Adial Pharmaceuticals

ADIL

Biotechnology · Healthcare

Price

$2.80

+0.01 (+0.36%)

Market Cap

$2.7M

Exchange

NASDAQ Capital Market

Winston Score

–

No score yet — Winston is napping.

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

Share count rising — dilution

+2148.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 30K (2021) → 669K (2025)

Adial Pharmaceuticals is a small clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing treatments for addiction and related disorders. Its lead drug candidate, AD04, is designed to reduce alcohol use in people with alcohol use disorder, targeting a specific serotonin receptor in the brain. The company is working to bring a genetically targeted therapy to a patient population that has very few effective medication options today.

Adial does not yet sell any products, so it generates no revenue. It funds its operations through stock offerings and other financing activities, which is typical for early-stage drug developers. The company is based in Charlottesville, Virginia, and operates primarily in the United States. Its main competitive angle is the genetic targeting approach — AD04 is aimed at patients with a specific gene variant — but the biggest risk is that the drug must still pass clinical trials and gain FDA approval before it can ever reach patients or generate sales.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

+82.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$3M/ year

↓ Declining (-19% vs prior year)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

0.5%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~9 months

$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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Adial Pharmaceuticals has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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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

-53.8%

Weak — -53.8% 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

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

N/A

Data not available

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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