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Guardant Health, Inc. had $982M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 32.9% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +27.9% a year on average.
Last close Β· Oct 23, 2026
$169.08
3.8%Hi! I read Guardant Health, Inc.βs latest annual report (fiscal 2025). Here is what stands out:
Good So-so Weak
Are sales growing?
+32.9%
Yes. Sales grew 32.9% last year.
Does it make a profit?
β42.4%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
β23.7%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 9
Mixed. It passes 5 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
β
No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
Rules of thumb on reported numbers. A starting point, not a recommendation.
Is it selling more, and how much does it keep?
In plain words: Every quarter, companies publish how much they sold and earned. These are the days Guardant Health, Inc. did it, and the next one. Share prices often move a lot on those days.
Next results
November 5, 2026
Thursday Β· in 10 days
| Date | Results for | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | Q2 '26 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| May 7, 2026 | Q1 '26 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Jan 11, 2026 | Q4 '25 | Time not announced | 8-K β |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Q3 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Q2 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Q1 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Q4 '24 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Q3 '24 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
From SEC filings: the results press release (8-K) or, without one, the quarterly or annual report.
KIRA Β· Guardant Health, Inc. had $982M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 32.9% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +27.9% a year on average. Its operating margin was β44.5%, up 15.5Β pts: of every 100 in sales, about β45 is left after running the business.
In plain words: Revenue is all the money customers paid. The margins show how many cents of each dollar of sales are left over at each step: after making the product (gross), after running the business (operating) and after everything, tax included (net).
Revenue
Revenue
Margins, % of revenue
Margins, % of revenue
KIRA Β· Guardant Health, Inc. lost $416M in fiscal 2025.
Loss periods are shown in red.
In plain words: Net income is the profit left after every cost and tax. Earnings per share (EPS) splits that profit across every share, so it shows what one share earned.
Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
Diluted EPS
How much cash comes in, and where does it go?
KIRA Β· Free cash flow was β$233M in fiscal 2025, β23.7% of revenue.
Cash from operations minus capital spending.
In plain words: Profit on paper is not the same as cash in the bank. Free cash flow is the cash left after paying to run and maintain the business: the money it can hand back to shareholders, save or invest.
Free cash flow
Free cash flow
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
KIRA Β· Guardant Health, Inc. returned $45.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 2.1%.
In plain words: Companies hand cash back in two ways: dividends (cash paid to shareholders) and buybacks (buying back their own shares, so each remaining share owns a bigger slice).
Dividends and buybacks
Dividends and buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)
KIRA Β· No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. βPlanβ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
In plain words: Insiders are the people who run or own a big part of the company. Buying with their own money can signal confidence; selling often has personal reasons, like taxes or diversifying.
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.
Can it carry its debts, and how well does it use its money?
KIRA Β· Guardant Health, Inc. owes $302M more than it holds in cash.
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Guardant Health, Inc. can carry it.
In plain words: What the company owns and what it owes. More cash than debt is a cushion for bad times; a lot of debt leaves less room when business slows down.
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $933M | $1.0B | $1.2B | $840M | $1.2B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | β | β | β | $1.1B | $1.5B |
| Interest coverage | β159.5x | β211.2x | β219.1x | β171.9x | β112.2x |
| Current ratio | 5.7x | 6.2x | 6.5x | 4.7x | 4.8x |
| Quick ratio | 5.6x | 5.9x | 6.2x | 4.4x | 4.6x |
| Total assets | $2.2B | $1.6B | $1.8B | $1.5B | $2.0B |
| Total liabilities | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $2.1B |
| Shareholders' equity | $645M | $60.2M | $159M | β$140M | β$99.3M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | $303M | $302M |
KIRA Β· Its return on capital was β170.1%: every 100 invested in the business earned about β170 in a year.
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
In plain words: How much profit the business makes on the money put into it. A higher percentage means each dollar invested works harder.
Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
KIRA Β· Guardant Health, Inc. passes 5 of 9 financial health tests (Piotroski F-score).
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
In plain words: Nine yes/no tests of financial health, one point each. A green tick is a pass: 7 to 9 points is solid, 0 to 3 is 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 | β / 4 | 3 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 2 / 7 | 2 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 4 / 7 | 3 / 8 | 5 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β3.2% | β2.8% | β3.7% | β8.8% | β7.9% | β18.1% | β9.1% | β12.0% | β13.2% |
| Altman Z'' | β | 10.35 | 10.22 | 9.12 | 5.12 | 0.43 | β1.53 | β1.74 | β4.09 | β2.57 |
Every number, year by year.
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioβs name for its definition.
