Company Analysis

4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. (FDMT)

Nasdaq: FDMT · Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) · Emeryville, CA · filing with the SEC since 2015
Grade6.4
◀ Past 5.8● Present 7.1▶ Future 6.2
1 est.

The grade of 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.4/10
◀ Past5.830% of the headline
● Present7.140% of the headline
▶ Future6.230% 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?

5.8/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
8.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 159 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.'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
4.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+51.7% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 0 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 48th percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $7 million in fiscal 2019 to $85 million in fiscal 2025, up 51.7% a year; it rose in 4 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 100% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span51.7%top 25% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 31% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak99.8%bottom 22% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
4.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

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

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 146 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 45% of 146 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 146 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: 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.5 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 bottom 45% of 146 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?

7.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -28%: lost 28¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 11%: owes 11¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 147 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. lost about 28 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 11 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 12% of its family
  • return on equitytop 27% 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
7.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 27% of 102 in its family; net margin -164.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.'s standing among 102 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $85 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 31% by size; a net margin of -164.4% ranks in the top 43%; revenue growth of 200.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$85.2Mtop 31% of its family
  • net margin-164.4%top 43% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth200.8%top 7% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 43% of 110 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 110 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

4D Molecular Therapeutics, 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 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.9 years (top 33%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (bottom 47%; 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 peoplebottom 47% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.9 yearstop 33% 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?

6.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 92 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 92 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $60 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 10.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -128.6% of revenue (top 43%); research spending of 229.7% of revenue (top 42%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets10.6%bottom 16% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-128.6%top 43% of its family
  • research spending against revenue229.7%top 42% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
7.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 23% of 100 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 100 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 200.8% a year over the last three filed years against 51.7% over all 7, speeding up (top 3% of its family); the newest year grew 231419% (top 1%); research spending grew 34.6% a year (top 6%); capital spending grew -64% a year (bottom 17%) (its annual reports). 4D Molecular Therapeutics, 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

  • three-year growth against the whole span+149.1 points a yeartop 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth231419.0%top 1% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending34.6%top 6% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-64.0%bottom 17% 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
7.8/10

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

top 22% of 72 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 78th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $85 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2114491.9% above the $4 thousand its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 1% of its family); net income of $140 million against a prior three-year average of $123 million (bottom 34%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 1%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2114491.9%top 1% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-14%bottom 34% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 1% 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 FDMT · research, not advice