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ISTA PHARMACEUTICALS INC

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Signs4 good3 warning3 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY11FY10FY09
Revenue$160.3M$156.5M$110.6M
Operating income$19,000$10.4M$2.1M
Net income−$56.6M−$5.3M−$57.8M
Total assets$153.1M$134.2M
Total liabilities$202.2M$213.3M
Equity−$49.1M−$79.1M−$78.0M
EPS (diluted)
Shares out.41.6M33.6M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2011
Operating margin
0.0%
Net margin
−35.3%
Return on equity
115.4%
Return on assets
−37.0%
Return on capital (ROCE)
0.1%
Liabilities / assets
132.1%
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$-1.18
Revenue growth (YoY)
2.4%
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 · FY2011
Altman Z″ (distress)
-9.93distress
Accruals / assets
34.7%clean
Beneish M-Score
-3.39normal
Piotroski F-Score
2/9weak

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
57
/ 100
Profitability 60Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 67Financial 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.

Signs

3 severe3 warning4 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Reported a net loss
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

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.

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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