Company Analysis

Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. (BOLT)

Nasdaq: BOLT · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Redwood City, CA · filing with the SEC since 2015
Grade4.8
◀ Past 6.8● Present 4.5▶ Future 3.7
1 est.

The grade of Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.8/10
◀ Past6.825% of the headline
● Present4.535% of the headline
▶ Future3.740% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.8/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-06-06.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-06-06) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+101.6% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 0 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $231 thousand in fiscal 2020 to $8 million in fiscal 2025, up 101.6% a year; it rose in 4 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span101.6%top 10% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 25% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak2.4%top 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
8.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 8.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 89th percentile among 464 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 11% of 464 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 464 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 8.9 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 11% of 464 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.5/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -126%: lost 126¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 53%: owes 53¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. lost about 126 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 53 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 31% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 26% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 43% of 315 in its family; net margin -433.7%.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $8 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 38% by size; a net margin of -433.7% ranks in the bottom 39%; revenue growth of 10.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 48% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$7.7Mbottom 38% of its family
  • net margin-433.7%bottom 39% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth10.3%top 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 37% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Quinn, William P. (President, CEO and CFO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-07-24, 2.3 years (bottom 26% of its family); the 9 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.9 years (bottom 34%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 9 people in charge now (top 47%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 9 peopletop 47% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.9 yearsbottom 34% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.3 yearsbottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 47% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $12 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 20.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -518.8% of revenue (bottom 34%); research spending of 370.8% of revenue (top 33%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets20.6%bottom 41% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-518.8%bottom 34% of its family
  • research spending against revenue370.8%top 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
1.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 17% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 17th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 10.3% a year over the last three filed years against 101.6% over all 6, slowing (bottom 4% of its family); the newest year grew 0.1% (bottom 40%); research spending grew -26.9% a year (bottom 15%); capital spending grew -66.7% a year (bottom 9%) (its annual reports). Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-91.3 points a yearbottom 4% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.1%bottom 40% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-26.9%bottom 15% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-66.7%bottom 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 36% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $8 million in fiscal 2025 came in 13.6% below the $9 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 37% of its family); net income of $33 million against a prior three-year average of $73 million (top 29%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 17%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-13.6%bottom 37% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+55%top 29% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BOLT · research, not advice