Company Analysis

CervoMed Inc. (CRVO)

Nasdaq: CRVO · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Boston, MA · filing with the SEC since 1998
Grade4.3
◀ Past 2.7● Present 4.4▶ Future 5.1
2 est.

The grade of CervoMed Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.3/10
◀ Past2.725% of the headline
● Present4.435% of the headline
▶ Future5.140% 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?

2.7/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
4.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

11 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-08-17.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

CervoMed Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 11 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 10 times, the latest 2021-11-05); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2023-08-17) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
2.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+14.9% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 0 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 26th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CervoMed Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $570 thousand in fiscal 2011 to $4 million in fiscal 2025, up 14.9% a year; it rose in 1 of 4 years; the deepest fall was 100% from fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 0 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span14.9%top 45% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 11% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak100.0%bottom 10% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
1.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 18th 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 18% 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: CervoMed Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 1.8 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 18% 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?

4.4/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
5.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -148%: lost 148¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 20%: owes 20¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, CervoMed Inc. lost about 148 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 20 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 12.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 33% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 23% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 41% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 33% of 315 in its family; net margin -673.1%.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CervoMed Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $4 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 33% by size; a net margin of -673.1% ranks in the bottom 34% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.0Mbottom 33% of its family
  • net margin-673.1%bottom 34% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate
4.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 4.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 415 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 45% of 415 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2023-08-11 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 3.2 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2023-08-11 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 3.2 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 415 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: CervoMed Inc.'s leadership is put at 4.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 45% of 415 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2023-08-11 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 3.2 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 45% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

CervoMed Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $8 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 36% of its assets as net cash, top 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -585.3% of revenue (bottom 33%); research spending of 544.5% of revenue (top 27%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets36.0%top 41% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-585.3%bottom 33% of its family
  • research spending against revenue544.5%top 27% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 32% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CervoMed Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: the newest year grew -58.9% (bottom 13%); research spending grew 153.6% a year (top 1%); capital spending grew 106.4% a year (top 8%) (its annual reports). CervoMed 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

  • the newest year's revenue growth-58.9%bottom 13% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending153.6%top 1% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending106.4%top 8% 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

CervoMed Inc.'s newest year against its own record: net income of $27 million against a prior three-year average of $8 million (bottom 8%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against -98.8% before (bottom 14%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • net income against the prior three years' average-233%bottom 8% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averagedown more than 100 pointsbottom 14% 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 CRVO · research, not advice