Company Analysis

Lisata Therapeutics, Inc. (LSTA)

Nasdaq: LSTA · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Basking Ridge, NJ · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade4.2
◀ Past 3.8● Present 4.5▶ Future 4.2
2 est.

The grade of Lisata Therapeutics, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.2/10
◀ Past3.825% of the headline
● Present4.535% of the headline
▶ Future4.240% of the headline

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.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.8/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
5.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2022-08-19.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Lisata Therapeutics, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2022-08-19) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
2.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

4 filed years; profitable in 0 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lisata Therapeutics, Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: it rose in 0 of 1 years; the deepest fall was 83% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 0 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 4% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak83.0%bottom 38% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
5.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 5.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd 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 48% 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: Lisata Therapeutics, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 5.2 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 48% 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?

4.5/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -114%: lost 114¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 18%: owes 18¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Lisata Therapeutics, Inc. lost about 114 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 18 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 4.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 28% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 29% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 28% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
1.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 10% of 315 in its family; net margin -9756.5%.

weight 22% of this tense · 10th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lisata Therapeutics, Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $170 thousand in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 9% by size; a net margin of -9756.5% ranks in the bottom 11% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$170,000bottom 9% of its family
  • net margin-9756.5%bottom 11% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2015.

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

From the record

Lisata Therapeutics, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mazzo, David J (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2015-01-05, 11.9 years (top 11% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.2 years (bottom 26%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (bottom 40%; 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 11 peoplebottom 40% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.2 yearsbottom 26% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11.9 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?

4.2/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
6.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 37% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Lisata Therapeutics, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $16 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 89.9% of its assets as net cash, top 10% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -9398.2% of revenue (bottom 8%); research spending of 4675.9% of revenue (top 10%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets89.9%top 10% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-9398.2%bottom 8% of its family
  • research spending against revenue4675.9%top 10% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
1.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 15% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 15th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lisata Therapeutics, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: the newest year grew -83% (bottom 6%); research spending grew -15.3% a year (bottom 23%); capital spending grew -53.8% a year (bottom 16%) (its annual reports). Lisata 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

  • the newest year's revenue growth-83.0%bottom 6% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-15.3%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-53.8%bottom 16% of its family

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

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
6.7/10

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

SI estimate 6.7/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 284 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, net income against the prior three years' average, which ranks in the top 33% 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.
What the record cannot read
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.
How it was reasoned
one part: net income against the prior three years' average, the one part on file, ranked among 284 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: Lisata Therapeutics, Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 6.7 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, net income against the prior three years' average, which ranks in the top 33% 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

SI Assistanton LSTA · research, not advice