Company Analysis

Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (CTKB)

Nasdaq: CTKB · Laboratory Analytical Instruments · Fremont, CA · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade5.8
◀ Past 7.4● Present 5.8▶ Future 4.1

The grade of Cytek Biosciences, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.8/10
◀ Past7.430% of the headline
● Present5.840% of the headline
▶ Future4.130% 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?

7.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2020; the latest 2024-03-01.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cytek Biosciences, Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 2 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2024-03-01) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+16.8% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 3 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cytek Biosciences, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $93 million in fiscal 2020 to $201 million in fiscal 2025, up 16.8% a year; it rose in 5 of 5 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 3 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span16.8%top 37% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 7% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 40% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 7% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.7% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 90th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Cytek Biosciences, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 12% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 9% 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?

5.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -19%: lost 19¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 26%: owes 26¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cytek Biosciences, Inc. lost about 19 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 23 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 26 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 34% of its family
  • return on equitytop 50% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 47% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 17% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 21 in its family; net margin -33%.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cytek Biosciences, Inc.'s standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $201 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 45% by size; a net margin of -33% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 7.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$201Mtop 45% of its family
  • net margin-33.0%top 50% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.1%top 32% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 47% of 21 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cytek Biosciences, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Jiang, Wenbin (PRESIDENT AND CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-07-22, 5.3 years (top 50% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.8 years (bottom 40%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 50%; 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 charge6 in three years among 12 peopletop 50% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.8 yearsbottom 40% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.3 yearstop 50% 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?

4.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 46% of 21 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cytek Biosciences, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $91 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 19.7% of its assets as net cash, top 30% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -4.4% of revenue (bottom 45%); a gross margin of 51.8% (top 42%); research spending of 18.1% of revenue (bottom 43%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets19.7%top 30% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-4.4%bottom 45% of its family
  • gross margin51.8%top 42% of its family
  • research spending against revenue18.1%bottom 43% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cytek Biosciences, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.1% a year over the last three filed years against 16.8% over all 6, slowing (bottom 38% of its family); the newest year grew 0.5% (bottom 36%); research spending grew 1.5% a year (top 47%); capital spending grew -25.2% a year (bottom 33%) (its annual reports). Cytek Biosciences, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $144 million (72%), Service at $57 million (28%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-9.7 points a yearbottom 38% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.5%bottom 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending1.5%top 47% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-25.2%bottom 33% 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
1.8/10

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

bottom 18% of 20 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 18th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cytek Biosciences, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $201 million in fiscal 2025 came in 9.1% below the $222 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 28% of its family); net income of $67 million against a prior three-year average of $5 million (bottom 5%); a net margin of -33% against -2.6% before (bottom 23%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-9.1%bottom 28% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times below its prior average or morebottom 5% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-30.4 pointsbottom 23% 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 CTKB · research, not advice