Heng Fai Ambrose Chan | at least 2.9%−14.0 pts (filed with 3 related holders) | 2 April 2025 | What they saidOn April 2, 2025, Alset International Limited sold 300,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock at a weighted average sale price of $0.581. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $0.551 to $0.607. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide,… Read the filing |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
No insider bought shares on the open market in the last 12 months. 2 sold $57,764.
- Macko Todd DChief Financial OfficerSold
- Date
- 27 March 2026
- Shares
- 43,400
- Price
- $0.56
- Value
- $24,304
- Macko Todd DChief Financial OfficerSold
- Date
- 25 March 2026
- Shares
- 1,600
- Price
- $0.60
- Value
- $960
- Grady JasonDirectorSold
- Date
- 23 March 2026
- Shares
- 50,000
- Price
- $0.65
- Value
- $32,500
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2026 | Macko Todd D Chief Financial Officer | Sold | 43,400 | $0.56 | $24,304 |
| 25 March 2026 | Macko Todd D Chief Financial Officer | Sold | 1,600 | $0.60 | $960 |
| 23 March 2026 | Grady Jason Director | Sold | 50,000 | $0.65 | $32,500 |
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.
2 serious warning signs in Impact Biomedical’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 11 Mar 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 7 Aug 2026 and 3 later 8-Ks.
Doubt it can keep going
SeriousThe 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 within one year of the date that the financial statements are issued.”
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The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. This basis of accounting contemplates the recovery of our assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As reflected in the accompanying financial statements the Company has incurred operating losses as well as negative cash flows from operating activities over the past two years. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date that the financial statements are issued. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the specific amounts and classifications of assets and liabilities, which might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.
From the 10-Q filed 7 August 2026, Part I, Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis. Read it in the filing
Weak checks on its own accounts
SeriousThe company said its checks on its own accounts did not work at the end of its latest quarter. Mistakes could slip into the numbers.
“Based on this evaluation and on the material weaknesses disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 which remained as of June 30, 2026, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that as of, 2026, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is being recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that our disclosure controls are not effectively designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is being accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or”
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Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based on this evaluation and on the material weaknesses disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 which remained as of June 30, 2026, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that as of, 2026, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is being recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that our disclosure controls are not effectively designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is being accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
From the 10-Q filed 7 August 2026, Part I, Item 4. Controls and Procedures. Read it in the filing
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