ABUSArbutus Biopharma Corporation

$4.18-2.7% 1Y

Is it safe?

Mixed

Nothing alarming, nothing pristine: comfortable debt (AA) and typical volatility.

1 good, 1 neutral, 4 without data
Credit gradeAAderived · Jun 30, 2026

Net cash and profitable. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.

Drawdown risk45% volderived · Oct 8, 2026

Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -93% · now 20% below its 52-week high.

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can ABUS take a bad year?

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation holds $93M more cash than debt, so a bad year is a question about profits, not about lenders.

$93M

Net cash

Net debt / EBITDA
net cash

Net debt / EBITDA · no net borrowings to measure against earnings

Interest cover
1960×

Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill several times over

Annualised volatility
45%

Annualised volatility · roughly twice as jumpy as the market

Details›
Total debtQ2 2026
$0
Cash and short-term investments
$93M
Net cash
$93M
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$149M
Debt / equity
0.00×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
45%
Worst drawdown on file
−93%
Below its 52-week high
20%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.