Company Analysis

Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (RNAC)

Nasdaq: RNAC · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Frederick, MD · filing with the SEC since 2009
Grade3.2
◀ Past 3.6● Present 2.5▶ Future 3.5
1 est.

The grade of Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.2/10
◀ Past3.625% of the headline
● Present2.535% of the headline
▶ Future3.540% 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?

3.6/1025% 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?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-01-19.

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

From the record

Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2024-01-19); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2023-08-14) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 1 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $207 thousand in fiscal 2017 to $400 thousand in fiscal 2025, up 8.6% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 100% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 1 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.6%bottom 42% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 31% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 38% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak99.6%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
2.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 2.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 26th 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 bottom 26% 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: Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 2.6 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 26% 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?

2.5/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
2.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 143%: owes 143¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 20th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 143 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 49.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 7% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 33% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
0.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 7% of 315 in its family; net margin -32575.5%.

weight 22% of this tense · 7th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $400 thousand in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 14% by size; a net margin of -32575.5% ranks in the bottom 7%; revenue growth of -84.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 2% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$400,000bottom 14% of its family
  • net margin-32575.5%bottom 7% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-84.7%bottom 2% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 44% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Brunn, Carsten (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-12-03, 7.9 years (top 23% of its family); most of the 13 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2023-11-13), a floor of 3 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 13 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 11%; 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 charge13 in three years among 13 peoplebottom 11% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.9 yearstop 23% 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?

3.5/1040% 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 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $125 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 42.2% of its assets as net cash, top 37% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -19848.7% of revenue (bottom 6%); research spending of 14508.5% of revenue (top 5%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets42.2%top 37% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-19848.7%bottom 6% of its family
  • research spending against revenue14508.5%top 5% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 32% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -84.7% a year over the last three filed years against 8.6% over all 9, slowing (bottom 4% of its family); the newest year grew -99% (bottom 1%); research spending grew -7.1% a year (bottom 36%); capital spending grew 65.6% a year (top 13%) (its annual reports). Cartesian 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-93.2 points a yearbottom 4% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-99.0%bottom 1% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-7.1%bottom 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending65.6%top 13% 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
1.0/10

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

bottom 10% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 10th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $400 thousand in fiscal 2025 came in 98.2% below the $23 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 2% of its family); net income of $130 million against a prior three-year average of $87 million (bottom 27%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (bottom 3%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-98.2%bottom 2% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-49%bottom 27% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averagedown more than 100 pointsbottom 3% 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 RNAC · research, not advice