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.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2018-03-26.
From the record
Cytokinetics, Incorporated's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2018-03-26) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+26.6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 0 of 7.
From the record
Cytokinetics, Incorporated's 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $13 million in fiscal 2017 to $88 million in fiscal 2025, up 26.6% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 92% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 0 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 6.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Cytokinetics, Incorporated's shareholder treatment is put at 6.4 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 36% 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.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
Leverage 146%: owes 146¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cytokinetics, Incorporated's shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 146 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.3% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 43% of 315 in its family; net margin -891.6%.
From the record
Cytokinetics, Incorporated's standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $88 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 35% by size; a net margin of -891.6% ranks in the bottom 32%; revenue growth of -2.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 33% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 40% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2007.
From the record
Cytokinetics, Incorporated's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Blum, Robert I (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2007-03-16, 19.7 years (top 3% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.7 years (top 48%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 29%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 38% of 273 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Cytokinetics, Incorporated's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $123 million against debt of $246 million leaves -8.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 10% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -607.5% of revenue (bottom 31%); research spending of 472.5% of revenue (top 29%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 33% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Cytokinetics, Incorporated's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -2.4% a year over the last three filed years against 26.6% over all 9, slowing (bottom 21% of its family); the newest year grew 377.1% (top 8%); research spending grew 20% a year (top 24%); capital spending grew 29.8% a year (top 20%) (its annual reports). Cytokinetics, Incorporated reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: License and Milestone Revenues at $79 million (90%), Collaboration Revenues at $9 million (10%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
SI estimate 9.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Cytokinetics, Incorporated's expectations vs reality is put at 9.4 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, revenue against the prior three years' pace, which ranks in the top 6% of 284 in its family; the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
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