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Cyclerion Therapeutics

CYCN
21
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
$3.64
-0.02 (-0.55%)
Market Cap
$15.8M
Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select
Winston Score
21
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Based on the IPO prospectus (annual filing). This score will refine automatically once the company reports its first quarters.

Share count rising — dilution

+64.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.0M (2021) → 3.2M (2025)

Cyclerion Therapeutics is a small biotech company that focuses on developing medicines for serious diseases affecting the brain and other organs. It spun out of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals in 2019 and works on drugs that target a biological pathway called soluble guanylate cyclase, or sGC, which helps cells communicate using a molecule called nitric oxide. Its main drug candidates are aimed at rare neurological conditions, including a brain disease called CADASIL and a condition called sickle cell disease.

The company makes no meaningful product revenue yet and funds its research through grants, partnerships, and capital raises — a common model for early-stage biotechs. It operates primarily in the United States and is very small, with a market cap near zero, reflecting the high risk investors assign to its pipeline. Its deep negative operating margin shows it spends far more than it earns, and the central risk is whether it can secure enough funding or a partnership to advance its drugs through clinical trials before running out of cash.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-35.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$959,000/ year

Rising (+235% vs prior year)

46.2% of revenue

2.6x the sector average (18%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

25.3%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~7 months

$3M cash & investments

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Heavy R&D investment

Cyclerion Therapeutics is putting 46% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 2.6x the sector average.

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Quality

Gross Margin
100.0%
Premium pricing power — 100.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
-239.8%
Losing money on operations — -239.8%
ROCE
-54.7%
Weak — -54.7% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+3.7%
Slow sales growth (3.7% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
N/A
Data not available

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-159.8%
Burning cash (-159.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.00
Conservative — low debt load (0.00)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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