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SOPH, SOPHiA GENETICS SA

IT Services & Consulting asset-light UnprofitableDistress / turnaround

We collaborate not only to provide valuable technologies to hospitals and laboratories around the world directly or through collaborators, but also to increase our channels and to offer a variety of application and product choices to our large customer base.

Under each agreement, we are obligated to act with a standard of care to develop, manufacture and sell the licensed products.

Pursuant to the 2018 Normandie Agreement, we paid Normandie Valorisation a low five-digit Euro upfront fee and are obligated to pay to Normandie Valorisation a low-tens Euro fee per each analysis utilizing Myeloid Plus Solution (MYS+).

Latest annual: FY2025 20-F · US listing is the ordinary share
SOPH · SOPHiA GENETICS SA
I

The business

What it sells, where the money comes from, the kind of company it is.

Revenue · FY2025
$77M
+18.6% YoY · 22% 5-yr CAGR
Vital signs · TTM, with 5-yr average
Revenue $77M 5-yr avg $59M
Gross margin 67% 5-yr avg 66%
Operating margin −91.8% 5-yr avg −135.1%
ROIC −204% 5-yr avg −173%
Owner-earnings margin −47% 5-yr avg −102%
Free cash flow margin −47% 5-yr avg −102%

The business in brief

read the 10-K →

What this business is and what moves its needle, from its own SEC filings.

Situation
Unprofitable. No sustained operating profit across the record; an earnings multiple has nothing to rest on. What the record does show is revenue, the gross-margin trajectory, and the burn against the cash on hand. Distress / turnaround. Thin interest coverage, or operating cash burned against real debt, across the record. The balance sheet carries this situation; the debt schedule sets the clock.
What moves the needle
Operating margin has run around −129% through the cycle on a 67% gross margin, the operating line in the red even at its best — so the lever is whether the spending below the gross line can come down enough to clear a profit: revenue growth against the cost curve, and the cash runway until it does. Read this kind of business on retention and the cost of growth. On its own account, the filing leans hardest on customer concentration, set against the numbers in what the filing emphasizes, below.
Is it a good business?
Return on capital has rarely cleared the cost of capital (median −179%, above 15% in 0 of 7 years). Owner earnings, the cash-based check, have been thin too. This is price-taker territory, where the balance sheet and the cycle matter more than any multiple; the rest is in the 10-K.

Every line is arithmetic on the company's filings, shown in full in the sections below.

II

The record

Ten years of arithmetic, read across the cycle.

The record, 2019–2025

realized figures from each filing · older years to the left
2019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’25TTMTTMDec 2025
Income statement
$25M$28M$40M$48M$62M$65M$77M$77MRevenueRevenue
70%62%62%66%69%67%67%67%Gross marginGross mgn
($33M)($37M)($71M)($88M)($75M)($67M)($71M)($71M)Operating incomeOp. inc.
−128.7%−131.6%−176.7%−184.7%−120.0%−102.1%−91.8%−91.8%Operating marginOp. mgn
($34M)($39M)($74M)($87M)($79M)($62M)($79M)($79M)Net incomeNet inc.
Cash flow & returns
($32M)($32M)($58M)($70M)($53M)($45M)($36M)($36M)Operating cash flowOp. cash
$2M$2M$3M$4M$6M$5M$4M$4MDepreciationDeprec.
$565K$6M$13M$14M$20M$13M$39M$39MWorking capital & otherWC & other
$1M$450K$3M$4M$1M$244K$574K$574KCapexCapex
5.3%1.6%6.6%8.6%2.4%0.4%0.7%0.7%Capex / revenueCapex/rev
($33M)($32M)($61M)($74M)($55M)($45M)($36M)($36M)Owner earningsOwner earn.
−130.3%−113.3%−149.9%−156.0%−87.7%−68.7%−47.2%−47.2%Owner earnings marginOE mgn
($33M)($32M)($61M)($74M)($55M)($45M)($36M)($36M)Free cash flowFCF
−130.3%−113.3%−149.9%−156.0%−87.7%−68.7%−47.2%−47.2%Free cash flow marginFCF mgn
-617%-101%-69%-179%-210%-178%-228%-204%ROICROIC
-152%-39%-27%-44%-52%-65%-168%-168%Return on equityROE
−152%−39%−27%−44%−52%−65%−168%−168%Retained to equityRetained/eq
Balance sheet
$18M$75M$193M$161M$123M$80M$70M$70MCash & investmentsCash+inv
$6M$6M$7M$14M$7M$15M$15MReceivablesReceiv.
$3M$6M$5M$6M$6M$6M$6MInventoryInvent.
$10M$12M$12M$20M$13M$21M$21MOperating working capitalOper. WC
$110M$283M$196M$148M$99M$99M$99MCurrent assetsCur. assets
$22M$29M$27M$36M$27M$51M$51MCurrent liabilitiesCur. liab.
5.1×9.9×7.3×4.2×3.7×2.0×2.0×Current ratioCurr. ratio
$132M$320M$244M$206M$155M$163M$163MTotal assetsAssets
$3M$0$13M$48M$51MTotal debtDebt
($71M)($123M)($67M)($23M)($20M)Net debt / (cash)Net debt
-33.5×-44.5×-108.6×-137.4×-127.3×-34.8×-15.6×-15.6×Interest coverageInt. cov.
$22M$101M$275M$200M$151M$96M$47M$47MShareholders’ equityEquity
Per share
42.4M55.3M64.1M64.8M66.1M67.5M67.5MShares out (diluted)Shares
$0.67$0.73$0.74$0.96$0.99$1.14$1.14Revenue / shareRev/sh
$-0.93$-1.33$-1.36$-1.22$-0.95$-1.17$-1.17EPS (diluted)EPS
$-0.76$-1.10$-1.16$-0.85$-0.68$-0.54$-0.54Owner earnings / shareOE/sh
$-0.76$-1.10$-1.16$-0.85$-0.68$-0.54$-0.54Free cash flow / shareFCF/sh
$0.01$0.05$0.06$0.02$0.00$0.01$0.01Cap. spending / shareCapex/sh
$2.37$4.98$3.12$2.34$1.46$0.70$0.70Book value / shareBVPS
Per-share growththe realized rate an owner's share compounded
6-yr5-yr
Revenue / share+11.3%/yr (5-yr)+11.3%/yr
Capital spending / share−4.4%/yr (5-yr)−4.4%/yr
Book value / share−21.7%/yr (5-yr)−21.7%/yr

