Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
AXSM Nasdaq Pharmaceutical Preparations Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. does
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- Legal name
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 23, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001193125-26-064267
0001579428
Revenue and margins
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. had $638M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 65.5% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was β$93.9M in fiscal 2025, β14.7% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. returned β to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 3.8%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $86.5M | $201M | $386M | $315M | $323M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $49.1M | $94.3M | $178M | $185M | $195M |
| Debt / equity | 3.1x | 0.9x | 0.9x | 3.2x | 2.1x |
| Current ratio | 3.8x | 2.5x | 3.6x | 2.1x | 1.6x |
| Quick ratio | 3.8x | 2.5x | 3.5x | 2.0x | 1.5x |
| Total assets | $87.8M | $331M | $588M | $568M | $690M |
| Total liabilities | $72.2M | $222M | $397M | $511M | $602M |
| Shareholders' equity | $15.6M | $110M | $191M | $57.0M | $88.3M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β$37.4M | β$107M | β$208M | β$130M | β$128M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 1 / 7 | 1 / 7 | 4 / 7 | 1 / 7 | 1 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 4 / 8 | 2 / 8 | 4 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β15.5% | β6.7% | β3.6% | β18.6% | β12.0% | β16.2% | β33.7% | β20.5% | β27.5% | β14.3% |
| Altman Z'' | β2.25 | β6.96 | β35.21 | 5.66 | β1.15 | β19.77 | β6.04 | β2.70 | β6.70 | β5.64 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | β | β | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $271M | $386M | $638M |
| Gross profit | β | β | β | β | β | β | β$5.2M | β | β | β |
| Research and development | $21.2M | $20.0M | $23.5M | $53.6M | $70.2M | $58.1M | $57.9M | $97.9M | $187M | $183M |
| Operating income | β$27.5M | β$27.2M | β$32.8M | β$67.2M | β$99.1M | β$125M | β$180M | β$232M | β$281M | β$167M |
| Interest expense | β | β | β | β | β | β | β$9.7M | β$20.0M | β$21.6M | β$15.9M |
| Pretax income | β | β | β | β | β | β$130M | β$187M | β$238M | β$287M | β$184M |
| Income tax | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $1.0M | $0.1M | β$0.5M |
| Net income | β$27.2M | β$28.9M | β$31.0M | β$68.3M | β$103M | β$130M | β$187M | β$239M | β$287M | β$183M |
| Diluted EPS | β$1.42 | β$1.27 | β$1.15 | β$2.01 | β$2.77 | β$3.47 | β$4.60 | β$5.27 | β$5.99 | β$3.68 |
| Diluted shares | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | β$21.3M | β$26.5M | β$30.1M | β$46.4M | β$78.5M | β$108M | β$117M | β$145M | β$128M | β$93.4M |
| Capital expenditure | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M | $0.7M | $0.6M | $0.3M | $0.5M |
| Free cash flow | β$21.4M | β$26.5M | β$30.1M | β$46.4M | β$78.5M | β$109M | β$117M | β$146M | β$129M | β$93.9M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.3M | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.5M |
| Stock-based compensation | $2.0M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $6.1M | $14.8M | $20.8M | $37.7M | $62.6M | $85.2M | $93.8M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $36.6M | $34.0M | $14.0M | $220M | $184M | $86.5M | $201M | $386M | $315M | $323M |
| Total debt | $9.7M | $9.9M | $6.9M | $19.9M | $48.3M | $49.1M | $94.3M | $178M | $181M | $188M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | $4.4M | $6.8M |
| Current assets | $38.0M | $35.3M | $15.2M | $220M | $184M | $86.5M | $246M | $504M | $485M | $589M |
| Current liabilities | $7.2M | $12.2M | $10.8M | $24.5M | $23.4M | $23.1M | $96.6M | $139M | $230M | $379M |
| Inventory | β | β | β | β | β | β | $4.3M | $15.1M | $15.7M | $27.9M |
| Property and equipment, net | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.3M | $0.7M | $0.8M | $0.6M | $0.6M |
| Goodwill | β | β | β | β | β | β | $10.3M | $12.0M | $12.0M | $12.0M |
| Intangible assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | $59.7M | $53.3M | $46.9M | $40.5M |
| Total assets | $38.2M | $35.6M | $15.4M | $221M | $186M | $87.8M | $331M | $588M | $568M | $690M |
| Total liabilities | $16.6M | $18.8M | $14.4M | $41.8M | $72.3M | $72.2M | $222M | $397M | $511M | $602M |
| Shareholders' equity | $21.6M | $16.7M | $0.9M | $179M | $114M | $15.6M | $110M | $191M | $57.0M | $88.3M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Operating margin | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β85.7% | β72.7% | β26.1% |
| EBITDA margin | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β85.5% | β72.6% | β26.0% |
| Net margin | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β88.4% | β74.5% | β28.7% |
| FCF margin | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β53.8% | β33.4% | β14.7% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β | β | β | β | β | β | β4,777.7% | β | β | β |
| Return on capital employed | β88.7% | β116.2% | β720.7% | β34.3% | β60.9% | β192.7% | β76.5% | β51.6% | β82.9% | β53.6% |
| Return on equity | β126.1% | β151.2% | β350.8% | β76.1% | β70.4% | β201.5% | β299.0% | β159.2% | β231.6% | β252.1% |
| Return on assets | β71.2% | β78.5% | β121.6% | β57.9% | β50.6% | β95.2% | β89.3% | β52.0% | β49.7% | β29.1% |
| Return on tangible equity | β126.1% | β173.1% | β3,301.6% | β38.2% | β90.4% | β834.3% | β472.7% | β190.4% | β | β512.6% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 42.5% | 65.5% |
| Share count change | β | 18.9% | 18.1% | 26.5% | 9.4% | 1.1% | 8.1% | 11.7% | 5.5% | 3.8% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Debt / equity | 0.5x | 0.6x | 7.4x | 0.1x | 0.4x | 3.1x | 0.9x | 0.9x | 3.2x | 2.1x |
| Current ratio | 5.3x | 2.9x | 1.4x | 9.0x | 7.9x | 3.8x | 2.5x | 3.6x | 2.1x | 1.6x |
| Quick ratio | 5.3x | 2.9x | 1.4x | 9.0x | 7.9x | 3.8x | 2.5x | 3.5x | 2.0x | 1.5x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Stock comp / revenue | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 23.1% | 22.1% | 14.7% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Altman Z'' | β2.3 | β7.0 | β35.2 | 5.7 | β1.2 | β19.8 | β6.0 | β2.7 | β6.7 | β5.6 |
| Accruals ratio | β15.5% | β6.7% | β3.6% | β18.6% | β12.0% | β16.2% | β33.7% | β20.5% | β27.5% | β14.3% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001579428). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.