Company Analysis

Scynexis, Inc. (SCYX)

Nasdaq: SCYX · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Jersey City, NJ · filing with the SEC since 2002
Grade5.8
◀ Past 4.4● Present 6.9▶ Future 5.7

The grade of Scynexis, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.8/10
◀ Past4.425% of the headline
● Present6.935% of the headline
▶ Future5.740% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-06-26.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Scynexis, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-06-26) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+73% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 1 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Scynexis, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $257 thousand in fiscal 2017 to $21 million in fiscal 2025, up 73% a year; it rose in 3 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 100% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 1 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span73.0%top 15% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 26% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 38% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak100.0%bottom 10% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 5.4% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 80 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Scynexis, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 5.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 26% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 20% of its family

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

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.9/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -17%: lost 17¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 16%: owes 16¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Scynexis, Inc. lost about 17 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 16 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 26% of its family
  • return on equitytop 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 24% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 38% of 315 in its family; net margin -41.8%.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Scynexis, Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $21 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 47% by size; a net margin of -41.8% ranks in the top 40%; revenue growth of 59.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$20.6Mbottom 47% of its family
  • net margin-41.8%top 40% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth59.3%top 21% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 36% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Scynexis, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Angulo, Gonzalez David (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-01-03, 3.9 years (bottom 41% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.4 years (top 18%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (top 29%; 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 10 peopletop 29% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.4 yearstop 18% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.9 yearsbottom 41% 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?

5.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 43% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Scynexis, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $21 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 36% of its assets as net cash, top 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -25.6% of revenue (top 39%); research spending of 108.2% of revenue (bottom 50%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets36.0%top 41% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-25.6%top 39% of its family
  • research spending against revenue108.2%top 50% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 47% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Scynexis, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 59.3% a year over the last three filed years against 73% over all 9, slowing (bottom 29% of its family); the newest year grew 450.6% (top 7%); research spending grew -6.5% a year (bottom 37%) (its annual reports). Scynexis, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: License and Service at $19 million (93%), Product at $1 million (7%); 1 of 1 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-13.6 points a yearbottom 29% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth450.6%top 7% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-6.5%bottom 37% 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
6.7/10

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

top 34% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 66th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Scynexis, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $21 million in fiscal 2025 came in 541.1% above the $3 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 8% of its family); net income of $9 million against a prior three-year average of $6 million (bottom 26%); a net margin of -41.8% against losses larger than its revenue before (top 18%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace541.1%top 8% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-51%bottom 26% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 18% 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

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