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AQST

VENTE TOTALE: 25 000 titres (~107 167,50 $ US)

Insiders
Barber Daniel
Total bought
Total sold
$107,168
Last activity
2026-08-17
Last synced
2026-08-23 00:12:53 Synced via automated research pipeline

Insider holdings as a share of total assets aren't available for this company.

Price (1 year)

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Market snapshot

Signal

Bearish signal Scored 2026-08-26

AQST presents a deeply unfavorable risk/reward profile: catastrophic fundamentals (-188% net margin, negative interest coverage, rapid cash burn) overwhelm a modest earnings catalyst with mixed signals (revenue beat but…

The first sentence of the analysis written for AQST on 2026-08-26 - a real excerpt, not a sample. The rest of it, the 0-100 score and the rating it produced are part of Plus. See plans.

Financial ratios

MetricTrend2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-31
Gross Profit Margin61.5%69.0%58.8%59.3%70.5%
Ebit Margin-149.7%-47.5%-0.3%-88.0%-94.6%
Ebitda Margin-148.4%-46.2%2.3%-83.0%-88.8%
Operating Profit Margin-156.4%-53.5%-29.9%-88.2%-68.2%
Pretax Profit Margin-188.1%-76.7%-15.1%-114.1%-138.8%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin-188.1%-76.7%-15.6%-114.1%-138.8%
Net Profit Margin-188.1%-76.7%-15.6%-114.1%-138.8%
Bottom Line Profit Margin-188.1%-76.7%-15.6%-114.1%-138.8%
Current Ratio3.1354.6762.2381.0092.152
Quick Ratio3.0064.3561.8680.8631.968
Solvency Ratio-0.429-0.269-0.040-0.296-0.469
Cash Ratio2.5453.7931.3040.6901.276
Price To Earnings Ratio-8.500-6.980-15.538-0.805-2.103
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio-0.173-0.0240.1760.020-0.184
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio-0.173-0.0240.1760.020-0.184
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio-8.500-6.980-15.538-0.805-2.103
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio-0.173-0.0240.1760.020-0.184
Price To Book Ratio-23.406-5.132-1.162-0.371-1.803
Price To Sales Ratio17.6885.3642.4460.9222.914
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio-14.868-8.596-16.778-3.570-4.370
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio-15.027-8.634-19.394-4.491-4.491
Debt To Assets Ratio0.8190.3750.5801.0070.910
Debt To Equity Ratio-3.905-0.632-0.313-0.485-0.687
Debt To Capital Ratio1.344-1.716-0.455-0.941-2.194
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio1.411-1.175-0.348-0.393-1.686
Financial Leverage Ratio-4.766-1.686-0.539-0.481-0.755
Working Capital Turnover Ratio0.5211.2514.3953.7172.083
Operating Cash Flow Ratio-1.101-1.896-0.348-0.248-1.502
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio-1.177-0.621-0.126-0.205-0.649
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio1.0111.0041.1561.2581.028
Debt Service Coverage Ratio-2.302-1.5790.125-1.271-1.842
Interest Coverage Ratio-4.073-1.830-2.024-3.381-1.544
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio-4.510-1,375.346-290.000-0.523-16.286
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio-0.399-0.941-0.191-0.170-0.585
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio-93.295-224.899-6.412-3.878-36.122
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio-93.295-224.899-6.412-3.878-36.122
Dividend Payout Ratio0.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
Enterprise Value Multiple-12.071-10.340112.677-1.874-3.913

Sparkline shows each ratio oldest → newest (left → right).

How the latest year compares

For each ratio: its most recent value, the change versus one year earlier, and versus its 5-year average. higher lower

MetricCurrentvs 1Y agovs 5Y avg
Gross Profit Margin 61.5% -7.5% -2.3%
Ebit Margin -149.7% -102.2% -73.7%
Ebitda Margin -148.4% -102.2% -75.6%
Operating Profit Margin -156.4% -102.9% -77.1%
Pretax Profit Margin -188.1% -111.4% -81.5%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin -188.1% -111.4% -81.5%
Net Profit Margin -188.1% -111.4% -81.5%
Bottom Line Profit Margin -188.1% -111.4% -81.5%
Current Ratio 3.135 -1.541 0.493
Quick Ratio 3.006 -1.350 0.594
Solvency Ratio -0.429 -0.160 -0.128
Cash Ratio 2.545 -1.247 0.624
Price To Earnings Ratio -8.500 -1.520 -1.715
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio -0.173 -0.149 -0.136
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio -0.173 -0.149 -0.136
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio -8.500 -1.520 -1.715
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio -0.173 -0.149 -0.136
Price To Book Ratio -23.406 -18.274 -17.031
Price To Sales Ratio 17.688 12.324 11.821
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio -14.868 -6.272 -5.231
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio -15.027 -6.393 -4.620
Debt To Assets Ratio 0.819 0.445 0.081
Debt To Equity Ratio -3.905 -3.273 -2.701
Debt To Capital Ratio 1.344 3.060 2.137
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio 1.411 2.587 1.849
Financial Leverage Ratio -4.766 -3.080 -3.120
Working Capital Turnover Ratio 0.521 -0.730 -1.872
Operating Cash Flow Ratio -1.101 0.794 -0.082
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio -1.177 -0.556 -0.621
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio 1.011 0.006 -0.081
Debt Service Coverage Ratio -2.302 -0.723 -0.928
Interest Coverage Ratio -4.073 -2.243 -1.503
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio -4.510 1370.836 332.823
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio -0.399 0.542 0.058
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio -93.295 131.604 -20.374
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio -93.295 131.604 -20.374
Dividend Payout Ratio 0.000 0.000 0.000
Enterprise Value Multiple -12.071 -1.731 -28.967

