Precipio, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRPO) Is Expected To Breakeven In The Near Future

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With the business potentially at an important milestone, we thought we'd take a closer look at Precipio, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:PRPO) future prospects. Precipio, Inc., a healthcare solutions company, provides diagnostic products, reagents, and services in the United States. With the latest financial year loss of US$8.5m and a trailing-twelve-month loss of US$11m, the US$19m market-cap company amplified its loss by moving further away from its breakeven target. Many investors are wondering about the rate at which Precipio will turn a profit, with the big question being “when will the company breakeven?” In this article, we will touch on the expectations for the company's growth and when analysts expect it to become profitable.

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According to some industry analysts covering Precipio, breakeven is near. They anticipate the company to incur a final loss in 2023, before generating positive profits of US$6.4m in 2024. Therefore, the company is expected to breakeven roughly 2 years from now. What rate will the company have to grow year-on-year in order to breakeven on this date? Using a line of best fit, we calculated an average annual growth rate of 71%, which is rather optimistic! Should the business grow at a slower rate, it will become profitable at a later date than expected.

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Given this is a high-level overview, we won’t go into details of Precipio's upcoming projects, but, bear in mind that by and large a high growth rate is not out of the ordinary, particularly when a company is in a period of investment.

One thing we’d like to point out is that The company has managed its capital judiciously, with debt making up 0.8% of equity. This means that it has predominantly funded its operations from equity capital, and its low debt obligation reduces the risk around investing in the loss-making company.

Next Steps:

This article is not intended to be a comprehensive analysis on Precipio, so if you are interested in understanding the company at a deeper level, take a look at Precipio's company page on Simply Wall St. We've also put together a list of important aspects you should further examine:

  1. Historical Track Record: What has Precipio's performance been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.

  2. Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on Precipio's board and the CEO’s background.

  3. Other High-Performing Stocks: Are there other stocks that provide better prospects with proven track records? Explore our free list of these great stocks here.

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