Company Analysis

Dare Bioscience, Inc. (DARE)

Nasdaq: DARE · Pharmaceutical Preparations · San Diego, CA · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade4.7
◀ Past 3.4● Present 3.4▶ Future 6.7
1 est.

The grade of Dare Bioscience, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.7/10
◀ Past3.425% of the headline
● Present3.435% of the headline
▶ Future6.740% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.4/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
2.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

16 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-10-02.

weight 22% of this tense · 27th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Dare Bioscience, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 16 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 13 times, the latest 2026-10-02); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2023-11-09) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
2.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

5 filed years; profitable in 0 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 21st percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dare Bioscience, Inc.'s 5 filed years say what it did: it rose in 1 of 3 years; the deepest fall was 100% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 17% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak99.9%bottom 19% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
5.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 5.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 55th 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 top 45% 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: Dare Bioscience, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 5.5 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 45% 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?

3.4/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -471%: lost 471¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 91%: owes 91¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Dare Bioscience, Inc. lost about 471 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 2 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 91 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 31.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 13% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 5% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 18% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 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
1.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 19% of 315 in its family; net margin -1300.7%.

weight 22% of this tense · 19th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dare Bioscience, Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 22% by size; a net margin of -1300.7% ranks in the bottom 27%; revenue growth of -53.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 8% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.0Mbottom 22% of its family
  • net margin-1300.7%bottom 27% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-53.1%bottom 8% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 37% of 315 in its family for leadership.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Dare Bioscience, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 7 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.3 years (top 11%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 7 people in charge now (bottom 37%; 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 7 peoplebottom 37% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.3 yearstop 11% 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?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 43% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Dare Bioscience, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $25 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 76.1% of its assets as net cash, top 20% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -998.4% of revenue (bottom 25%); a gross margin of 71.3% (top 49%); research spending of 536.1% of revenue (top 28%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets76.1%top 20% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-998.4%bottom 25% of its family
  • gross margin71.3%top 49% of its family
  • research spending against revenue536.1%top 28% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 35% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dare Bioscience, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: the newest year grew 10463% (top 1%); research spending grew -43.1% a year (bottom 5%); capital spending grew 82.8% a year (top 10%) (its annual reports). Dare Bioscience, 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 growth10463.0%top 1% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-43.1%bottom 5% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending82.8%top 10% 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
8.6/10

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

top 14% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 86th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Dare Bioscience, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1 million in fiscal 2025 came in 335726.3% above the $0 thousand its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 1% of its family); net income of $13 million against a prior three-year average of $22 million (top 37%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace335726.3%top 1% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+38%top 37% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 5% 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 DARE · research, not advice