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Acer Therapeutics Inc.

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Signs1 good3 warning3 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY22FY21FY20FY19FY18FY17
Revenue$1.3M$0
Operating income−$24.6M−$15.9M−$22.8M−$29.9M−$21.7M−$13.9M
Net income−$26.2M−$15.4M−$22.9M−$29.4M−$21.3M−$14.2M
Total assets$11.6M$36.3M$14.6M$21.5M$50.7M$24.4M
Total liabilities$28.4M$38.0M$6.4M$3.1M$5.6M$2.0M
Equity−$16.8M−$1.7M$8.2M$18.4M$45.1M$22.3M
EPS (diluted)$-1.66$-1.08
Shares out.14.3M14.3M10.1M10.1M7.5M7.7M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2022
Operating margin
Net margin
Return on equity
156.5%
Return on assets
−225.7%
Return on capital (ROCE)
Liabilities / assets
244.2%
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$-1.17
Revenue growth (YoY)
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2022
Altman Z″ (distress)
-63.03distress
Accruals / assets
34.5%high accruals
Piotroski F-Score
1/7weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
21
/ 100
Profitability 50Growth n/aCatalyst 33Earnings quality 0Financial strength 0

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

3 severe3 warning1 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • High accruals — earnings-quality risk
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

FDA-approved drugs

openFDA · most recent
  • OLPRUVADec 22, 2022

Clinical trials

ClinicalTrials.gov · ongoing · next readout first

Interventional studies led by this company. “Readout” is the trial's primary-completion date — an estimate the sponsor reports, not a guarantee.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
0 acquisitions6 disposalsnet 3.4M shares · last 6
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Aselage SteveDirectorNov 17, 2023D483,741
Dunn John MichaelDirectorNov 17, 2023D27,380
Joseph DonaldOfficer — See RemarksNov 17, 2023D14,285
Schelling ChrisOfficer — PRESIDENT AND CEONov 17, 2023D2.7M
Palmin Harry SOfficer — CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERNov 17, 2023D125,000
Davis Jefferson EOfficer — CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICERNov 17, 2023D71,645

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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