Spero Therapeutics, Inc.
SPRO Nasdaq Pharmaceutical Preparations Financials FY2016βFY2025
Last close Β· Oct 23, 2026
$1.11
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- Legal name
- Spero Therapeutics, Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Mar 26, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001193125-26-126192
0001701108
Revenue and margins
Spero Therapeutics, Inc. had $66.8M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 39.2% 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 in fiscal 2025, β of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Spero Therapeutics, Inc. returned β to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 9.3%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Spero Therapeutics, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $146M | $109M | $76.3M | $52.9M | $40.3M |
| Current ratio | 8.5x | 5.2x | 3.5x | 2.2x | 7.6x |
| Quick ratio | 8.5x | 5.2x | 3.5x | 2.2x | 7.6x |
| Total assets | $171M | $125M | $182M | $111M | $68.9M |
| Total liabilities | $82.8M | $48.9M | $75.5M | $64.4M | $9.9M |
| Shareholders' equity | $88.3M | $75.9M | $107M | $46.1M | $59.0M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β | β |
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
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 2 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 2 / 7 | 2 / 7 | 2 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 1 / 7 | 4 / 7 |
| Accruals ratio | 25.2% | 0.7% | β1.9% | β9.3% | 5.8% | β15.7% | β26.1% | 36.3% | β30.8% | 23.6% |
| Altman Z'' | β31.04 | 9.93 | 9.18 | β3.40 | 2.45 | β4.00 | β6.62 | β1.33 | β13.81 | β8.90 |
10 years of figures
US$ 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 | $0.3M | $2.0M | $4.0M | $18.1M | $9.3M | $18.3M | $53.5M | $104M | $48.0M | $66.8M |
| Research and development | $26.3M | $32.9M | $33.9M | $65.8M | $67.0M | $64.5M | $47.6M | $51.4M | $96.8M | $38.5M |
| Operating income | β$33.2M | β$41.7M | β$42.8M | β$63.2M | β$79.1M | β$88.0M | β$42.2M | $21.5M | β$73.4M | $6.3M |
| Pretax income | β$32.6M | β$39.9M | β$41.7M | β$60.9M | β$78.3M | β$89.8M | β$46.4M | $25.4M | β$68.6M | $8.8M |
| Income tax | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $2.6M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| Net income | β$25.5M | β$38.7M | β$41.7M | β$60.9M | β$78.3M | β$89.8M | β$46.4M | $22.8M | β$68.6M | $8.6M |
| Net income to common | β$29.9M | β$46.1M | β$41.7M | β$60.9M | β$78.8M | β$89.8M | $46.4M | β | β | β |
| Diluted EPS | β$95.87 | β$17.82 | β$2.60 | β$3.35 | β$3.52 | β$2.91 | β$1.23 | $0.43 | β$1.27 | $0.15 |
| Diluted shares | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.03B | 0.04B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.06B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | β$29.0M | β$39.1M | β$39.6M | β$50.0M | β$85.9M | β$64.3M | β$7.7M | β$33.0M | β$23.4M | β$12.6M |
| Capital expenditure | $0.8M | $0.0M | $2.4M | $0.3M | $0.2M | β | β | β | β | β |
| Free cash flow | β$29.8M | β$39.1M | β$42.1M | β$50.3M | β$86.0M | β | β | β | β | β |
| Depreciation and amortization | $0.3M | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.8M | $0.8M | $0.6M | $0.9M | $0.4M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Stock-based compensation | $0.2M | $1.4M | $2.7M | $3.8M | $4.9M | $9.4M | $9.1M | $7.9M | $7.8M | $4.3M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $10.3M | $87.3M | $115M | $82.0M | $127M | $146M | $109M | $76.3M | $52.9M | $40.3M |
| Current assets | $11.9M | $92.1M | $124M | $95.4M | $139M | $158M | $114M | $131M | $107M | $67.3M |
| Current liabilities | $6.9M | $8.2M | $12.3M | $26.7M | $14.3M | $18.7M | $21.6M | $37.2M | $49.1M | $8.9M |
| Property and equipment, net | $1.5M | $1.2M | $2.9M | $2.3M | $1.7M | $1.0M | $0.4M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β |
| Total assets | $13.8M | $93.5M | $129M | $106M | $153M | $171M | $125M | $182M | $111M | $68.9M |
| Total liabilities | $7.4M | $8.5M | $13.2M | $31.5M | $21.4M | $82.8M | $48.9M | $75.5M | $64.4M | $9.9M |
| Preferred stock | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | β$45.4M | $84.6M | $116M | $74.6M | $132M | $88.3M | $75.9M | $107M | $46.1M | $59.0M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Operating margin | β9,916.7% | β2,108.6% | β1,079.3% | β348.4% | β847.9% | β481.9% | β78.9% | 20.7% | β152.9% | 9.5% |
| EBITDA margin | β9,833.4% | β2,090.3% | β1,069.0% | β344.2% | β839.8% | β478.3% | β77.2% | 21.1% | β152.9% | 9.5% |
| Net margin | β7,609.3% | β1,957.7% | β1,051.4% | β335.6% | β839.2% | β491.9% | β86.7% | 22.0% | β142.9% | 12.8% |
| FCF margin | β8,892.2% | β1,977.7% | β1,060.5% | β277.4% | β922.1% | β | β | β | β | β |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital employed | β484.7% | β48.9% | β36.7% | β79.6% | β56.9% | β57.7% | β40.9% | 14.8% | β119.3% | 10.5% |
| Return on equity | β | β197.9% | β41.7% | β64.1% | β75.8% | β81.5% | β56.5% | 24.9% | β89.6% | 16.3% |
| Return on assets | β185.1% | β72.2% | β37.5% | β51.8% | β60.3% | β55.3% | β31.4% | 14.8% | β46.8% | 9.6% |
| Return on tangible equity | β | β54.5% | β36.1% | β81.7% | β59.7% | β101.7% | 61.1% | 21.3% | β148.7% | 14.5% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 490.7% | 100.4% | 357.6% | β48.6% | 95.7% | 193.1% | 94.0% | β53.8% | 39.2% |
| Net income growth | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β400.6% | β |
| EPS growth | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β395.3% | β |
| Share count change | β | 728.6% | 518.6% | 13.5% | 23.3% | 38.0% | 21.7% | 41.0% | 2.0% | 9.3% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Current ratio | 1.7x | 11.3x | 10.1x | 3.6x | 9.7x | 8.5x | 5.2x | 3.5x | 2.2x | 7.6x |
| Quick ratio | 1.7x | 11.3x | 10.1x | 3.6x | 9.7x | 8.5x | 5.2x | 3.5x | 2.2x | 7.6x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 247.8% | 1.4% | 61.4% | 1.7% | 1.7% | β | β | β | β | β |
| Stock comp / revenue | 53.7% | 72.1% | 69.3% | 20.8% | 52.4% | 51.7% | 17.0% | 7.6% | 16.2% | 6.5% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Altman Z'' | β31.0 | 9.9 | 9.2 | β3.4 | 2.4 | β4.0 | β6.6 | β1.3 | β13.8 | β8.9 |
| Accruals ratio | 25.2% | 0.7% | β1.9% | β9.3% | 5.8% | β15.7% | β26.1% | 36.3% | β30.8% | 23.6% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001701108). 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.