Company Analysis

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (CORT)

Nasdaq: CORT · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Redwood City, CA · filing with the SEC since 2001
Grade7.3
◀ Past 8.3● Present 8.0▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.3/10
◀ Past8.330% of the headline
● Present8.040% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

8.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
8.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+28.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 86th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $81 million in fiscal 2016 to $761 million in fiscal 2025, up 28.2% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span28.2%top 33% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 8% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 3% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 10% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.1% a year. 40% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 113 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 79th percentile among 80 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated's diluted share count grew about 1.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 40% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 113 sales (106 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04, buying about $3 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 18% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 25% of its family

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

● Present

What are they doing right now?

8.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 15%: 15¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 23%: owes 23¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 80th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated earned about 15 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 89 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 23 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 5.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 36% of its family
  • return on equitytop 9% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 2% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 31% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 21% of 315 in its family; net margin 13.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated's standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $761 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 14% by size; a net margin of 13.1% ranks in the top 15%; revenue growth of 23.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 35% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$761Mtop 14% of its family
  • net margin13.1%top 15% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth23.7%top 35% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
8.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 17% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.

weight 22% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Belanoff, Joseph K (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-01-19, 20.8 years (top 1% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.7 years (top 31%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (top 20%; 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 17 peopletop 20% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.7 yearstop 31% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record20.8 yearstop 1% 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?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 38% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $120 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 14.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 18.6% of revenue (top 15%); a gross margin of 98.3% (top 5%); research spending of 33.5% of revenue (bottom 36%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets14.4%bottom 32% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue18.6%top 15% of its family
  • gross margin98.3%top 5% of its family
  • research spending against revenue33.5%bottom 36% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 43% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 23.7% a year over the last three filed years against 28.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 44% of its family); the newest year grew 12.8% (top 43%); research spending grew 24.8% a year (top 18%); capital spending grew -20.1% a year (bottom 44%) (its annual reports). Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated 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-4.5 points a yearbottom 44% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth12.8%top 43% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending24.8%top 18% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-20.1%bottom 44% 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
3.5/10

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

bottom 35% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated's newest year against its own record: revenue of $761 million in fiscal 2025 came in 13% below the $875 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 37% of its family); net income of $100 million against a prior three-year average of $116 million (bottom 36%); a net margin of 13.1% against 22.7% before (bottom 30%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-13.0%bottom 37% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-14%bottom 36% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-9.6 pointsbottom 30% 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 CORT · research, not advice