Achieve Life Sciences

ACHV

Biotechnology · Healthcare

Price

$6.27

+0.31 (+5.20%)

Market Cap

$643.7M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

–

No score yet — Winston is napping.

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

Share count rising — dilution

+436.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 8.1M (2021) → 43.6M (2025)

Achieve Life Sciences, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes of cytisinicline for smoking cessation and nicotine addiction in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The company offers cytisinicline, a plant-based alkaloid that interacts with nicotine receptors in the brain that reduce the severity of nicotine withdrawal symptoms. It has license agreements with Sopharma AD and University of Bristol. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

+48.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$23M/ year

→ Flat (+1% vs prior year)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

14.8%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~12 months

$28M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

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

-40.8%

Weak — -40.8% 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

N/A

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Data not available

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.40

Elevated debt (1.40)

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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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

not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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