Prime Medicine
PRME on Nasdaq. Prime Medicine develops gene editing medicines for patients with genetic diseases. Market value $582m.
Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.
Should I look at this?
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Why it could be worth it
Read the warning sign in its own filings
This is not advice. Check the numbers below.
For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $-24.71 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.
The filings do not give us enough to work this out.
Each dollar kept in the business earns -177 cents a year. Above 10 is good.
Quality score: 30 of 100. Price score: 0 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$3.50 a share, 31% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $2.67 to $6.85.
Pays no dividend
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | ||||
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $3m | $5m |
| Operating margin | ||||
| Operating margin | n/a | n/a | -6787.4% | -4498.1% |
| Debt to equity | ||||
| Debt to equity | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Shares outstanding | ||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.10bn | 0.13bn | 0.18bn | 0.18bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive0 of 4 years
- Accounting checksSkipped: company is not yet profitable
- Debt0.00× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsUnknown
- Buying back its own sharesNo, 86% more shares since 2022
The quarter to June 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- A loss of $42 million, compared with a loss of $53 million a year ago.
- Over the past 12 months it spent $157 million more cash than it brought in, compared with $107 million a year earlier.
- 37% more shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit less of the company.
- It has $47 million more cash than debt, down from $54 million a year ago.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $209,000 |
| December 2024 | $2m |
| March 2025 | $1m |
| June 2025 | $1m |
| September 2025 | $1m |
| December 2025 | $838,000 |
| March 2026 | Not reported |
| June 2026 | Not reported |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | -$53m |
| December 2024 | -$42m |
| March 2025 | -$52m |
| June 2025 | -$53m |
| September 2025 | -$51m |
| December 2025 | -$46m |
| March 2026 | -$49m |
| June 2026 | -$42m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 3 March 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 5 November 2026
Who owns it
None of the long-term investors we follow own it. 187 funds in all.
Largest holders overall
- Alphabet$61m
- BlackRock$35mAdded
- ARK Investment Management$31mAdded
- State Street$28mAdded
- T. Rowe Price Investment Management$19mCut
- Vanguard Capital Management$17m
- Balyasny Asset Management L.P.$15mCut
- Goldman Sachs Group$13mAdded
- Casdin Capital$12m
- Woodline Partners LP$11m
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
4 investors own more than 5%.
- Alphabet Holdings LLCPassive investorat least 12.3%(filed with 8 related holders)Since 30 September 2025
- ARCH Venture Fund X, L.P.Passive investorat least 10.4%(filed with 11 related holders)Since 7 August 2025
- Newpath Partners, L.P.Passive investorat least 4.7%(filed with 2 related holders)Since 31 December 2024
- FMR LLCPassive investorat least 3.8%(filed with 1 related holder)Since 30 September 2025
- T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.Passive investorSold down below 5%Since 31 December 2025
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
Alphabet Holdings LLC Passive investor | at least 12.3% (filed with 8 related holders) | 30 September 2025 | |
ARCH Venture Fund X, L.P. Passive investor | at least 10.4% (filed with 11 related holders) | 7 August 2025 | |
Newpath Partners, L.P. Passive investor | at least 4.7% (filed with 2 related holders) | 31 December 2024 | |
FMR LLC Passive investor | at least 3.8% (filed with 1 related holder) | 30 September 2025 | |
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 31 December 2025 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
No insider bought or sold on the open market in the last 12 months.
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 Prime Medicine’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 3 Mar 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 6 Aug 2026 and 5 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.
“Because certain elements of management’s plans to mitigate the conditions that raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern are outside of the Company’s control, including the ability to raise capital through an equity or other financing, those elements cannot be considered probable according to ASC 205-40, and therefore cannot be considered in the evaluation of mitigating factors.”
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In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, 205-40, Going Concern , or ASC 205-40, the Company evaluated whether there are conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date on which this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is filed. Based on the Company's cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments as of June 30, 2026, the Company's current and forecasted level of operations, and its forecasted cash flows, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due. Management plans to provide for the Company’s capital requirements through financing or other transactions, and selling shares under the Company's “at the market offering” program. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to raise additional capital to fund operations with terms acceptable to the Company, or at all. Because certain elements of management’s plans to mitigate the conditions that raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern are outside of the Company’s control, including the ability to raise capital through an equity or other financing, those elements cannot be considered probable according to ASC 205-40, and therefore cannot be considered in the evaluation of mitigating factors. As a result, management has concluded that substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for 12 months from the date these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued.
From the 10-Q filed 6 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
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