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Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. had $44.5M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 22.6% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed β0.6% a year on average.
Last close Β· Oct 23, 2026
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3.1%Hi! I read Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.βs latest annual report (fiscal 2025). Here is what stands out:
Good So-so Weak
Are sales growing?
β22.6%
No. Sales fell 22.6% last year.
Does it make a profit?
β188.1%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
β119.0%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
How healthy are the accounts?
2 / 9
Weak. It passes 2 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 Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. did it, and the next one. Share prices often move a lot on those days.
Next results
November 4, 2026
Wednesday Β· in 9 days
| Date | Results for | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | Q2 '26 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| May 12, 2026 | Q1 '26 | Time not announced | 8-K β |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Q4 '25 | Time not announced | 8-K β |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Q3 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Q2 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| May 12, 2025 | Q1 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Q4 '24 | Before the market opens | 8-K β |
| Nov 4, 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· Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. had $44.5M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 22.6% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed β0.6% a year on average. Its operating margin was β159.5%, down 106.0Β pts: of every 100 in sales, about β160 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· Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. lost $83.8M 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$53.0M in fiscal 2025, β119.0% 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
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
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· Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. has $66.2M more cash than debt.
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Aquestive Therapeutics, 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 | $28.0M | $27.3M | $23.9M | $71.5M | $121M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | β | $33.4M | $45.0M | $45.0M | $55.0M |
| Interest coverage | β3.5x | β6.4x | β2.4x | β2.8x | β6.4x |
| Current ratio | 2.2x | 1.0x | 2.2x | 4.7x | 3.1x |
| Quick ratio | 2.0x | 0.9x | 1.9x | 4.4x | 3.0x |
| Total assets | $62.0M | $57.1M | $57.4M | $101M | $160M |
| Total liabilities | $144M | $176M | $164M | $162M | $194M |
| Shareholders' equity | β$82.1M | β$119M | β$106M | β$60.2M | β$33.7M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | $6.2M | $21.1M | β$26.5M | β$66.2M |
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· Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. passes 2 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 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | β / 6 | 2 / 7 | 4 / 9 | 3 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 4 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 2 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β34.2% | β74.5% | β7.3% | β14.6% | β60.2% | β74.9% | β2.6% | β10.5% | β23.9% |
| Altman Z'' | β7.55 | β2.84 | β5.85 | β12.24 | β15.18 | β23.40 | β17.98 | β9.62 | β8.08 |
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 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||||||
| Revenue | $66.9M | $67.4M | $52.6M | $45.8M | $50.8M | $47.7M | $50.6M | $57.6M | $44.5M |
| Gross profit | β | β | $32.2M | $32.9M | β | $28.3M | $29.8M | $39.7M | $26.0M |
| Research and development | $22.1M | $23.1M | $20.6M | $19.9M | $17.0M | $17.5M | $13.1M | $20.3M | $17.2M |
| Operating income | β$0.1M | β$48.9M | β$52.7M | β$42.9M | β$34.7M | β$42.1M | β$15.1M | β$30.8M | β$71.1M |
| Interest expense | $7.7M | $7.7M | $9.3M | $11.1M | $10.0M | $6.6M | $6.3M | $11.1M | $11.1M |
| Pretax income | β$8.9M | β$61.4M | β$66.2M | β$55.8M | β$70.5M | β$54.4M | β$7.6M | β$44.2M | β$83.8M |
