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Zenas BioPharma, Inc.ZBIOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Health Care›Biotechnology

Develops immunology and oncology antibody therapies, in-licensed from China and developed globally.

Momentum strong 79
Mkt cap
$1.84B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
45%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$14.1M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 6.2%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
12 days
18 Nov 2026
Close · USD$28.26
1D+9.0%
1W-0.5%
1M+7.7%
3M-11.7%
6M+43.9%
YTD-22.2%
1Y-7.4%
ATR %6.7%
Beta0.67
52w lowhigh36.6% off high

What Zenas BioPharma does

Develops immunology and oncology antibody therapies, in-licensed from China and developed globally.

Has no approved product and is funded by investors rather than sales. It keeps costs down by in-licensing drugs partly developed elsewhere, so it pays milestones and royalties to the originators. Obexelimab, licensed from Xencor, is its lead, aimed at IgG4-related disease, a rare condition that causes organ swelling.

Products and services

  • Obexelimab (IgG4-related disease, autoimmune)
  • Oncology antibody pipeline

Customers

  • Rheumatologists/immunologists (post-approval)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Immunology and oncology antibody…

What could go right

  • Pivotal trial data readouts
  • In-licensing additional China-origin assets

What could go wrong

  • Clinical trial failure risk
  • Dependence on Chinese licensing partners

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, regulatory licence). Global development rights to in-licensed China-origin biologics, differentiated but unproven commercially.

Headquarters: Waltham, Massachusetts, US · Founded: 2021 · Employees: 167

Named competitors

Zenas BioPharma at a glance

Size Zenas BioPharma (ZBIO) is a United States Health Care company (Biotechnology) with a market value of $1.84B, the 1854th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $28.26 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 43.9%, against 0.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 93.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.9%); the operating margin is -27,390.1% (peer median -13.4%).

Valuation It trades at 1,588.4× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 11.3× (most expensive of 17).

Credit Zenas BioPharma has 1 bond outstanding ($230M).

Short interest Short interest is 19.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026ZBIO 139Peer median 99
Six months, rebased to 100: Zenas BioPharma against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Zenas BioPharma financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.00M$10.0M$5.00M$50.0M$0
Revenue growth—+100%-90%——
Gross profit$969,000$9.94M$4.86M$49.9M-$78,000
EBITDA-$274M-$211M-$164M-$27.0M-$75.1M
Net income-$484M-$378M-$157M-$37.1M-$119M
Free cash flow-$226M-$172M-$120M-$30.5M-$65.8M
Capital expenditure$2,000$18,000$131,000$17,000$2.20M
Total debt$390M$80.0M$1.00M$21.1M$1.53M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Zenas BioPharma 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%-25%0%+25%+50%MSBALVONVAX600226ABSIALMRMRVISTOK688185BCRX688105688319688046TRAXKLRANRIX087010ZBIO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Zenas BioPharma is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+200%+400%+600%+800%0×500×1,000×1,500×MSBALVONVAX600226ABSIALMRNRIX087010ZBIORevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Zenas BioPharma is the large dot.

Zenas BioPharma competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (ZBIO vs RO.SW vs AMGN vs ARGX)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Zenas BioPharma ZBIO$1.84B+44%-93%-27,390%1,588.4×n/a
Roche RO.SW$385B+22%-1%31%5.6×0.9%
Amgen AMGN$249B+40%+9%36%7.4×1.8%
argenx SE Sponsored ADR ARGX$57.5B+19%+71%29%10.0×10.9%

How Zenas BioPharma 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.

Zenas BioPharma against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureZBIOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+7.7%-5.6%7th highest of 20
6-month return+43.9%0.0%7th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-36.6%-31.3%8th lowest of 20
Revenue growth (TTM)-93.3%+15.9%lowest of 18
Operating margin-27,390.1%-13.4%lowest of 18
EV / Sales1,588.4×11.3×most expensive of 17

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Zenas BioPharma ZBIOUnited States$1.84B+44%-93%-27,390%1,588.4×n/an/a
Mesoblast MSB.AXAustralia$1.83B0%+556%-43%15.2×n/an/a
Alvotech ALVOUnited States$1.90B+49%-12%9%6.5×n/an/a
Novavax NVAXUnited States$1.78B+7%-62%-29%3.3×n/an/a
Zhejiang Hengtong 600226.SSChina$1.76B-23%+71%0%4.5×n/an/a
Lycia Therapeutics LYCAUnited States$1.76Bn/a-55%-593%n/an/an/a
Absci ABSIUnited States$1.75B+72%-62%-8,411%991.7×n/an/a
Alamar Biosciences ALMRUnited States$1.95B+17%+195%-42%23.6×n/an/a
Maravai Lifesciences MRVIUnited States$1.95B+108%-3%-13%9.3×n/an/a
Stoke Therapeutics STOKUnited States$1.74B-19%-86%-913%50.3×n/an/a
CanSino Biologics 688185.SSChina$1.73B+21%+30%-4%8.5×n/an/a
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals BCRXUnited States$1.97B-11%+60%42%2.5×-10.6%+117.9%
Nanjing Vazyme Biotech 688105.SSChina$1.72B+45%+16%-5%6.2×45.1%-2.5%
Chengdu Olymvax Biopharmaceuticals 688319.SSChina$1.71B-9%+12%8%14.8×n/an/a
GemPharmatech 688046.SSChina$2.01B+59%+25%22%13.3×35.7%+24.8%
First Tracks Biotherapeutics TRAXUnited States$2.01B+145%n/an/an/an/an/a
Kailera Therapeutics KLRAUnited States$1.68B-40%n/an/an/an/an/a
Generate Biomedicines GENBUnited States$1.68B-4%+56%-737%40.2×n/an/a
Nurix Therapeutics NRIXUnited States$1.67B-7%+739%41%1.0×-19.0%+36.4%
Peptron 087010.KSSouth Korea$1.67B-63%+16%-427%369.5×n/an/a
Trevi Therapeutics TRVIUnited States$2.04B-1%n/an/an/an/an/a

Zenas BioPharma bonds and credit

Zenas BioPharma has 1 bond outstanding with $230M face value.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Zenas BioPharma's main competitors?
Named competitors: Roche (RO.SW), Amgen (AMGN), Argenx (ARGX). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Mesoblast (MSB.AX), Alvotech (ALVO), Novavax (NVAX), Zhejiang Hengtong (600226.SS), Lycia Therapeutics (LYCA), Absci (ABSI).
Is Zenas BioPharma expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 1,588.4× against a peer median of 11.3×, most expensive of 17 in its peer set.
How has Zenas BioPharma stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +43.9% against 0.0% for the median peer; over one year -7.4%.

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.