Cambridge biotech tracker · Lexington

Agenus

Listed on Nasdaq as AGEN, filed under SEC industry code 2836 (biological products). Fiscal year ends in December. Numbers below are from the company’s own SEC filings through Q2 '26.

Cash & investments
$18.7M
Q2 '26 · Jun 29, 2026
Burn per quarter
$24.6M
avg. operating cash flow, 4 qtrs
Runway
2.3 mo
Under 12 months
Net loss
$567K
Q2 '26
R&D expense
$14.8M
64% of opex
Raised, last 4 qtrs
+$35.7M
net financing cash flow

Cash & investments

Quarter-end balance

Cash & investments$0$25M$50MQ3 '24Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26$18.7M$44.8M

Operating cash flow

Per quarter; below zero is burn

Operating cash flow−$100M−$50M$0K$0Q3 '24Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26−$31.2M−$53.3M

R&D expense

Per quarter

R&D expense$0$25M$50MQ3 '24Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26$14.8M$41.1M

The controller’s read

What the filings say.

Generated from the numbers above using the same questions I ask when I open a client’s books: how long the cash lasts, what is driving the gap between loss and burn, and where the accounting judgment sits.

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About 2.3 months of runway

Cash and investments of $18.7M at Q2 '26 against an average operating cash burn of $24.6M per quarter over the last four reported quarters runs out around August 2026. Under a year of runway is where ASC 205-40 going-concern evaluations, financing timing, and cost plans all get decided at once.

Cash position down $26.1M since Q3 '24

Net financing inflows of $35.7M over the last four quarters, from equity, debt, or ATM sales, partly offset operating burn. The balance is the number the board watches; the trend is the number the auditors watch.

Cash burn runs $30.6M above net loss

Operating cash outflow exceeded the reported net loss in Q2 '26, which usually means working capital absorbed cash: prepayments to CROs and CDMOs, accrued liabilities paid down, or deferred revenue being earned without new cash coming in.

R&D is 64% of operating expenses

$14.8M of R&D against $23.2M of total operating expenses in Q2 '26, with G&A at $8.5M. For a clinical-stage company, the accounting questions live inside that R&D line: CRO and CMC accruals, milestone recognition, and what gets capitalized versus expensed under ASC 730.

Revenue of $34.5M in Q2 '26

The balance sheet carries $1.1M of deferred revenue, which is typically upfront collaboration or license payments being recognized over time. Collaboration and license revenue under ASC 606 and ASC 808 is the single most judgment-heavy area in biotech accounting: performance obligations, variable consideration on milestones, and the split between revenue and cost-sharing.

Stockholders' deficit of $199M

Liabilities exceed assets on the balance sheet. That is common with royalty financings, convertible debt, or large deferred revenue balances, and it is a fact auditors and exchange listing rules both pay attention to.

$30.1M of long-term debt or convertible notes

Debt in a pre-revenue biotech usually comes with liquidity covenants and, for convertibles, embedded features that need ASC 815 and ASC 470 analysis each quarter.

Accumulated deficit of $2.14B

Total losses since inception. It is also roughly the size of the net operating loss carryforward the tax provision has to track, subject to Section 382 limits after each ownership change.

Cash-only balance shown

This company either holds no marketable securities or tags them under a name the tracker does not read. If the 10-Q reports a larger cash-and-investments figure, that figure is the right one.

Quarterly detail, eight quarters
QuarterCash & inv.Op. cash flowNet lossR&DG&ARevenueStock compFinancing
Q3 '24 · Sep 29, 24$44.8M−$53.3M−$67.2M$41.1M$17.3M$25.1M$9.3M$4.6M
Q4 '24 · Dec 30, 24$40.4M−$28.7M−$46.8M$33.8M$20.9M$26.8M$4.6M$24.4M
Q1 '25 · Mar 30, 25$18.5M−$25.6M−$26.4M$21.5M$15.7M$24.1M$3.3M$3.6M
Q2 '25 · Jun 29, 25$9.5M−$20.2M−$30.0M$26.7M$15.5M$25.7M$3.4M$10.9M
Q3 '25 · Sep 29, 25$3.5M−$14.7M$63.9M$23.6M$10.9M$30.2M$2.8M$6.7M
Q4 '25 · Dec 30, 25$3.0M−$16.6M−$10.6M$7.5M$12.3M$34.2M$2.3M$15.4M
Q1 '26 · Mar 30, 26$35.0M−$36.0M$39.2M$11.8M$6.9M$33.7M$866K−$993K
Q2 '26 · Jun 29, 26$18.7M−$31.2M−$567K$14.8M$8.5M$34.5M$3.3M$14.7M

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts, latest filed value for each period. Fourth quarters are derived from annual less nine-month figures; quarterly cash flows are derived from year-to-date amounts. Not investment advice. If a figure disagrees with the filing, the filing is right.