In plain words: Every number we have, year by year. Download it as a spreadsheet if you want to dig deeper.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $25.2M | $49.8M | $90.6M | $214M | $287M | $374M | $450M | $564M | $739M | $982M |
| Gross profit | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | $337M | $449M | $633M |
| Research and development | $10.9M | $25.6M | $50.7M | $86.3M | $150M | $263M | $374M | $367M | $348M | $364M |
| Operating income | β$43.8M | β$76.6M | β$92.9M | β$82.4M | β$255M | β$411M | β$544M | β$565M | β$444M | β$437M |
| Interest expense | $3.0M | $2.7M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $4.8M | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.6M | $3.9M |
| Pretax income | β$46.1M | β$83.2M | β$84.2M | β$69.7M | β$246M | β$384M | β$653M | β$479M | β$435M | β$418M |
| Income tax | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β$1.9M | $0.4M | $0.3M | $1.1M | $0.7M | $1.3M | β$1.3M |
| Net income | β$46.1M | β$83.2M | β$85.1M | β$75.7M | β$246M | β$385M | β$655M | β$479M | β$436M | β$416M |
| Net income to common | β$46.1M | β$89.0M | β$85.1M | β$75.7M | β$254M | β$406M | β$655M | β$479M | β$436M | β$416M |
| Diluted EPS | β$3.53 | β$7.07 | β$2.80 | β$0.84 | β$2.60 | β$4.00 | β$6.41 | β$4.28 | β$3.56 | β$3.32 |
| Diluted shares | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.03B | 0.09B | 0.10B | 0.10B | 0.10B | 0.11B | 0.12B | 0.13B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | β$36.7M | β$72.2M | β$72.2M | β$47.1M | β$104M | β$209M | β$309M | β$325M | β$240M | β$185M |
| Capital expenditure | $1.8M | $6.7M | $20.2M | $18.7M | $36.2M | $75.0M | $77.5M | $20.5M | $35.1M | $48.3M |
| Free cash flow | β$38.5M | β$78.9M | β$92.4M | β$65.9M | β$140M | β$284M | β$387M | β$345M | β$275M | β$233M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $3.7M | $5.2M | $7.1M | $11.4M | $16.1M | $22.3M | $36.0M | $42.9M | $42.4M | $39.7M |
| Stock-based compensation | $2.0M | $3.7M | $6.9M | $17.0M | $144M | $151M | $94.7M | $90.8M | $140M | $166M |
| Acquisitions | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $7.3M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $59.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0.1M | $7.2M | $0.2M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $45.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.1M | $7.2M | $0.2M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $45.0M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $33.6M | $221M | $419M | $523M | $1.8B | $933M | $1.0B | $1.2B | $840M | $1.2B |
| Total debt | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | $1.1B | $1.5B |
| Current assets | β | $243M | $469M | $597M | $1.9B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.1B | $1.5B |
| Current liabilities | β | $19.6M | $46.9M | $72.7M | $66.8M | $195M | $193M | $206M | $226M | $303M |
| Inventory | β | $7.3M | $9.1M | $15.2M | $22.7M | $30.7M | $51.6M | $61.9M | $71.1M | $85.9M |
| Property and equipment, net | β | $16.0M | $31.0M | $43.7M | $62.8M | $124M | $168M | $145M | $137M | $146M |
| Goodwill | β | β | $0.0M | $3.3M | $3.3M | $3.3M | $3.3M | $3.3M | $3.3M | $77.3M |
| Intangible assets | β | β | $0.0M | $8.5M | $16.2M | $14.2M | $11.7M | $9.0M | $6.8M | $25.9M |
| Total assets | β | $343M | $587M | $963M | $2.3B | $2.2B | $1.6B | $1.8B | $1.5B | $2.0B |
| Total liabilities | β | $34.3M | $62.5M | $115M | $916M | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $2.1B |
| Shareholders' equity | $79.7M | $309M | $483M | $798M | $1.3B | $645M | $60.2M | $159M | β$140M | β$99.3M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 59.7% | 60.8% | 64.5% |
| Operating margin | β173.7% | β153.7% | β102.5% | β38.4% | β88.9% | β110.0% | β121.1% | β100.1% | β60.0% | β44.5% |
| EBITDA margin | β159.0% | β143.3% | β94.7% | β33.1% | β83.3% | β104.0% | β113.1% | β92.5% | β54.3% | β40.5% |
| Net margin | β182.7% | β167.0% | β93.8% | β35.3% | β85.9% | β103.0% | β145.6% | β85.0% | β59.0% | β42.4% |
| FCF margin | β152.4% | β158.3% | β101.9% | β30.7% | β48.9% | β76.0% | β86.1% | β61.3% | β37.2% | β23.7% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β215.1% | β170.1% |
| Return on capital employed | β | β23.7% | β17.2% | β9.3% | β11.6% | β20.4% | β38.4% | β35.7% | β35.2% | β25.6% |
| Return on equity | β57.9% | β42.9% | β21.5% | β11.8% | β23.5% | β39.6% | β185.7% | β438.1% | β4,584.5% | β |
| Return on assets | β | β24.3% | β18.3% | β9.8% | β15.2% | β17.2% | β34.3% | β28.2% | β26.7% | β23.8% |
| Return on tangible equity | β57.9% | β28.8% | β17.6% | β9.6% | β19.8% | β64.6% | β1,449.4% | β327.5% | β | β |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 97.4% | 81.9% | 136.5% | 33.8% | 30.3% | 20.3% | 25.5% | 31.0% | 32.9% |
| Share count change | β | β3.6% | 141.6% | 198.0% | 7.6% | 3.9% | 0.9% | 9.6% | 9.6% | 2.1% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Interest coverage | β14.5x | β28.4x | β74.3x | β69.7x | β53.5x | β159.5x | β211.2x | β219.1x | β171.9x | β112.2x |
| Current ratio | β | 12.4x | 10.0x | 8.2x | 28.3x | 5.7x | 6.2x | 6.5x | 4.7x | 4.8x |
| Quick ratio | β | 12.0x | 9.8x | 8.0x | 27.9x | 5.6x | 5.9x | 6.2x | 4.4x | 4.6x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 7.0% | 13.4% | 22.3% | 8.7% | 12.6% | 20.1% | 17.2% | 3.6% | 4.7% | 4.9% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 7.8% | 7.4% | 7.6% | 7.9% | 50.3% | 40.5% | 21.1% | 16.1% | 19.0% | 16.9% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | β | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| Altman Z'' | β | 10.3 | 10.2 | 9.1 | 5.1 | 0.4 | β1.5 | β1.7 | β4.1 | β2.6 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β3.2% | β2.8% | β3.7% | β8.8% | β7.9% | β18.1% | β9.1% | β12.0% | β13.2% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001576280). 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.
