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Deep Value: cash covers more than 100% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $11M in cash and investments — more than its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

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Acurx Pharmaceuticals

ACXP
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
$1.47
+0.02 (+1.38%)
Market Cap
$6.3M
Exchange
NASDAQ Capital Market
Winston Score
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Share count rising — dilution

+193.5% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 511K (2021) → 1.5M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Acurx Pharmaceuticals is a small clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing new antibiotics to fight drug-resistant bacterial infections. Its lead drug candidate, ibezapolstat, is designed to treat a dangerous gut infection called *Clostridioides difficile* (C. diff), which commonly affects hospital patients and people who have recently taken antibiotics. The company does not yet sell any products and is working to advance ibezapolstat through clinical trials.

Acurx currently has no revenue, as it is still in the research and development phase. It funds its operations through stock offerings and other financing, which is typical for early-stage biotech companies. The company operates primarily in the United States and faces significant risk because most drug candidates fail before reaching the market — and even if ibezapolstat succeeds, Acurx would need to compete against established treatments for C. diff infections. The key milestone to watch is the outcome of ongoing clinical trials, which will determine whether the drug can move closer to potential approval.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

+72.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$1.8B/ year

Rising (+33848% vs prior year)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

8.1%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Runway

~0 months

$11M cash & investments

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Acurx Pharmaceuticals has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
N/A
Data not available
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
N/A
Data not available
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-94.1%
Weak — -94.1% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
N/A
Data not available

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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