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

This company holds roughly $87M 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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vTv Therapeutics

VTVT
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
$33.26
+0.17 (+0.53%)
Market Cap
$87.0M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
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We couldn’t gather enough financial data to score this stock reliably.

Share count rising — dilution

+437.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.6M (2021) → 8.4M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

vTv Therapeutics is a small biotech company that discovers and develops experimental drugs to treat serious diseases. Its main focus areas include Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes. The company does not sell products to everyday consumers — instead, it works to move drug candidates through clinical trials with the goal of eventually licensing them to larger pharmaceutical companies.

vTv makes money primarily through licensing deals, research collaborations, and milestone payments from partners rather than product sales. It operates mainly in the United States and, with a market cap of roughly $100 million, is considered a micro-cap company with limited financial resources. The 100% gross margin reflects a royalty and licensing revenue model, but the negative operating margin shows the company is spending more than it earns — a common situation for clinical-stage biotechs. The biggest risk is that its drug candidates could fail in clinical trials, which would leave the company with little revenue and a need to raise more cash.

Growth Profile

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

Revenue Growth

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

-14.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$18M/ year

Rising (+55% vs prior year)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

46.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~10 years

$87M cash & investments

$87M cash & investments at current burn rate

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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
-11.8%
Weak — -11.8% 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
>+1,000%
Fast-growing sales (>+1,000% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-20.7%
Burning cash (-20.7%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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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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