Unprofitable Large Caps

Companies valued over $1B that are still burning cash. Pre-profit growth stories, turnaround plays, or value traps — proceed with caution.

200 stocks Updated Nov 7, 2026
$22.57T Total Market Cap
$66.64 Avg Share Price
+2.18% Avg Daily Change
$5.00 – $538.59 Price Range

Not every large company is profitable. This list tracks companies with market caps above $1 billion that are currently losing money — their earnings per share (EPS) is negative. These firms span the spectrum from high-growth businesses investing aggressively to reach scale, to struggling companies in turnaround mode, to declining businesses burning through remaining cash.

Some of the market's biggest winners started as money-losers. Amazon reported losses for years while building its e-commerce and cloud infrastructure. Tesla lost money for over a decade before achieving sustained profitability. Today's unprofitable companies in biotech, EVs, and SaaS may follow similar paths — or they may never turn profitable. Separating the future winners from the permanent losers requires deep fundamental analysis.

This list shows the EPS (negative), daily change, volume, and market cap for each unprofitable company. Stocks are sorted by the magnitude of their losses. Use this list to identify potential turnaround candidates or to screen out companies that do not meet profitability requirements.

# Symbol Name Price EPS Change % Volume Market Cap
1 MSTR Strategy Inc $128.93 $-94.32 -0.29% — 54.61B
2 STRC Strategy Inc $99.84 $-94.32 +0.28% — 54.61B
3 LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc $538.59 $-81.42 +5.67% — 47.41B
4 MAAS Maase Inc-A $10.18 $-57.55 -3.78% — 4.68B
5 BH Biglari Holdings Inc-B $372.88 $-55.65 +0.29% — 1.05B
6 SATS Echostar Corp-A $94.27 $-50.13 -0.36% — 30.12B
7 VOR Vor Biopharma Inc $19.68 $-43.00 -5.88% — 1.03B
8 CNXC Concentrix Corp $30.69 $-38.80 -1.35% — 1.85B
9 SONY Sony Group Corporation $27.00 $-37.08 -1.96% — 20.41T
10 LBRDK Liberty Broadband-C $36.02 $-36.71 +0.00% — 5.15B
11 LBRDA Liberty Broadband-A $35.99 $-36.71 +0.00% — 5.15B
12 TBBB Bbb Foods Inc-Class A $65.62 $-29.34 +2.20% — 10.56B
13 TFX Teleflex Inc $151.19 $-23.29 -0.63% — 6.34B
14 BMNR Bitmine Immersion Technologi $18.76 $-20.69 -1.26% — 11.32B
15 ENOV Enovis Corp $24.42 $-19.27 +16.90% — 1.65B
16 CAR Avis Budget Group Inc $118.83 $-18.15 -1.34% — 4.25B
17 ASST Strive Inc-A $21.45 $-16.93 +4.18% — 2.73B
18 WFG West Fraser Timber Co Ltd $67.86 $-15.37 -1.98% — 7.39B
19 MIRM Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc $94.86 $-14.55 +1.41% — 6.20B
20 AGL Agilon Health Inc $112.19 $-14.06 +16.59% — 1.90B
21 PRAX Praxis Precision Medicines I $277.62 $-13.37 +5.72% — 7.75B
22 SYNA Synaptics Inc $116.70 $-12.65 +0.26% — 4.62B
23 PRGO Perrigo Co Plc $15.91 $-12.59 +1.27% — 2.16B
24 ACHC Acadia Healthcare Co Inc $29.96 $-12.46 +1.70% — 3.30B
25 FLR Fluor Corp $46.48 $-12.18 +3.33% — 6.02B
26 GLTO Galecto Inc $22.41 $-12.01 -1.93% — 1.73B
27 TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co - B $40.33 $-11.54 -4.50% — 7.55B
28 RAL Ralliant Corp $67.68 $-10.93 +7.72% — 6.95B
29 CE Celanese Corp $46.68 $-10.68 -2.42% — 5.12B
30 CNC Centene Corp $69.74 $-10.44 -5.97% — 34.83B
31 BEPC Brookfield Renewable Corp $31.61 $-10.39 +1.09% — 4.76B
32 STUB Stubhub Holdings Inc-Class A $6.14 $-9.97 -2.23% — 2.40B
33 GRAL Grail Inc $121.44 $-9.75 +1.94% — 5.32B
34 BBUC Brookfield Business-Cl A $29.64 $-9.74 -1.98% — 8.89B
35 WLK Westlake Corp $63.49 $-9.64 -4.21% — 8.35B
36 MARA Mara Holdings Inc $6.35 $-9.35 +8.09% — 2.42B
37 MIDD Middleby Corp $136.50 $-9.26 +4.89% — 5.99B
38 BLSH Bullish $21.31 $-9.11 +2.90% — 3.11B
39 LBTYB Liberty Global Ltd-B $11.45 $-9.06 +1.87% — 3.22B
