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Korsana Biosciences, Inc.KRSACompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Health Care›Biotechnology

Develops antibody therapies for Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative disease using a blood-brain-barrier shuttle platform.

Momentum leader 90
Mkt cap
$1.41B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$5.11M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-160.0 pp
WACC 14.1%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
4 days
10 Nov 2026
Close · USD$31.05
1D+2.0%
1W+3.0%
1M-7.3%
3M+23.9%
6M+43.1%
YTD+249.3%
1Y+153.5%
ATR %7.9%
Beta1.79
52w lowhigh47.7% off high

What Korsana Biosciences does

Develops antibody therapies for Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative disease using a blood-brain-barrier shuttle platform.

Has no product or revenue, so it relies on the cash it holds and later share sales, and everything depends on whether its lead antibody can reach the brain better than existing treatments. It reached the stock market in 2026 by merging with Cyclerion, an already listed company.

Products and services

  • KRSA-028 (anti-amyloid antibody with brain-shuttle technolog

Customers

  • Neurologists (post-approval)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Neurodegenerative disease antibody…

What could go right

  • Differentiated brain-penetration technology
  • Well-funded following a 2026 reverse merger with Cyclerion

What could go wrong

  • Crowded and high-failure-rate Alzheimer's drug field
  • Early-stage clinical risk

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, process know-how). THETA platform aims for better brain penetration than approved amyloid antibodies, but is unproven in the clinic.

Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts, US · Founded: 2024 · Employees: 1

Named competitors

Korsana Biosciences at a glance

Size Korsana Biosciences (KRSA) is a United States Health Care company (Biotechnology) with a market value of $1.41B, the 2033rd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $31.05 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 43.1%, against -19.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 18 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 12.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +22.5%); the operating margin is -359.2% (peer median -26.7%).

Valuation It trades at 743.5× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 10.3× (2nd most expensive of 16).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 160.0 points below its cost of capital (14.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10015011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026KRSA 139Peer median 80
Six months, rebased to 100: Korsana Biosciences against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Korsana Biosciences financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.90M$2.07M$2.00M$0$297,000
Revenue growth—+4%—-100%—
Gross profitn/an/an/a$0$232,000
EBITDA-$6.82M-$4.97M-$3.63M-$9.65M-$18.5M
Net income-$6.71M-$3.53M-$3.06M-$21.0M-$44.1M
Free cash flow-$4.52M-$3.31M-$4.33M-$21.2M-$40.6M
Capital expenditure$66,000$0$0$0$0
Total debt$0$0$0$0$0

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Korsana Biosciences competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%+150%0%+50%TSHA301207ANAB4588TYRANUVBMLYS6949688739IMCRPGENKRSA6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Korsana Biosciences is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+500%+1,000%+1,500%+2,000%0×500×1,000×1,500×TSHA301207ANAB4588NUVB6949688806PGENKRSARevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Korsana Biosciences is the large dot.

Korsana Biosciences competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (KRSA vs LLY vs BIIB vs RO.SW)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Korsana Biosciences KRSA$1.41B+43%-13%-359%743.5×n/a
Lilly (Eli) LLY$1.27T+43%+46%51%15.2×5.9%
Biogen BIIB$36.7B+28%+2%17%4.4×9.4%
Roche RO.SW$385B+22%-1%31%5.6×0.9%

How Korsana Biosciences compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Korsana Biosciences against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureKRSAPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-7.3%-2.0%8th lowest of 21
6-month return+43.1%-19.4%3rd highest of 18
Distance from 52-week high-47.7%-40.7%8th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-12.6%+22.5%3rd lowest of 17
Operating margin-359.2%-26.7%6th lowest of 17
EV / Sales743.5×10.3×2nd most expensive of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital-160.0 pp-8.7 pplowest of 12

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Korsana Biosciences KRSAUnited States$1.41B+43%-13%-359%743.5×n/an/a
Taysha Gene Therapies TSHAUnited States$1.41B-36%-32%-2,855%184.6×n/an/a
Hualan Biological Vaccine 301207.SZChina$1.39B-21%-28%-7%10.3×36.5%-13.1%
AnaptysBio ANABUnited States$1.39B-33%+93%56%6.3×-1.2%+25.6%
Oncolys BioPharma 4588.TJapan$1.39B+162%+1,662%-303%429.8×n/an/a
Pacific Shuanglin Bio-pharmacy 000403.SZChina$1.38B-19%+1%10%3.8×n/an/a
Kardigan KARDUnited States$1.45Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Tyra Bioscience TYRAUnited States$1.45B-38%n/an/an/an/an/a
Nuvation Bio NUVBUnited States$1.46B-13%+1,084%-81%7.2×n/an/a
Mineralys Therapeutics MLYSUnited States$1.36B-48%n/an/an/an/an/a
PELL Bio-Med Technology 6949.TWTaiwan$1.49B+126%+5%-1,720%1,640.0×n/an/a
uniQure QUREUnited States$1.51B-22%+30%-1,093%66.8×n/an/a
Hugel 145020.KSSouth Korea$1.52B-26%+17%38%4.4×-7.9%+15.0%
Fujian Haixi Pharmaceuticals 2637.HKHong Kong$1.53B-41%+25%33%n/an/an/a
ANI Pharmaceuticals ANIPUnited States$1.55B-18%+31%13%1.8×-4.1%+33.5%
Liaoning Chengda Biotechnology 688739.SSChina$1.28B-10%-9%0%2.5×8.8%-7.0%
TLC BioSciences 7924.TWOTaiwan$1.57Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Zhuhai Trinomab Pharmaceutical 688806.SSChina$1.58Bn/a+238%-1,196%199.0×n/an/a
Intellia Therapeutics NTLAUnited States$1.59B-19%+13%-712%20.6×n/an/a
Immunocore Holdings Plc Shs Sponsored American Depositary Shares Repr 1 Sh IMCRUnited States$1.60B+5%+20%-5%2.7×n/an/a
Precigen PGENUnited States$1.60B+6%+1,875%-46%19.4×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Korsana Biosciences's main competitors?
Named competitors: Eli Lilly (Kisunla) (LLY), Biogen/Eisai (Leqembi) (BIIB), Roche (RO.SW). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Hualan Biological Vaccine (301207.SZ), AnaptysBio (ANAB), Oncolys BioPharma (4588.T), Pacific Shuanglin Bio-pharmacy (000403.SZ), Kardigan (KARD).
Is Korsana Biosciences expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 743.5× against a peer median of 10.3×, 2nd most expensive of 16 in its peer set.
How has Korsana Biosciences stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +43.1% against -19.4% for the median peer; over one year +153.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.