With the business potentially at an important milestone, we thought we'd take a closer look at Outlook Therapeutics, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:OTLK) future prospects. Outlook Therapeutics, Inc., operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing monoclonal antibodies for various ophthalmic indications. The US$116m market-cap company posted a loss in its most recent financial year of US$59m and a latest trailing-twelve-month loss of US$94m leading to an even wider gap between loss and breakeven. The most pressing concern for investors is Outlook Therapeutics' path to profitability – when will it breakeven? We've put together a brief outline of industry analyst expectations for the company, its year of breakeven and its implied growth rate.

According to the 6 industry analysts covering Outlook Therapeutics, the consensus is that breakeven is near. They anticipate the company to incur a final loss in 2026, before generating positive profits of US$143m in 2027. Therefore, the company is expected to breakeven roughly 3 years from now. What rate will the company have to grow year-on-year in order to breakeven on this date? Using a line of best fit, we calculated an average annual growth rate of 56%, which is extremely buoyant. If this rate turns out to be too aggressive, the company may become profitable much later than analysts predict.

Underlying developments driving Outlook Therapeutics' growth isn't the focus of this broad overview, however, bear in mind that by and large biotechs, depending on the stage of product development, have irregular periods of cash flow. So, a high growth rate is not out of the ordinary, particularly when a company is in a period of investment.

One thing we would like to bring into light with Outlook Therapeutics is it currently has negative equity on its balance sheet. Accounting methods used to deal with losses accumulated over time can cause this to occur. This is because liabilities are carried forward into the future until it cancels. These losses tend to occur only on paper, however, in other cases it can be forewarning.

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There are key fundamentals of Outlook Therapeutics which are not covered in this article, but we must stress again that this is merely a basic overview. For a more comprehensive look at Outlook Therapeutics, take a look at Outlook Therapeutics' company page on Simply Wall St. We've also put together a list of important factors you should further examine:

1. Historical Track Record: What has Outlook Therapeutics' performance been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.
2. Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on Outlook Therapeutics' board and the CEO's background.
3. Other High-Performing Stocks: Are there other stocks that provide better prospects with proven track records? Explore our free list of these great stocks here.

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