| Income tax | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.2M | β$0.0M | $0.0M |
| Net income | β$8.9M | β$61.4M | β$66.2M | β$55.8M | β$70.5M | β$54.4M | β$7.9M | β$44.1M | β$83.8M |
| Net income to common | β$11.4M | β$61.4M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Diluted EPS | β | β$2.96 | β$2.61 | β$1.66 | β$1.85 | β$1.12 | β$0.13 | β$0.51 | β$0.78 |
| Diluted shares | β | 0.02B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.04B | 0.05B | 0.06B | 0.09B | 0.11B |
| Cash flow | |||||||||
| Cash from operations | $5.8M | β$13.0M | β$60.2M | β$45.5M | β$33.0M | β$9.8M | β$6.4M | β$35.8M | β$52.4M |
| Capital expenditure | $2.1M | $1.8M | $0.7M | $0.5M | $0.9M | $1.0M | $1.0M | $0.2M | $0.6M |
| Free cash flow | $3.8M | β$14.8M | β$60.9M | β$46.0M | β$33.9M | β$10.8M | β$7.4M | β$35.9M | β$53.0M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $3.8M | $3.2M | $2.9M | $3.4M | $3.0M | $2.4M | $1.3M | $0.7M | $0.5M |
| Stock-based compensation | $0.0M | $29.9M | $7.1M | $6.6M | $6.8M | $4.4M | $2.7M | $7.1M | $7.6M |
| Balance sheet | |||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $17.4M | $60.6M | $49.3M | $31.8M | $28.0M | $27.3M | $23.9M | $71.5M | $121M |
| Total debt | β | β | $70.0M | $51.5M | β | $33.4M | $45.0M | $45.0M | $55.0M |
| Current assets | $28.2M | $74.2M | $68.3M | $44.6M | $47.3M | $39.9M | $41.0M | $88.2M | $149M |
| Current liabilities | $15.4M | $33.0M | $18.6M | $21.1M | $22.0M | $39.5M | $18.3M | $18.9M | $47.6M |
| Inventory | $4.0M | $5.4M | $2.9M | $2.5M | $4.0M | $5.8M | $6.8M | $6.0M | $6.2M |
| Property and equipment, net | $13.5M | $12.2M | $9.7M | $6.9M | $5.1M | $4.1M | $4.2M | $3.8M | $3.9M |
| Intangible assets | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Total assets | $43.1M | $86.9M | $78.5M | $62.9M | $62.0M | $57.1M | $57.4M | $101M | $160M |
| Total liabilities | $69.6M | $76.8M | $84.6M | $111M | $144M | $176M | $164M | $162M | $194M |
| Shareholders' equity | β$26.5M | $10.1M | β$6.1M | β$48.5M | β$82.1M | β$119M | β$106M | β$60.2M | β$33.7M |
| Margins | |||||||||
| Gross margin | β | β | 61.3% | 71.7% | β | 59.3% | 58.8% | 69.0% | 58.3% |
| Operating margin | β0.2% | β72.6% | β100.1% | β93.6% | β68.2% | β88.2% | β29.9% | β53.5% | β159.5% |
| EBITDA margin | 5.4% | β67.8% | β94.6% | β86.0% | β62.4% | β83.2% | β27.2% | β52.2% | β158.3% |
| Net margin | β13.4% | β91.0% | β125.9% | β121.7% | β138.8% | β114.1% | β15.6% | β76.7% | β188.1% |
| FCF margin | 5.6% | β22.0% | β115.7% | β100.3% | β66.7% | β22.7% | β14.6% | β62.4% | β119.0% |
| Returns | |||||||||
| Return on capital | β | β | β285.9% | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on capital employed | β0.4% | β90.8% | β87.9% | β102.7% | β86.6% | β239.8% | β38.6% | β37.3% | β63.0% |
| Return on equity | β | β | β3,347.4% | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets | β20.7% | β94.4% | β80.1% | β78.9% | β113.0% | β91.4% | β13.7% | β55.6% | β64.0% |
| Return on tangible equity | β | β621.5% | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Growth | |||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 0.8% | β22.0% | β12.8% | 10.9% | β6.2% | 6.1% | 13.8% | β22.6% |
| FCF growth | β | β494.4% | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count change | β | β | 22.3% | 32.7% | 13.2% | 28.0% | 25.7% | 41.6% | 23.3% |
| Financial health | |||||||||
| Interest coverage | β0.0x | β6.3x | β5.7x | β3.9x | β3.5x | β6.4x | β2.4x | β2.8x | β6.4x |
| Current ratio | 1.8x | 2.3x | 3.7x | 2.1x | 2.2x | 1.0x | 2.2x | 4.7x | 3.1x |
| Quick ratio | 1.6x | 2.1x | 3.5x | 2.0x | 2.0x | 0.9x | 1.9x | 4.4x | 3.0x |
| Capital allocation | |||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 3.1% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 1.3% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.0% | 44.4% | 13.4% | 14.4% | 13.4% | 9.2% | 5.3% | 12.3% | 17.1% |
| Quality scores | |||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | β | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Altman Z'' | β7.5 | β2.8 | β5.8 | β12.2 | β15.2 | β23.4 | β18.0 | β9.6 | β8.1 |
| Accruals ratio | β34.2% | β74.5% | β7.3% | β14.6% | β60.2% | β74.9% | β2.6% | β10.5% | β23.9% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001398733). 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.