Key metrics

MetricTrend20252024202320222021
Market cap$787.9M$308.7M$123.7M$44.0M$148.1M
Enterprise value$798.2M$275.2M$133.2M$74.2M$176.5M
EV / Sales17.92x4.78x2.63x1.56x3.47x
EV / Op. cash flow-15.22x-7.70x-20.88x-7.58x-5.35x
EV / Free cash flow-15.06x-7.66x-18.06x-6.02x-5.21x
EV / EBITDA-12.07x-10.34x112.68x-1.87x-3.91x
Net debt / EBITDA-0.15x1.26x7.99x-0.76x-0.63x
Current ratio3.13x4.68x2.24x1.01x2.15x
Income quality0.63x0.81x0.81x0.18x0.47x
Graham net-net-$0-$1-$2-$3-$3
Tax burden100.0%100.0%103.2%100.0%100.0%
Interest burden125.6%161.5%4677.9%129.6%146.7%
Working capital$101.7M$69.4M$22.7M$360K$25.3M
Invested capital$110.2M$78.3M$33.7M$11.1M$33.1M
Return on assets-52.2%-43.5%-13.7%-95.3%-113.8%
Operating ROA-53.2%-38.7%-26.4%-70.7%-55.5%
Return on tangible assets-52.2%-43.5%-14.0%-97.8%-113.9%
Return on equity248.9%73.4%7.4%45.9%85.9%
Return on invested capital-56.0%-37.0%-38.2%-115.3%-80.7%
Return on capital employed-61.7%-37.3%-38.6%-239.8%-86.6%
Earnings yield-10.6%-14.3%-6.4%-123.8%-47.6%
Free cash flow yield-6.7%-11.6%-6.0%-28.0%-22.9%
Capex / Op. cash flow-1.1%-0.4%-15.6%-25.8%-2.8%
Capex / Depreciation102.6%22.1%74.0%105.7%30.8%
Capex / Sales1.3%0.3%2.0%5.3%1.8%
SG&A / Sales179.3%87.2%62.8%110.9%105.2%
R&D / Sales38.6%35.2%25.9%36.7%33.5%
Stock comp / Sales17.1%12.3%5.3%9.2%13.4%
Intangibles / Total assets0.0%0.0%2.2%2.5%0.1%
Days sales outstanding146d47d61d36d87d
Days payables outstanding635d210d156d187d202d
Operating cycle277d170d180d145d185d
Cash conversion cycle-359d-40d23d-42d-17d

Change by theme

Grouped by what each metric measures. Each figure is the change over the period shown — up down versus then.

Change over 1 year

Valuation
Market cap ▲+155.2%EV / Sales ▲+274.8%EV / EBITDA ▼-16.7%EV / Op. cash flow ▼-7.527Earnings yield ▲+0.037
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+1.755Return on assets ▼-0.087Return on invested capital ▼-0.190Return on capital employed ▼-0.245Operating ROA ▼-0.145Income quality ▼-0.184Tax burden +0.000
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▲+98.980Days payables outstanding ▲+425.297Operating cycle ▲+106.804Cash conversion cycle ▼-318.492Capex / Sales ▲+0.010R&D / Sales ▲+0.034
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▼-1.541Net debt / EBITDA ▼-1.416Working capital ▲+32306000.000Invested capital ▲+31839000.000Intangibles / Total assets n/a

Change over 5 years

Valuation
Market cap ▲+431.9%EV / Sales ▲+416.0%EV / EBITDA ▼-208.5%EV / Op. cash flow ▼-9.871Earnings yield ▲+0.370
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+1.630Return on assets ▲+0.616Return on invested capital ▲+0.248Return on capital employed ▲+0.249Operating ROA ▲+0.023Income quality ▲+0.158Tax burden 0.000
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▲+58.521Days payables outstanding ▲+432.933Operating cycle ▲+91.452Cash conversion cycle ▼-341.480Capex / Sales ▼-0.005R&D / Sales ▲+0.051
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▲+0.984Net debt / EBITDA ▲+0.474Working capital ▲+76366000.000Invested capital ▲+77049000.000Intangibles / Total assets ▼-0.001

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