Company Analysis

SmartKem, Inc. (SMTK)

Nasdaq: SMTK · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Manchester · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade3.8
◀ Past 1.9● Present 2.7▶ Future 7.2
1 est.

The grade of SmartKem, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.8/10
◀ Past1.930% of the headline
● Present2.740% of the headline
▶ Future7.230% 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?

1.9/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

14 warning events since 2020; the latest 2026-09-14.

weight 33% of this tense · 2nd percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SmartKem, Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 14 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 6 times, the latest 2026-09-14); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2022-08-15); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-04-22); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 4 times, the latest 2026-05-15) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+49.3% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 0 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SmartKem, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $94 thousand in fiscal 2020 to $697 thousand in fiscal 2025, up 49.3% a year; it rose in 3 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 81% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 0 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span49.3%top 7% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 37% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 10% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak80.9%bottom 11% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
0.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 8th percentile among 94 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 8% of 94 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 94 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: SmartKem, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.8 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 8% of 94 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?

2.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 272%: owes 272¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, SmartKem, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 19 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 272 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 150.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 2% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 49% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 5% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 35% of 97 in its family; net margin -1507.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SmartKem, Inc.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $697 thousand in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 4% by size; a net margin of -1507.7% ranks in the bottom 6%; revenue growth of 159.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 6% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$697,000bottom 4% of its family
  • net margin-1507.7%bottom 6% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth159.2%top 6% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 32% of 67 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SmartKem, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Jenks, Ian (Chairman & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-02-24, 5.7 years (top 40% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5 years (bottom 35%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (bottom 1%; 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 charge11 in three years among 6 peoplebottom 1% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.0 yearsbottom 35% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.7 yearstop 40% 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?

7.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 38% of 94 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 94 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SmartKem, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $374 thousand against no long-term debt tagged leaves 16.3% of its assets as net cash, top 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -1127.5% of revenue (bottom 6%); a gross margin of 61% (top 14%); research spending of 1006.7% of revenue (top 5%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets16.3%top 41% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-1127.5%bottom 6% of its family
  • gross margin61.0%top 14% of its family
  • research spending against revenue1006.7%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
7.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 22% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 78th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SmartKem, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 159.2% a year over the last three filed years against 49.3% over all 6, speeding up (top 1% of its family); the newest year grew 751.2% (top 2%); research spending grew 6.5% a year (top 47%); capital spending grew 15.9% a year (top 37%) (its annual reports). SmartKem, 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+109.9 points a yeartop 1% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth751.2%top 2% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending6.5%top 47% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending15.9%top 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
8.3/10

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

top 17% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SmartKem, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $697 thousand in fiscal 2025 came in 493.8% above the $117 thousand its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 4% of its family); net income of $11 million against a prior three-year average of $10 million (top 45%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 2%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace493.8%top 4% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-4%top 45% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 2% 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 SMTK · research, not advice