The record, charted

FY2019–2025

Each measure over its full record; the current point and the worst year marked.

Share count
68Mpeak FY2025
ROIC
−228%low FY2019
Gross margin
67%low FY2020

Owner earnings vs. net income

Owner earningsNet income

The accountant's number, and the cash an owner can take; the gap is the tell.

($36M)owner earningsvs.($79M)net incomelow FY2022

Net income is the accountant's number; owner earnings is the cash an owner could take out. The walk between them, off the cash-flow statement, and whether the gap is widening or holding.

In fiscal 2025 the business turned a $79M loss into ($36M) of owner earnings: more cash than the profit line showed, after the non-cash charges and the capital it put back in.

FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Reported net income($79M)($62M)($79M)($87M)($74M)
Depreciation & amortizationnon-cash charge added back+$4M+$5M+$6M+$4M+$3M
Working capital & othertiming of cash in and out, other non-cash items+$39M+$13M+$20M+$14M+$13M
Cash from operations($36M)($45M)($53M)($70M)($58M)
Capital expenditurecash put back in to keep running and to grow−$574K−$244K−$1M−$4M−$3M
Owner earnings($36M)($45M)($55M)($74M)($61M)
Owner-earnings marginowner earnings ÷ revenue-47%-69%-88%-156%-150%

Owner earnings is the cash an owner could pull out without starving the business: operating cash less the capital it must spend to hold its position .

Maintenance capex is estimated as depreciation where a growing business invests above it; free cash flow is the figure the scorecard's free-cash margin reads.

III

Quality & stewardship

Returns, the balance sheet, capital allocation, and pay.

Owner’s Scorecard

FY2025 20-F · source on SEC EDGAR →

Will it survive?

  • Does not cover its interest
    Operating income ($71M) ÷ interest expense $5M
    What this means

    A full year of operating profit didn't cover the interest bill. This is the zombie zone: the business depends on refinancing, asset sales, or forbearance to service its debt.

  • Net cash
    Cash $70M − debt $51M
    What this means

    Cash and short-term investments exceed every dollar of debt by $20M, on net the company owes nothing, and can act from strength when others can't. Net debt is the leverage figure that matters: the cash is already set against the debt. Strategic or illiquid investments aren't counted here.

  • Not enough data
    What this means

    The filing data didn't include the inputs for this check.

Is it a good business?

