Erasca is a cash-burning early-stage biotechnology company with all value concentrated in two Phase 1 clinical programs and a quality profile well below the minimum acceptable floor; the stock has broken out technically — above all key moving averages with a golden cross, RSI at 70, and rising institutional interest — and offers 26.6% headroom to the analyst target at a roughly 3.8-to-1 favorable risk/reward, but the absence of commercial operations, negative free cash flow, and a large recent earnings miss mean quality risk dominates the setup.
Thesis pillars
- Favorable Upside Asymmetry→Stable
- Quality Below Minimum Floor→Stable
- Clinical Pipeline Concentration→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Erasca, Inc. (ERAS) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Healthcare · Biotechnology
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $14.70: Quality below floor (1.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10 and A.R:R 3.5:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 11%; Elevated put/call ratio: 3.43; Below-average business quality.
Erasca is a clinical-stage precision oncology company targeting RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers, with two Phase 1 clinical programs — ERAS-0015 (pan-RAS molecular glue) and ERAS-4001 (pan-KRAS inhibitor) — and no approved products or revenue. The company reported a net loss of... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $14.70: Quality below floor (1.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10 and A.R:R 3.5:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 11%; Elevated put/call ratio: 3.43; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: RSI 52 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 27d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: speculative.
Recent developments
updated 2026-10-15Recent Developments — Erasca, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Erasca Announces FDA Granted Fast Track Designation To ERAS-0015 For Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma — benzinga Aug 24, 2026 positive
- NEWS B of A Securities Maintains Neutral on Erasca, Raises Price Target to $20 — benzinga Aug 14, 2026 positive
- NEWS Guggenheim Maintains Buy on Erasca, Raises Price Target to $21 — benzinga Aug 13, 2026 neutral
- NEWS HC Wainwright & Co. Maintains Buy on Erasca, Raises Price Target to $22 — benzinga Aug 12, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Erasca Q2 EPS $(0.14) Misses $(0.11) Estimate — benzinga Aug 11, 2026 negative
Generated 2026-10-15T11:47:13Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHpipelineERAS-0015 and ERAS-4001 Phase 1 programs10-K Item 1A: 'AURORAS-1 and BOREALIS-1 Phase 1 trials for ERAS-0015 and ERAS-4001 ... all of our other programs are still in the preclinical or discovery stage'
- MEDIUMSupplierJoyo10-K Item 1: 'ERAS-0015, which we license from Guangzhou Joyo Pharmatech Co., Ltd. (Joyo)'
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $14.70: Quality below floor (1.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10 and A.R:R 3.5:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 11%; Elevated put/call ratio: 3.43; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: RSI 52 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $13.67. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $20.98 (+42.7% upside). Prior stop was $13.67. Stop-loss: $13.67.
Concentration risk — Pipeline: ERAS-0015 and ERAS-4001 Phase 1 programs; Quality below floor (1.6 < 4.0).
Erasca, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -23.6). TrendMatrix value score: 9.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
17 analysts cover ERAS with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $24.
What does Erasca, Inc. do?Erasca is a clinical-stage precision oncology company targeting RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers, with two Phase 1...
Erasca is a clinical-stage precision oncology company targeting RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers, with two Phase 1 clinical programs — ERAS-0015 (pan-RAS molecular glue) and ERAS-4001 (pan-KRAS inhibitor) — and no approved products or revenue. The company reported a net loss of $124.5 million for 2025 and an accumulated deficit of $892.2 million as of December 31, 2025.