Company Analysis

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (FHTX)

Nasdaq: FHTX · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Cambridge, MA · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade4.7
◀ Past 5.3● Present 4.1▶ Future 5.0
1 est.

The grade of Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.7/10
◀ Past5.330% of the headline
● Present4.140% of the headline
▶ Future5.030% 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?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2020; the latest 2025-01-24.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2025-01-24) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+135.2% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 0 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $430 thousand in fiscal 2020 to $31 million in fiscal 2025, up 135.2% a year; it rose in 4 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 34% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span135.2%top 5% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 25% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak33.8%top 39% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
5.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 5.7/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 57th 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 43% 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: Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 5.7 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 43% 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?

4.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 155%: owes 155¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 31st percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 155 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 14.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 5% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 44% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 49% of 315 in its family; net margin -240.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $31 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 49% by size; a net margin of -240.3% ranks in the bottom 44%; revenue growth of 17.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 40% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$30.9Mbottom 49% of its family
  • net margin-240.3%bottom 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth17.1%top 40% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 49% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Gottschalk, Adrian (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-10-22, 6.1 years (top 39% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.9 years (bottom 34%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (top 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 charge8 in three years among 18 peopletop 47% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.9 yearsbottom 34% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.1 yearstop 39% 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?

5.0/1030% 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 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $84 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 42.5% of its assets as net cash, top 37% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -278.7% of revenue (bottom 41%); research spending of 276.5% of revenue (top 38%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets42.5%top 37% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-278.7%bottom 41% of its family
  • research spending against revenue276.5%top 38% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 29% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 29th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 17.1% a year over the last three filed years against 135.2% over all 6, slowing (bottom 2% of its family); the newest year grew 36.8% (top 30%); research spending grew -6.8% a year (bottom 37%); capital spending grew -65.4% a year (bottom 10%) (its annual reports). Foghorn 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-118.0 points a yearbottom 2% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth36.8%top 30% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-6.8%bottom 37% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-65.4%bottom 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
6.8/10

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

top 32% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $31 million in fiscal 2025 came in 26.1% above the $25 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 24% of its family); net income of $74 million against a prior three-year average of $98 million (top 44%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 27%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace26.1%top 24% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+24%top 44% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 27% 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 FHTX · research, not advice