Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for BCAX in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Oct 12 close
This week brings continued attention to BMO Capital's maintained Buy rating on Bicara Therapeutics, with the firm reiterating its $35 price target. Inducement grants were also announced for two new employees on 1 October 2026 under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), covering non-qualified stock options at an $18.20 exercise price. T. Rowe Price filed an ownership amendment reporting beneficial ownership of 2.8 million shares, representing 4.2% of the class, as of 30 September 2026.
BCAX closed at $17.33, down 1% on the day, with the close sitting between its 50-day average of $22.48 and 200-day average of $21.29. The stock has fallen 24% over one month and 38.3% over three months, though it remains down just 5.1% over one year. The GekkoIndex reads 69.2, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, down 4 points over five days. Price sits 31.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $25.33.
Bicara's next earnings report is scheduled for 9 November 2026 before the open, 28 days away and within a typical 20-trading-day holding window. The prior report on 11 August showed an EPS miss, with actual results of -$0.82 against an estimate of -$0.77, triggering an 11.2% reaction; the company has beaten estimates in 2 of its last 7 quarters. Analyst consensus across 10 firms stands at 7 buy and 3 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $35.50. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in current windows.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Bicara Therapeutics scores 2 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 4 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
Averages disagree
Close $17.33 sits between the 50-day ($22.48) and 200-day ($21.29) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart69.2, Accumulation
Reading 69.2 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex31.6% below
Price is 31.6% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair valueNo data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 28 days
Reports on Nov 9, 2026, 28 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earningsNo data
Not enough years of history for a seasonal read.
A description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
Bicara Therapeutics closed at $17.33 on Oct 12, 2026, −5.1% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $13.70 to $30.99.
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Bicara Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for solid tumors. Its lead candidate, ficerafusp alfa, is a bifunctional antibody designed to act on cancer cells in two ways at once, targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor while also binding to human transforming growth factor beta. This dual-action approach to solid tumor treatment is the company's primary area of work.
The company functions as a subsidiary of Biocon Limited, operating within that broader corporate structure as it advances its pipeline through clinical development.
Bicara Therapeutics is based in Boston, Massachusetts, and was founded in 2018. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker BCAX.
Bicara Therapeutics’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 69.2, in the Accumulation zone, down 4 points over five sessions.
Down 4 points over five sessions, from the Buying zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 29 | +1.7% | +7.3% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 199 | +2.7% | +5.8% | ||
| Neutral | 248 | −2.2% | −2.1% | ||
| Distribution | 35 | +2.4% | −4.4% | ||
| Selling | 4 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average BCAX share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
Bicara Therapeutics trades 31.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $25.33, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Bicara Therapeutics shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$25.33
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 9, 2026
31.6% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 25.6% below the estimate.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Bicara Therapeutics, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for BCAX in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in BCAX were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold BCAX.
Bicara Therapeutics reports on Nov 9, 2026, before the open (28 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 2 of its last 7 reports.
Nov 9, 2026
Expected before the open, 28 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | −$0.82 est −$0.77 | — | −11.2% |
| Mar 26, 2026 | −$0.68 est −$0.72 | — | −1.7% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | −$0.67 est −$0.53 | — | +0.6% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | −$0.50 est −$0.54 | — | +13.4% |
| May 13, 2025 | −$0.68 est −$0.40 | — | −3.5% |
| Mar 27, 2025 | −$0.39 est −$0.28 | — | +2.3% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | −$1.60 est −$0.46 | — | −8.8% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | −$0.23 | — | — |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Bicara Therapeutics is $35.50, +104.8% from the last close, from 10 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 10 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7 | BMO Capital | $35 | +102.0% |
| Sep 8 | JonesTrading | $30 | +73.1% |
| Aug 18 | BMO Capital | $35 | +102.0% |
| Aug 13 | Stifel Nicolaus | $45 | +159.7% |
| Aug 13 | Mizuho Securities | $20 | +15.4% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Bicara Therapeutics’s market cap is $1.14B and revenue of $0 over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Bicara Therapeutics this week reads positive: 2 positive, 1 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
Bicara Therapeutics’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| LLYEli Lilly | Neutral | 14.7% above |
| JNJJohnson & Johnson | Neutral | 3.2% below |
| ABBVAbbVie | Distribution | 28.2% above |
| MRKMerck | Neutral | 8.0% below |
| AZNAstraZeneca | Accumulation | 41.7% below |
| PFEPfizer | Neutral | 8.0% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Bicara Therapeutics’s market cap is $1.14B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $17.33, with 66.17M shares outstanding.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Bicara Therapeutics is $35.50, +104.8% from the last close. Of the 10 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 7 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Bicara Therapeutics is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $17.33 is 31.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $25.33. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Bicara Therapeutics is expected to report on Nov 9, 2026, before the market opens (28 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.84 per share. Bicara Therapeutics beat the earnings estimate in 2 of its last 7 reports, moving 5.9% on average across the report.
Bicara Therapeutics’s 52-week high is $30.99 and its 52-week low is $13.70; it closed at $17.33 on Oct 12, 2026, −5.1% over the past year.
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