  • Below average through the cycle
    7-yr median, range -617%–-69%; -204% latest = NOPAT ($56M) ÷ invested capital $27M
    Industry peers: median -3%
    What this means

    The rate the business earns on the money tied up in it, Buffett's north star, because over time a stock tracks the ROIC beneath it. Above ~15% sustained hints at a moat; a return below the cost of capital (~8%) erodes value as a business grows rather than building it — the test Buffett weighs most. The headline is the median of the last 7 years (it ran -204% most recently), so one peak or trough year doesn't set the verdict. Asset-light businesses (R&D expensed, little capital) read artificially high, pair this with Owner Earnings.

  • Consumes cash through the cycle
    7-yr median margin, range -156%–-47%; latest ($36M) = operating cash ($36M) − maintenance capex $574K
    Industry peers: median 7%
    What this means

    What an owner could take out without starving the business: operating cash less the maintenance capital it must spend to hold its position — Buffett's owner earnings. That's -47% of revenue this year, a -113% median across 7 years.

  • Loss, and burning cash
    Net income ($79M) · cash from operations ($36M)
    What this means

    The company reported a net loss, so a conversion ratio isn't meaningful. What matters then is whether operations still threw off cash, here, they did not.

How is the cash used?

  • Not enough data
    What this means

    The filing data didn't include the inputs for this check.

  • Investing or harvesting? 0.14×
    Harvesting
    Capex $574K ÷ depreciation $4M
    What this means

    Descriptive, not a grade. Above ~1× means investing faster than assets wear out (growth, or, sustained for years, today's earnings carrying less depreciation than tomorrow's will). Below means spending less than it's wearing out (efficiency, or a melting asset base). The ratio won't tell you which; the filings will.

Graham’s defensive tests · 0 of 5 met

Graham’s numerical criteria for the defensive investor (The Intelligent Investor, ch. 14), run on the filings. A floor of safety, not a buy signal; many fine modern businesses fail his strictest liquidity rules by design.

  • Adequate size Miss
    Revenue ≥ $2B · $77M
    What this means

    Big enough to weather a storm. Graham's 1972 floor was ~$100M of sales (≈ $700M today); we use a $2B revenue line as a conservative modern stand-in.

  • Strong liquidity Near
    Current ratio ≥ 2× · 1.96×
    What this means

    Current assets at least twice current liabilities, near-term bills covered without touching the business. Strict by design: many cash-rich modern firms run leaner and miss it, holding their cushion in longer-dated securities.

  • Conservative debt Near
    Debt ≤ working capital · $51M vs $49M WC
    What this means

    Graham's rule that borrowings not exceed net current assets. Capital-heavy and buyback-heavy firms routinely fail it, read it next to interest coverage, not alone.

  • Earnings stability Miss
    A profit every year (7-yr record) · 7 loss years
    What this means

    Graham wanted earnings in each of the past ten years, the stability a defensive owner leans on.

  • Dividend record Miss
    Uninterrupted dividends · none paid
    What this means

    An unbroken dividend was Graham's mark of durability. He wanted twenty years; the filings show about ten, and a single suspension breaks the streak. Non-payers, many fine modern compounders, fall outside his defensive net by design.

  • Earnings growth
    Earnings +33% over the record ·
    What this means

    Earnings were negative early in the record, a growth rate isn't meaningful.

  • Moderate price
    P/E ≤ 15 and P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5 · decided by the price
    What this means

    Graham's valuation gate, the wall he kept between a sound business and a sound investment. Three-year average earnings are $-1.07/share (latest year $-1.15), the averaged base the calculator's gate runs on, and book value is $0.69/share. Enter a price in “What the price implies” just below for the P/E, P/B, and whether it clears. But this is the rule Buffett outgrew: there's no hard P/E law, and a wonderful business can deserve a far richer multiple if the thesis holds, treat it as the bargain-hunter's floor, not a verdict on the price.

Durability & moat, 2019–2025

Whether the record’s returns held, and what the capital reinvested earned.

  • Profitable years 0 of 7
    What this means

    Lost money in 7 year(s), look at what happened there before trusting the average.

  • Return on capital ≥ 15% 0 of 4 yrs
    What this means

    A moat shows up as a high return on invested capital that holds year after year, not one good vintage.

  • Operating margin −146% → −105% (3-yr avg ends)

    In the filing’s words The filing ties gains to its own pricing, but names price competition too — pricing power that is real yet contested, not unopposed. The margin shows who is winning.

    What this means

    Through the cycle the operating margin widened — about −146% early to −105% lately, median −129% — pricing power intact or improving.

  • Reinvestment, incremental ROIC returns capital
    What this means

    The capital base barely grew: this business returns cash through dividends and buybacks rather than reinvesting. Judge it on the cash returned, not on compounding.

