Company Analysis

Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (COGT)

Nasdaq: COGT · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Waltham, MA · filing with the SEC since 2014
Grade4.3
◀ Past 4.3● Present 5.4▶ Future 3.2
2 est.

The grade of Cogent Biosciences, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.3/10
◀ Past4.325% of the headline
● Present5.435% of the headline
▶ Future3.240% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.3/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
5.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2020-01-06.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cogent Biosciences, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2020-01-06) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-2% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 0 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cogent Biosciences, Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $8 million in fiscal 2017 to $8 million in fiscal 2020, down 2% a year; it rose in 2 of 3 years; the deepest fall was 65% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 0 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-2.0%bottom 26% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 41% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak65.0%bottom 48% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
4.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd 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 bottom 42% 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: Cogent Biosciences, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.2 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 bottom 42% 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?

5.4/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -52%: lost 52¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 32%: owes 32¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cogent Biosciences, Inc. lost about 52 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 32 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 24.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 48% of its family
  • return on equitytop 50% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 46% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 35% of 315 in its family; net margin -950.4%.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cogent Biosciences, Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $8 million in fiscal 2020 ranks in the bottom 40% by size; a net margin of -950.4% ranks in the bottom 31%; revenue growth of -2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 34% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$7.9Mbottom 40% of its family
  • net margin-950.4%bottom 31% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-2.0%bottom 34% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 26% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cogent Biosciences, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Robbins, Andrew R (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-10-27, 6 years (top 40% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.3 years (top 36%); no officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 2%; 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 charge0 in three years among 12 peopletop 2% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.3 yearstop 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.0 yearstop 40% 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?

3.2/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

SI estimate
2.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

SI estimate 2.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 25th percentile among 479 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the bottom 25% of 479 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash less debt against assets, the one part on file, ranked among 479 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: Cogent Biosciences, Inc.'s room to expand is put at 2.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the bottom 25% of 479 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 47% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cogent Biosciences, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2020: revenue grew -2% a year over the last three filed years against -2% over all 4, speeding up (top 40% of its family); the newest year grew -64.9% (bottom 12%); research spending grew 30.4% a year (top 14%); capital spending grew -39% a year (bottom 30%) (its annual reports). Cogent Biosciences, 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+0.0 points a yeartop 40% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-64.9%bottom 12% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending30.4%top 14% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-39.0%bottom 30% 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
1.1/10

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

bottom 11% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 11th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cogent Biosciences, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $8 million in fiscal 2020 came in 78.7% below the $37 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 10% of its family); net income of $75 million against a prior three-year average of $31 million (bottom 11%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (bottom 13%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-78.7%bottom 10% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-144%bottom 11% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averagedown more than 100 pointsbottom 13% 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 COGT · research, not advice