40 LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd-A $9.90 $-9.06 +1.96% — 3.22B
41 LBTYK Liberty Global Ltd-C $9.72 $-9.06 +2.15% — 3.22B
42 ZBIO Zenas Biopharma Inc $28.46 $-8.97 +0.28% — 1.81B
43 INBX Inhibrx Biosciences Inc $80.28 $-8.88 -7.47% — 1.18B
44 KMPR Kemper Corp $33.76 $-8.40 -4.44% — 1.98B
45 OC Owens Corning $121.31 $-8.06 -2.37% — 9.78B
46 SBET Sharplink Inc $6.42 $-8.02 -10.21% — 1.34B
47 MRNA Moderna Inc $254.19 $-7.98 +5.27% — 105.54B
48 STEP Stepstone Group Inc-Class A $47.45 $-7.72 +10.84% — 5.79B
49 VAC Marriott Vacations World $111.02 $-7.68 +3.58% — 3.61B
50 PCVX Vaxcyte Inc $63.89 $-7.64 +3.18% — 10.11B
51 FISV Fiserv Inc $62.88 $-7.42 +0.22% — 33.16B
52 CYTK Cytokinetics Inc $53.69 $-7.22 -3.35% — 7.59B
53 AGIO Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc $31.38 $-7.01 +0.58% — 1.69B
54 VISN Vistance Networks Inc $5.50 $-6.90 +1.67% — 1.24B
55 SAM Boston Beer Company Inc-A $220.66 $-6.78 -1.92% — 2.28B
56 NKTR Nektar Therapeutics $36.15 $-6.60 -6.06% — 1.25B
57 IRON Disc Medicine Inc $78.91 $-6.57 +0.56% — 3.50B
58 IP International Paper Co $34.53 $-6.51 +0.85% — 18.19B
59 PENN Penn Entertainment Inc $17.38 $-6.35 +0.23% — 2.28B
60 ARX Accelerant Holdings-Cl A $19.81 $-6.31 +0.00% — 4.32B
61 GVA Granite Construction Inc $121.69 $-6.28 -8.08% — 5.33B
62 BETA Beta Technologies Inc -Cl A $27.12 $-6.26 +12.77% — 5.65B
63 NUVL Nuvalent Inc-A $123.96 $-6.05 +0.02% — 9.79B
64 MDGL Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc $399.63 $-5.96 -0.12% — 9.26B
65 VERA Vera Therapeutics Inc $29.79 $-5.86 -1.18% — 2.49B
66 BIPC Brookfield Infrastructure-A $39.34 $-5.55 +3.74% — 4.84B
67 SNDA Sonida Senior Living Inc $34.30 $-5.26 +0.15% — 1.57B
68 RARE Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical In $15.58 $-5.19 +0.06% — 1.54B
69 NOG Northern Oil And Gas Inc $23.03 $-5.16 +4.02% — 2.36B
70 CRNX Crinetics Pharmaceuticals In $84.95 $-5.05 +0.13% — 9.01B
71 MBLY Mobileye Global Inc-A $5.67 $-4.94 +10.53% — 4.87B
72 CRL Charles River Laboratories $337.52 $-4.85 +7.83% — 15.64B
73 ATKR Atkore Inc $94.96 $-4.83 +0.04% — 3.21B
74 THS Treehouse Foods Inc $24.43 $-4.83 -0.08% — 1.23B
75 PVLA Palvella Therapeutics Inc $175.92 $-4.82 +12.16% — 2.53B
76 LLYVK Liberty Live Holdings-C $106.30 $-4.80 -1.88% — 9.80B
77 LLYVA Liberty Live Holdings-A $102.14 $-4.80 -1.65% — 9.80B
78 RVMD Revolution Medicines Inc $192.28 $-4.80 +8.24% — 41.37B
79 CRSP Crispr Therapeutics Ag $50.07 $-4.76 +3.11% — 4.83B
80 XENE Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc $39.17 $-4.74 +3.95% — 3.60B
81 VKTX Viking Therapeutics Inc $26.84 $-4.66 +4.07% — 3.34B
82 FBRX Forte Biosciences Inc $76.99 $-4.60 +0.03% — 1.63B
83 SEDG Solaredge Technologies Inc $27.59 $-4.50 +5.31% — 1.66B
84 CORZ Core Scientific Inc $11.93 $-4.42 +4.83% — 3.66B
85 WULF Terawulf Inc $11.07 $-4.38 +9.82% — 5.68B
86 TLN Talen Energy Corp $338.64 $-4.36 +7.09% — 14.73B
87 CLDX Celldex Therapeutics Inc $29.04 $-4.36 -3.52% — 2.35B
88 APGE Apogee Therapeutics Inc $135.07 $-4.34 -0.01% — 10.22B
89 IONQ Ionq Inc $32.62 $-4.32 +23.42% — 14.01B
90 FLUT Flutter Entertainment Plc-Di $81.70 $-4.30 -1.53% — 14.06B
91 CELC Celcuity Inc $66.48 $-4.30 +3.81% — 3.21B
92 MLYS Mineralys Therapeutics Inc $15.47 $-4.24 +1.51% — 1.36B
93 KOD Kodiak Sciences Inc $98.51 $-4.19 -0.38% — 6.17B
94 DNTH Dianthus Therapeutics Inc $86.86 $-4.15 +4.64% — 4.76B
95 INSM Insmed Inc $114.41 $-4.10 +5.19% — 23.86B
96 AVAV Aerovironment Inc $112.76 $-4.07 +10.46% — 5.19B
97 ACLX Arcellx Inc $115.07 $-4.06 +0.00% — 6.73B
98 QURE Uniqure Nv $22.97 $-4.05 -7.49% — 1.46B
99 CAG Conagra Brands Inc $15.24 $-3.98 -1.74% — 7.24B
100 VRDN Viridian Therapeutics Inc $28.49 $-3.90 -0.21% — 2.91B

