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)

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

~1 month of cash left

critical · burning $3.3M / quarter

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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