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Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc.

AARDNasdaq

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Signs● 3 good● 1 warningdetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24
Revenue$0—
Operating income−$62.7M−$22.8M
Net income−$57.6M−$20.6M
Total assets$117.2M$77.5M
Total liabilities$10.5M$5.4M
Equity$106.6M−$54.6M
EPS (diluted)$-2.93$-5.15
Shares out.21.8M4.1M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
—
Net margin
—
Return on equity
−54.0%
Return on assets
−49.1%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−58.8%
Liabilities / assets
9.0%
Debt / equity
0.10×
Book value / share
$4.89
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 · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
9.47safe
Accruals / assets
−2.9%clean
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
59
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth n/aCatalyst 67Earnings quality 67Financial strength 100

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

● 1 warning● 3 good
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

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

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
2 acquisitions0 disposals2 open-market buy(s)net +10,000 shares · last 2
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Sun NelsonOfficer — Chief Financial OfficerDec 11, 2025Buy3,000$14.40
Lee Tien-LiOfficer — Chief Executive OfficerDec 11, 2025Buy7,000$14.48

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.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20261.0M5.5-19.7%
Apr 30, 20261.3M8.8+9.4%
Apr 15, 20261.2M5.8+1.8%
Mar 31, 20261.1M3.8-18.1%
Mar 13, 20261.4M1.8-23.4%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

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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