Ovid Therapeutics

OVID

Biotechnology · Healthcare

Price

$2.44

-0.01 (-0.41%)

Market Cap

$321.8M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Based on the IPO prospectus (annual filing). This score will refine automatically once the company reports its first quarters.

Share count rising — dilution

+8.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 68.1M (2021) → 73.7M (2025)

Ovid Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops impactful medicines for patients and families with neurological disorders in the United States. The company is developing OV101, a drug candidate, which is in Phase 2A clinical trials for the treatment of fragile X syndrome; OV329, a GABA aminotransferase inhibitor for the treatment of seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex and infantile spasms; and OV350, a small molecule for treating epilepsies. It also develops OV882,

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+14.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$26M/ year

↓ Declining (-30% vs prior year)

352.8% of revenue

19.6x the sector average (18%)

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

Insider Activity

13.6%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~20 months

$94M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

Ovid Therapeutics's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

95.9%

Premium pricing power — 95.9% gross margin

Operating Margin

-585.2%

Losing money on operations — -585.2%

ROCE

-32.5%

Weak — -32.5% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY

+1181.3%

Fast-growing sales (1181.3% 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

-528.6%

Burning cash (-528.6%)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

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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