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Australia · AUD·Health Care›Pharmaceuticals: Major

Australian clinical-stage biotech developing RNA-based therapies (antisense oligonucleotides) for inherited eye diseases and other genetic disorders.

≈ An early-stage RNA-therapeutics biotechMomentum neutral 45
Mkt cap
$1.28B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
57%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.04M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-33.0 pp
WACC 9.5%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
115 days
1 Mar 2027
Close · AUDA$1.88
1D-2.6%
1W0.0%
1M-25.7%
3M-12.2%
6M+30.6%
YTD+14.1%
1Y+62.0%
ATR %6.9%
52w lowhigh35.8% off high

What PYC Therapeutics does

Australian clinical-stage biotech developing RNA-based therapies (antisense oligonucleotides) for inherited eye diseases and other genetic disorders.

Has no approved product, so money comes from raising capital and from Australian R&D tax incentive refunds, with partnership payments a possible later source.

In one line: An early-stage RNA-therapeutics biotech.

Products and services

  • Retinitis pigmentosa program
  • Usher syndrome program
  • Other RNA pipeline candidates

Customers

  • Patients with inherited retinal/genetic disease (v

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Biotechnology
  • RNA therapeutics (antisense)
  • Rare/genetic disease drug development

What could go right

  • Positive clinical trial readouts
  • Pharma partnership/licensing deals

What could go wrong

  • Clinical trial failure risk
  • Cash burn before any product revenue

Moat: narrow (IP / patents). Proprietary RNA-targeting chemistry and patents on specific genetic targets protect pipeline candidates.

Headquarters: Perth, Australia · Founded: 2013

Named competitors

PYC Therapeutics at a glance

Size PYC Therapeutics (PYC.AX) is an Australia Health Care company (Pharmaceuticals: Major) with a market value of $1.28B, the 158th largest of 316 Australia companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at A$1.88 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 30.6%, against -12.3% for the median peer and +4.1% for the Australia market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 33.0 points below its cost of capital (9.5% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 1 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10015020011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026PYC.AX 130Peer median 88
Six months, rebased to 100: PYC Therapeutics against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

PYC Therapeutics financials

Reported figures in AUD; fiscal year ends 2026-06-30. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023
RevenueA$0A$0A$0A$0A$0
Revenue growth—————
Gross profit-A$1.20M-A$1.20M-A$1.12M-A$1.07M-A$882,045
EBITDA-A$81.5M-A$81.5M-A$74.8M-A$59.4M-A$38.3M
Net income-A$43.3M-A$43.3M-A$50.3M-A$37.7M-A$22.8M
Free cash flow-A$45.1M-A$45.1M-A$52.5M-A$38.9M-A$24.9M
Capital expenditureA$531,391A$531,391A$975,397A$307,044A$491,116
Total debtn/aA$624,988A$1.02MA$1.11MA$315,487

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

PYC Therapeutics competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%347850GHRSAVLNNKTR068760226950310210688076MNKD0009500094201795IDIA002332688443PAHCOMER688293PYC.AX6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. PYC Therapeutics is the large dot.

PYC Therapeutics competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (PYC.AX vs IONS vs PRQR vs WVE)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
PYC Therapeutics PYC.AX$1.28B+31%n/an/an/an/a
Ionis Pharmaceuticals IONS$6.55B-48%-7%-68%7.7×n/a
ProQR Therapeutics PRQRn/a-15%n/an/an/an/a
Wave Life Sciences WVE$664M-53%-35%-321%3.9×n/a

How PYC Therapeutics 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.

PYC Therapeutics against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasurePYC.AXPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-25.7%-6.2%3rd lowest of 21
6-month return+30.6%-12.3%highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-35.8%-43.0%9th highest of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-33.0 pp-5.1 pp7th lowest of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
PYC Therapeutics PYC.AXAustralia$1.28B+31%n/an/an/an/an/a
D&D Pharmatech 347850.KSSouth Korea$1.28B-49%-71%-1,368%617.6×n/an/a
GH Research GHRSUnited States$1.28B-13%n/an/an/an/an/a
Avalyn Pharma AVLNUnited States$1.29B+7%n/an/an/an/an/a
Nektar Therapeutics NKTRUnited States$1.27B-54%-27%-239%13.3×n/an/a
Celltrion Pharm 068760.KSSouth Korea$1.27B-29%+14%11%3.0×11.7%+18.1%
OliX Pharmaceuticals 226950.KSSouth Korea$1.26B-57%+81%-305%111.4×n/an/a
Voronoi 310210.KSSouth Korea$1.31B-66%+24%-1,947%417.6×n/an/a
Sinopep-Allsino Bio Pharmaceutical 688076.SSChina$1.31B-7%+14%19%5.0×4.0%+27.9%
MannKind MNKDUnited States$1.25B+11%+30%3%4.0×n/an/a
C.Q. Pharmaceutical 000950.SZChina$1.32B-12%-3%1%0.5×n/an/a
Tianjin Chase Sun Pharmaceutical 300026.SZChina$1.32B-6%-29%3%2.0×8.5%-5.3%
Hanall Biopharma 009420.KSSouth Korea$1.34B-25%+5%3%11.2×n/an/a
Lotus Pharmaceutical 1795.TWTaiwan$1.34B-26%+49%24%3.4×-2.4%+13.8%
Idorsia IDIA.SWSwitzerland$1.34B-5%-5%-70%10.7×n/an/a
Zhejiang Xianju Pharmaceutical 002332.SZChina$1.34B+2%+8%11%2.1×0.3%-1.3%
Chongqing Genrix Biopharmaceutical 688443.SSChina$1.34B-10%+256%-27%10.0×n/an/a
Phibro Animal Health PAHCUnited States$1.34B-18%+17%13%1.4×-7.4%+12.7%
Omeros OMERUnited States$1.22B+14%n/a-190%36.2×n/an/a
Shanghai OPM Biosciences 688293.SSChina$1.35B+26%+133%11%9.8×26.1%+23.1%
Everest Medicines 1952.HKHong Kong$1.22B-20%+193%-5%3.5×n/an/a

Questions

Who are PYC Therapeutics's main competitors?
Named competitors: Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), ProQR Therapeutics (PRQR), Wave Life Sciences (WVE). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes D&D Pharmatech (347850.KS), GH Research (GHRS), Avalyn Pharma (AVLN), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Celltrion Pharm (068760.KS), OliX Pharmaceuticals (226950.KS).
How has PYC Therapeutics stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +30.6% against -12.3% for the median peer; over one year +62.0%.

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.