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do some large companies lose money?
Companies lose money for several reasons: they may be investing heavily in growth (R&D, customer acquisition, infrastructure), experiencing temporary business disruptions, executing turnaround strategies after management changes, or operating in cyclical industries during downturns. Some unprofitable companies are pre-revenue biotech firms burning cash on drug development. Others are mature companies whose business models are being disrupted by new competitors or technology.
Can unprofitable stocks be good investments?
Yes, but with significant risk. Amazon and Tesla were both unprofitable for years and rewarded patient investors enormously. The key is evaluating whether losses are strategic investments in future profitability (positive) or signs of a broken business model (negative). Look for growing revenue, improving margins, and a clear path to breakeven. Companies burning cash with no revenue growth and no margin improvement are unlikely to recover.
What is cash burn rate?
Cash burn rate measures how quickly a company spends its cash reserves. If a company has $500 million in cash and burns $50 million per quarter, it has roughly 10 quarters (2.5 years) of runway. Cash burn is critical for evaluating unprofitable companies because it shows how long they can survive before needing to raise additional capital. Companies that must raise money through stock issuance dilute existing shareholders.
What sectors have the most unprofitable companies?
Biotechnology leads by far — most biotech companies are pre-revenue, spending years and billions on drug development before a product reaches market. Technology and software companies may be unprofitable while investing in customer growth and platform development. Electric vehicle and clean energy companies often operate at losses during their ramp-up phase. Cyclical industries like mining and oil can show temporary losses during commodity downturns.
What is the path to profitability?
The path to profitability describes how a loss-making company plans to achieve positive earnings. Key elements include revenue growth (more sales to absorb fixed costs), margin expansion (improving efficiency), and operating leverage (fixed costs spread over growing revenue). Management typically outlines this path during earnings calls and investor presentations. Companies with visible paths to profitability — where improvements are measurable quarter-over-quarter — are more attractive than those with vague promises.
Should I avoid all unprofitable stocks?
Not necessarily. Avoiding all unprofitable stocks would have meant missing Amazon, Tesla, and many biotech winners. However, most unprofitable stocks do underperform the market over time. A reasonable approach is to limit unprofitable positions to a small percentage of your portfolio (5-15%), focus on companies with strong revenue growth and improving margins, and be prepared for higher volatility. Use profitability as a quality screen for the core of your portfolio.
What is operating leverage?
Operating leverage describes how a company's fixed costs amplify profitability as revenue grows. A software company with $100 million in fixed costs loses money at $80 million revenue but earns $20 million at $120 million revenue — the costs did not change, but revenue surpassed them. Companies with high operating leverage can transition from unprofitable to very profitable quickly once revenue hits the breakeven point. This is why many SaaS and platform companies eventually achieve high profit margins.

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