Company Analysis

Liquidia Corporation (LQDA)

Nasdaq: LQDA · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Morrisville, NC · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade6.1
◀ Past 6.3● Present 5.2▶ Future 7.1
1 est.

The grade of Liquidia Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.1/10
◀ Past6.330% of the headline
● Present5.240% of the headline
▶ Future7.130% 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?

6.3/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2020.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Liquidia Corporation's filings since 2020 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
5.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+64.2% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 0 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Liquidia Corporation's 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $8 million in fiscal 2019 to $158 million in fiscal 2025, up 64.2% a year; it rose in 4 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 91% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 0 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span64.2%top 18% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 41% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak90.8%bottom 34% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
6.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 6.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 60th 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 40% 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: Liquidia Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 6.0 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 40% 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?

5.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -154%: lost 154¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 86%: owes 86¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Liquidia Corporation lost about 154 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 86 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 9.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 15% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 21% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 37% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 28% of 315 in its family; net margin -43.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Liquidia Corporation's standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $158 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 31% by size; a net margin of -43.5% ranks in the top 40%; revenue growth of 114.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 12% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$158Mtop 31% of its family
  • net margin-43.5%top 40% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth114.9%top 12% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 39% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 61st percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Liquidia Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Jeffs, Roger (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-01-04, 4.9 years (bottom 47% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.6 years (top 49%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (top 14%; 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 charge3 in three years among 17 peopletop 14% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.6 yearstop 49% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.9 yearsbottom 47% 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?

7.1/1030% 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 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Liquidia Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $191 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 58.1% of its assets as net cash, top 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -25.3% of revenue (top 39%); research spending of 24.8% of revenue (bottom 30%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets58.1%top 28% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-25.3%top 39% of its family
  • research spending against revenue24.8%bottom 30% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
9.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 10% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 90th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Liquidia Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 114.9% a year over the last three filed years against 64.2% over all 7, speeding up (top 9% of its family); the newest year grew 1033.1% (top 4%); research spending grew 26.4% a year (top 17%); capital spending grew 94.2% a year (top 10%) (its annual reports). Liquidia Corporation reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $148 million (94%), Service at $10 million (6%); 0 of 1 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+50.7 points a yeartop 9% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth1033.1%top 4% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending26.4%top 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending94.2%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
7.5/10

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

top 25% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Liquidia Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $158 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1106.9% above the $13 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 5% of its family); net income of $69 million against a prior three-year average of $83 million (top 49%); a net margin of -43.5% against losses larger than its revenue before (top 20%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1106.9%top 5% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+17%top 49% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 20% 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 LQDA · research, not advice