Dilution profile // every instrument, one screen, from SEC filings

HCW Biologics Inc. (HCWB)

CIK 1828673 · all EDGAR filings →

Overall dilution risk
HIGHworst of 4 computed sub-ratings (cash need)
= the worst band among the computed sub-ratings, no hidden weighting
Offering ability
MEDIUM$15.9M registered
= total registered offering amount from the fee exhibits of live registrations (bands: $1M / $20M)
registered capacity, not remaining: amounts already taken down are not subtracted yet
Overhead supply
MEDIUMwarrants = 29% of O/S
= warrant shares outstanding divided by current shares outstanding (bands: 20% / 50%)
warrants only; converts, ATMs and equity lines are not in free structured data, so the true overhead is AT LEAST this
Historical dilution
LOW-95% O/S in 3y
= share count now vs 3 years ago (bands: 30% / 100%); a reverse split pushes this negative
a reverse-split-sized cliff is in this window; read the chart
Cash need
HIGH~0.7 months of runway
= cash vs trailing operating burn (bands: 6mo / 24mo; positive operating CF = low)
the company itself flagged going-concern doubt

Same rating bands the category standard uses, but free, with the formula on the chip and the gaps in the data said out loud.

Shares outstanding over time

2021-08-132026-08-14

Latest: 1.8M shares as of Aug 14, 2026 (10-Q/A).

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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceSEC XBRL, cover-page share count
Fielddei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding
As of2026-08-14
HowThe newest cover-page count as filed, whatever its age. The float checker applies a 200-day freshness rule and sets this beside the balance-sheet count.
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Share count fell from 44.9M to 1.4M between Mar 25, 2025 and May 13, 2025, a pattern consistent with a reverse split (roughly 1-for-31); simultaneous issuance can skew the raw ratio, so confirm in the filings. The red bar marks the cliff.

Cash runway

Going-concern warning

auditor flagged substantial doubt

The company itself flagged going-concern doubt in a filing.

Full breakdown: cash runway tool · source filing →

Warrants

TrancheWarrantsExercise priceTermNotes
Pre Funded Warrants618,682$0.00015.5y—
Common Stock Warrants474,496$2.5855y—

Tranches exactly as the company dimensioned them in its 10-Q filed Aug 14, 2026 →. Groupings can overlap (a “Series E and F” row is not additive with a “Series E” row), so do not sum this column. A tranche the filer did not tag is absent here, not absent from the cap table. DOWN-ROUND = the filer tagged price-protection accounting scoped to that tranche.

Warrants outstanding: 524,501 underlying shares, as reported Mar 31, 2026 (10-Q/A).

Reported exercise price: $2.41 (aggregate figure as tagged; individual tranches vary).

Rough fully diluted estimate: 2.4M = 1.8M O/S + 524,501 warrant shares. An estimate, not a filing figure: it ignores converts, options and RSUs, and the two inputs carry different as-of dates.

Convertible notes

No convertible-note facts tagged in the 10-Q filed Aug 14, 2026. If convertible notes exist, their terms live in exhibit prose for this filer and are not parsed; absence of a tag is not proof of absence. The exhibits are the ground truth.

Fully diluted build-up

Shares outstanding plus every potential-share instrument the filer tagged in XBRL, each at its own as-of date. An estimate assembled from filed figures, not a filing figure itself.

Shares outstanding1.8MAug 14, 2026
+ Pre Funded Warrants (if exercised)618,682Jul 29, 2026
+ Common Stock Warrants (if exercised)474,496May 21, 2026
Fully diluted estimate2.9M+59.5% vs O/S

Still excluded, because the filer does not tag them in countable form: employee options and RSUs, any instrument living only in exhibit prose, and instruments above missing a share count. Inputs carry different as-of dates, shown per row. Each figure traces to the tranche and note tables above and their cited filings.

Registrations and offerings

Registered offering capacity on live registrations: $15.9Mfrom the structured fee exhibits; registered is not remaining, takedowns are not subtracted

S-1Oct 2, 2026$3.1M registeredfiling →
S-1Aug 20, 2026$3.2M registeredfiling →
S-1Jun 8, 2026$9.6M registeredfiling →

Last 12 months: 5 executed · 11 registered.

EFFECTIVEOct 9, 2026SEC declared a registration effective — selling can beginEFFECT →
REGISTEREDOct 2, 2026S-1 registration — capacity to sell shares, not a sale yetS-1 →
EXECUTEDSep 24, 2026Unregistered share sale disclosed (8-K item 3.02)8-K →
EFFECTIVEAug 31, 2026SEC declared a registration effective — selling can beginEFFECT →
REGISTEREDAug 28, 2026S-1/A registration — capacity to sell shares, not a sale yetS-1/A →
REGISTEREDAug 20, 2026S-1 registration — capacity to sell shares, not a sale yetS-1 →
EXECUTEDJul 29, 2026Unregistered share sale disclosed (8-K item 3.02)8-K →
REGISTEREDJun 18, 2026S-1/A registration — capacity to sell shares, not a sale yetS-1/A →
EFFECTIVEJun 18, 2026SEC declared a registration effective — selling can beginEFFECT →
REGISTEREDJun 8, 2026S-1 registration — capacity to sell shares, not a sale yetS-1 →
EXECUTEDMay 21, 2026Unregistered share sale disclosed (8-K item 3.02)8-K →
EFFECTIVEApr 29, 2026SEC declared a registration effective — selling can beginEFFECT →

Full history and shelf status: offering checker · S-3 shelf checker

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts and filing metadata, fetched live and cached briefly. Share counts are cover-page figures with their form named. Warrant tranches and convertible notes come from the dimensioned facts in the latest 10-Q/10-K instance document, exactly as the company tagged them; untagged tranches and notes are absent, not disproven. Nothing on this page is manually verified and nothing is behind a login: what free data supports is shown, what it cannot support is stated. Not investment advice.

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