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SEQUENOM INC

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Signs5 warning3 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY15FY14FY13FY12FY11FY10
Revenue$128.3M$151.6M$119.6M$14.9M$55.9M$47.5M
Operating income−$7.9M−$13.7M−$102.4M−$114.6M−$74.3M−$121.0M
Net income$14.3M−$15.7M−$107.4M−$117.0M−$74.2M−$120.8M
Total assets$118.8M$161.1M$144.7M$249.0M$135.5M$174.3M
Total liabilities$157.2M$192.2M$191.2M
Equity−$38.4M−$31.2M−$46.5M$48.0M$91.4M$150.7M
EPS (diluted)$0.11$-0.13$-0.93
Shares out.118.6M116.3M115.2M114.5M99.3M98.8M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2015
Operating margin
−6.1%
Net margin
11.1%
Return on equity
−37.2%
Return on assets
12.0%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−8.1%
Liabilities / assets
132.3%
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$-0.32
Revenue growth (YoY)
−15.4%
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 · FY2015
Altman Z″ (distress)
-25.23distress
Accruals / assets
29.0%high accruals
Piotroski F-Score
5/9mixed

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
26
/ 100
Profitability 40Growth 0Catalyst 67Earnings quality 0Financial strength 25

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 severe5 warning0 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • High accruals — earnings-quality risk

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.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
1 acquisitions11 disposals1 open-market buy(s)net +35.8M shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Pendarvis DavidDirectorSep 7, 2016U112,969
Laboratory Corp Of America Holdings10% ownerSep 7, 2016Buy36.6M$2.40
Lerner Richard ADirectorSep 7, 2016U27,383
Lindsay Ronald MDirectorSep 7, 2016U209,804
Slacik Charles PDirectorSep 7, 2016U56,397
Van Den Boom DirkOfficer — President &amp; CEOSep 7, 2016U175,618
Mackey Catherine JDirectorSep 7, 2016U21,114
Lozuk RobertOfficer — SVP, Commercial OpsSep 7, 2016U30,523
Linton Jeffrey DOfficer — Sr VP, GC &amp; SecretarySep 7, 2016U42,853
Weiner RobinOfficer — SVP Corp Gov &amp; Reg AffairsSep 7, 2016U37,238
Lai Goldman MylaDirectorSep 7, 2016U79,579
Grosu Daniel S MdOfficer — SVP &amp; CMOSep 7, 2016U61,424

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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