  • Worst year 2022 · −184.7% op. margin
    What this means

    Operations went underwater in 2022, understand why before trusting the good years.

  • Share count +8.1%/yr
    What this means

    The share count is rising, dilution works against you on a per-share basis.

Does AI threaten the moat?

Elevated contestability

The product is software or information, the very thing capable AI now produces more cheaply, so the moat is more contestable than the record alone implies.

In its own filing Raised, but not as a competitor

The filing raises AI among its risks, but in other terms (security, regulation, energy or the like), not as a competitor to its product; it frames AI mainly as a capability.

AI has collapsed the cost of building a capable substitute for the very thing this business sells. When a credible alternative can be assembled for a fraction of the incumbent's price, it is pricing power that erodes first, not revenue tomorrow. The live question is whether the moat survives that, not whether it held in the past. Whether that question is answerable at all is yours to decide, against your own circle of competence.

Read from the filing's own risk factors, paired with the industry's structure under its SIC code; the durability is read above, the price below.

All figures as filed; the source filing is linked above.

Current Position

as of fiscal year-end, Dec 31, 2025

Can the business pay what it owes this year, off the freshest balance sheet: the quality of the assets, the debt actually coming due, and what a low ratio means here.

Current assets$99M
  • Cash & short-term investments$70M
  • Receivables$15M
  • Inventory$6M
  • Other current assets$7M
Current liabilities$51M
  • Debt due within a year$3M
  • Other current liabilities$48M
Current ratio1.96×all current assets ÷ what's due · Graham looked for 2×
Quick ratio1.84×stricter: inventory excluded
Cash ratio1.39×strictest: cash alone against what's due
Working capital$49Mthe cushion left after near-term bills
Debt due this year vs. cash$3M due · $70M cash covered by cash on hand, no refinancing forced · both figures from the Dec 31, 2025 balance sheet
Cash runway1.9 yrsthe business is consuming cash; this is how long the cash on hand lasts at that rate
Deeper floors
Tangible book value$11Mequity stripped of goodwill & intangibles
Net current asset value($17M)Graham's net-net: current assets less all liabilities
Debt incl. operating leases$66M$15M of it operating leases

From the company's latest filing.

Peers, IT Services & Consulting

The same industry, side by side on owner economics. Each figure is a through-cycle median, so a peak or trough year can’t distort it; the group median at the foot is the line to read each against.

CompanyRevenueGross marginOp. marginROICOwner earn. margin
CEVACeva, Inc.$110M89%-1.2%-0%7%
RUMRumble Inc.$101M-125.9%-322%-86%
GLOOGloo Holdings Inc.$95M-209.1%-76%-196%
RDVTRed Violet Inc. Common Stock$90M-3.0%-3%20%
ISSCInnovative Solutions and Support Inc.$84M55%16.9%11%12%
SLPSimulations Plus Inc.$79M74%27.8%9%29%
SOPHSOPHiA GENETICS SA$77M67%-128.7%-179%-113%
SVCOSilvaco Group Inc.$63M80%-67.5%-40%-34%
Group median74%-35.2%-21%-14%
IV

The price

What a price has to assume.

What the price implies

reverse-DCF

Enter the US price, in dollars: the NYSE/Nasdaq quote you hold. SOPHiA GENETICS SA's US listing is the ordinary share itself. The record tables elsewhere on this page remain as filed.

SOPHiA GENETICS SA is profitable, but owner earnings are negative this year because capital spending currently outruns operating cash, a build-out, so the owner-earnings reverse-DCF has no positive base to grow. We read the price from both ends instead: type a price to see the steady-state profitability it demands, then set the mature margin you would believe and weigh the two against each other. Nothing leaves your browser unless you enter it in your notebook.

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The assumptions

Revenue, delivered21%/yr’20→’25

Enter a price to run it.

Owner earnings it must reach
Margin the price demands
Owner-earnings margin today−47%

Two reads of one future. From your price: the owner earnings the company must reach, valued at a mature multiple and discounted back at your rate, expressed as the margin it implies on revenue grown at your rate. From your belief: the mature margin you would credit, set on the dial above. When the margin the price demands runs above the one you would believe, you are paying for a future taken on faith. For a deep cyclical at a trough, normalized through-cycle earnings are the better lens; this mode is for the genuinely unprofitable, and for the profitable business whose capital spending currently outruns its cash.

Cite: Owner Scorecard, "SOPHiA GENETICS SA (SOPH), the owner's record," https://ownerscorecard.com/c/SOPH, data as of 2026-07-09.

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