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X4 Pharmaceuticals

XFOR
29
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
$4.04
+0.01 (+0.25%)
Market Cap
$381.1M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
29
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+4827.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 858K (2021) → 42.3M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

X4 Pharmaceuticals is a small biotech company that develops medicines for rare diseases that affect the immune system. Its main product is mavorixafor, a pill designed to treat WHIM syndrome — an extremely rare genetic disorder that leaves patients vulnerable to dangerous infections. The company focuses on patients with few or no other treatment options, working with specialist doctors and rare disease clinics in the United States.

X4 earns revenue by selling mavorixafor, which received FDA approval in 2024 under the brand name XOLREMDI, making it the first approved treatment for WHIM syndrome. The company operates primarily in the US and is still in the early stages of commercialization, which explains its deeply negative operating margin. Its main competitive advantage is being the only approved therapy for WHIM syndrome, but because the patient population is very small — estimated at only a few thousand people worldwide — the key risk is whether that market is large enough to support a sustainable, profitable business long-term.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+346.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+96.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$72M/ year

Declining (-12% vs prior year)

205.7% of revenue

11.4x the sector average (18%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

39.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~15 months

$208M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue accelerating

X4 Pharmaceuticals grew revenue 346% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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
81.6%
Premium pricing power — 81.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-186.1%
Losing money on operations — -186.1%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-56.4%
Weak — -56.4% 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
-51.6%
Shrinking sales (-51.6% 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
-775.8%
Burning cash (-775.8%)

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
0.00
Conservative — low debt load (0.00)
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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