Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock

AARD

Biotechnology · Healthcare

Price

$5.86

-0.47 (-7.42%)

Market Cap

$128.2M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

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No score yet — Winston is napping.

We couldn’t gather enough financial data to score this stock reliably.

Share count rising — dilution

+2.0% over 3y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 21.4M (2022) → 21.8M (2025)

Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing small-molecule therapeutics to activate innate homeostatic pathways for the treatment of metabolic diseases. Its lead product candidate is the ARD-101, an oral gut-restricted small-molecule agonist of certain targeting bitter taste receptors expressed in the gut lumen that is in Phase III clinical trial for hyperphagia associated with Prader-Willi Syndrome, as well as in Phase II clinical trial for hyp

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

-130.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$49M/ year

↑ Rising (+182% vs prior year)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

50.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~14 months

$91M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

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Quality

Gross Margin

N/A

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Data not available

Operating Margin

N/A

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Data not available

ROCE

-25.8%

Weak — -25.8% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

N/A

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Data not available

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

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Data not available

FCF Margin

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Data not available

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

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Interest Cover

N/A

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

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Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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