The framework has shifted from distribution to markdown since the last review. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved up 5.8% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 11% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 45%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 22%. The street (4 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $21. Insiders have been net buyers over the past quarter.
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
TLX · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $3.8B · 1,120 employees
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of therapeutic and diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenPrice as of 23 Oct 2026Daily close, not a live quoteLast reviewed 6 days ago
Screened 2026-10-23 · the tape above runs as of 08:02 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
Key facts today
- Price9.15 USD at the 23 Oct 2026 close
- Ethical screenDoes not pass
- Last reviewed23 Oct 2026 (6 days ago)
A summary of the dated readings below, not a live quote and not advice.
What this means: price 9.15 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 18.30, over the last year.
- Trend Markdown
- Insiders insiders bought, latest filing 2026-09-07
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
- Ethical does not pass the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its markdown label.
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited holds its Markdown at $9.15. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 4 days.
| Phase | Markdown · caution |
| Quantitative state | Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 4 days |
| Price at the screen | $9.15 |
| Valuation | 111.60 trailing · -415.15 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.56 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Debt load | 40.13% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is 40.1% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. | Fail |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.00% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 23.29% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 23.3% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.72% | Below 5% | Only 0.7% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Ethical ReadWhy It Falls Short, in Plain English
Telix Pharmaceuticals's business is in a permissible area, but its interest-bearing debt is about 40% of the company, well over the ~33% line, so it does not pass on the financial screens.
Read as at 2026-10-28. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
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The Fair Value Range
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-10-23 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 100.0% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 5 covering, consensus Strong Buy. The average target sits +136% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-10-23 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsRadiopharma Growth Story Still Priced For Perfection
Imagine a lab racing to turn radioactive tracers into approved cancer treatments. The first approvals land and revenue jumps 49 percent, yet the company still posts a negative 1 percent profit margin and negative 2 percent return on equity. Telix clears our ethical screen, yet the forward multiple of 45.9 times leaves almost no room for the usual biotech setbacks.
We pass because the valuation already bakes in strong analyst targets near 21 dollars while the business remains unprofitable. A 25 percent margin of safety to our fair value of 13.08 dollars is not enough when commercial-stage radiopharma still carries binary trial and regulatory risk. The unknown moat offers no extra cushion.
High growth in a new modality is real, but paying premium multiples for losses has burned investors before. Currency and reimbursement hurdles in Australia and abroad add further volatility. Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | -415.1x |
| Trailing P/E | 111.6xexpensive: the price assumes strong growth ahead |
| EPS, trailing | 0.10 |
| EPS, forward | -0.03 |
| Revenue growth | +22.3%strong top-line growth |
| Profit margin | 3.8%barely profitable |
| Return on equity | 7.4%a modest return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | -1.66% |
| Debt to equity | 1.19a meaningful debt load worth watching |
| Current ratio | 2.01comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 0.56steadier than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.00% |
| 52-week range | 6.28 - 13.11 |
| Market cap | $3.8B |
| Employees | 1,120 |
The risks · The things to watch: its business and earnings are exposed to Australia and to currency swings; as a biotechnology name, trial and regulatory outcomes can move it sharply either way.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework has shifted from markup to distribution since the last review. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 16.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 45%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 22%. The street (4 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $21. Insiders have been net buyers over the past quarter.
Our analysis reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 13.1% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 45%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 22%. The street (4 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $21. Insiders have been net buyers over the past quarter.
Our analysis reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 3.4% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 45%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 22%. The street (4 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $21.
The framework has shifted from markdown to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 20.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 45%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 22%. The street (4 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $21.
Our analysis reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 45%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 22%. The street (4 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $21.
Our analysis reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Our analysis reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
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| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | Smith Darren Charlton | Group CFO | P - Purchase | 2,071 | $19,998 |
Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $10.83 | -12.8% | · | $872 | -12.8% |
| 2 months | $10.54 | -10.4% | · | $896 | -10.4% |
| 3 months | $7.89 | +19.7% | · | $1,197 | +19.7% |
| 6 months | $9.37 | +0.8% | · | $1,008 | +0.8% |
| 1 year | $17.27 | -45.3% | · | $547 | -45.3% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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