Coherus Oncology, Inc. Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock
Rhea-AI Summary
Coherus Oncology (NASDAQ: CHRS) priced an underwritten public offering of 28,600,000 common shares at $1.75 per share, raising approximately $50.1 million in gross proceeds. The company granted a 30-day option for an additional 4,290,000 shares and expects closing on or about February 17, 2026.
Net proceeds are intended to support commercialization of LOQTORZI (toripalimab-tpzi), continue clinical development, and for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Positive
- Gross proceeds of approximately $50.1 million
- Proceeds designated to support LOQTORZI commercialization
- Proceeds allocated to continue clinical development
- 30-day overallotment option for 4,290,000 additional shares (15%)
Negative
- Issuance of 28,600,000 new shares will dilute existing shareholders
- Gross proceeds subject to underwriting discounts and offering expenses
News Market Reaction – CHRS
On the day this news was published, CHRS declined 1.47%, reflecting a mild negative market reaction. Argus tracked a trough of -16.4% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner triggered 19 alerts that day, indicating notable trading interest and price volatility. This price movement removed approximately $4M from the company's valuation, bringing the market cap to $243M at that time. Trading volume was elevated at 2.9x the daily average, suggesting increased selling activity.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
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Market Reality Check
Peers on Argus
CHRS was down 1.47% while only one tracked peer (MCRB) appeared in momentum scanners, also moving down modestly despite a much larger same-day news-driven decline of 41.66% earlier. Other biotech peers showed mixed single‑stock moves, indicating CHRS action was offering‑specific rather than a broad sector move.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12 | Equity offering launch | Negative | -1.5% | Proposed underwritten stock offering from Form S-3 shelf with 15% overallotment. |
| Jan 06 | Conference appearance | Neutral | -5.6% | Management scheduling a presentation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. |
| Jan 05 | Preclinical publication | Positive | +5.1% | Publication of strong pharmacology and biomarker data for CCR8 antibody tagmokitug. |
| Dec 08 | Phase 3 survival data | Positive | +6.7% | LOQTORZI plus chemotherapy nearly doubling median overall survival in JUPITER-02. |
| Nov 07 | Biomarker update | Positive | -10.1% | SITC multiomic biomarker data for CHS-114 showing strong intratumoral immune effects. |
The stock has tended to react negatively to financing and event headlines, but has shown positive moves on major efficacy data, with one notable divergence on positive biomarker results.
Over the past few months, Coherus has mixed financing, corporate, and clinical catalysts. A prior Feb 12, 2026 proposed offering saw a -1.47% move, foreshadowing the current priced deal. Conference participation on Jan 13, 2026 coincided with a -5.56% move. In contrast, strong LOQTORZI Phase 3 survival data on Dec 8, 2025 and CCR8 program updates on Jan 5, 2026 drove moves of +6.67% and +5.11%. Earlier SITC biomarker data on Nov 7, 2025 saw a -10.07% decline despite positive science.
Regulatory & Risk Context
An effective Form S-3 shelf filed on Nov 13, 2025 allows Coherus to issue up to $150.0 million of mixed securities via underwritten or ATM offerings. Recent 424B5 supplements on Jan 23, 2026 and Feb 12, 2026 show active use of this capacity for common stock financings.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement prices an underwritten offering of 28.6 million shares at $1.75 per share, with gross proceeds of about $50.1 million and an option for an additional 4.29 million shares. The raise draws on an existing $150.0 million Form S‑3 shelf and follows an active ATM program. Proceeds are earmarked for LOQTORZI commercialization, clinical development, and general purposes. Investors may watch execution on these uses of capital alongside evolving clinical and revenue updates.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherus Oncology, Inc. (“Coherus” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CHRS), today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 28,600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Offering”). The shares of common stock are being sold at a public offering price of
Coherus intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to support the ongoing commercialization of LOQTORZI® (toripalimab-tpzi), to continue clinical development of its product candidates, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
TD Cowen, Guggenheim Securities, and Oppenheimer & Co. are acting as the joint bookrunners for the Offering.
The securities described above are being offered by Coherus pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-291520) that was previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 13, 2025. The Offering is being made only by means of a written prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the Offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained, when available, by request from: TD Securities (USA) LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by email at TDManualrequest@broadridge.com; Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 330 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10017, by telephone at (212) 518-9544, or by email at GSEquityProspectusDelivery@guggenheimpartners.com; or Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Attention: Syndicate Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10004, or by telephone at (212) 667-8055, or by email at EquityProspectus@opco.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About Coherus Oncology, Inc.
Coherus Oncology is a fully integrated commercial-stage innovative oncology company with an approved next-generation PD-1 inhibitor, LOQTORZI® (toripalimab-tpzi), and a pipeline that includes two mid-stage clinical candidates targeting liver, prostate, head & neck, colorectal and other cancers. The Company’s strategy is to grow sales of LOQTORZI in R/M nasopharyngeal carcinoma and advance the development of new indications for LOQTORZI in combination with both its pipeline candidates as well as through its partners.
Coherus’ innovative oncology pipeline includes multiple antibody immunotherapy candidates focused on enhancing the innate and adaptive immune responses to enable a robust antitumor response and enhance outcomes for patients with cancer. Tagmokitug is a highly selective cytolytic anti-CCR8 antibody currently in Phase 1b/2a studies in patients with advanced solid tumors, including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, and esophageal cancer. Casdozokitug is a novel IL-27 antagonistic antibody currently being evaluated in a Phase 2 study in patients with first-line hepatocellular carcinoma.
LOQTORZI® is a registered trademark of Coherus Oncology, Inc.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained herein, including, without limitation, statements regarding the completion of the Offering, the expected gross proceeds of the Offering, the anticipated use of proceeds from the Offering and the potential exercise by the underwriters of an option to purchase additional shares, are forward-looking statements reflecting the current beliefs and expectations of Coherus’ management made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements represent Coherus’ current expectations regarding future events and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by the forward-looking statements. Among those risks and uncertainties are market conditions, including market interest rates, tariffs, the trading price and volatility of Coherus’ common stock, the satisfaction of closing conditions related to the Offering, and risks relating to Coherus’ business, including those identified in the “Risk Factors” section of Coherus’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, in its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the SEC, as well as the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the Offering. The forward-looking statements included in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release, and Coherus does not undertake to update the statements included in this press release for subsequent developments, except as may be required by law.
Coherus Oncology Contact Information:
For Investors:
Carrie Graham
VP, Investor Relations & Advocacy
IR@coherus.com