Company Analysis

Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (TPST)

Nasdaq: TPST · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Brisbane, CA · filing with the SEC since 2012
Grade3.1
◀ Past 3.5● Present 1.6▶ Future 4.1
3 est.

The grade of Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.1/10
◀ Past3.525% of the headline
● Present1.635% of the headline
▶ Future4.140% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 6 read as filed from the record and 3 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.5/1025% 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?

8 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-11-06.

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

From the record

Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 8 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 7 times, the latest 2026-11-06); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-07-01) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

5 filed years; profit years unseen.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.'s 5 filed years say what it did: it rose in 1 of 2 years; the deepest fall was 55% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2017 (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 36% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak54.8%top 48% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
2.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 2.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 28th 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 28% 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: Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 2.8 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 28% 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?

1.6/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -394%: lost 394¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. lost about 394 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 61 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 93.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 27% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 6% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 25% 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 -28670.5%.

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

From the record

Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $295 thousand in fiscal 2017 ranks in the bottom 13% by size; a net margin of -28670.5% ranks in the bottom 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$295,000bottom 13% of its family
  • net margin-28670.5%bottom 7% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 16% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 33% of this tense · 16th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Angel, Matthew (CEO and President, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-02-06, 9 months (bottom 12% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.1 years (bottom 25%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 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 charge11 in three years among 11 peoplebottom 11% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.1 yearsbottom 25% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 12% 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?

4.1/1040% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Room to expand

SI estimate
6.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

SI estimate 6.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 479 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 35% of 479 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash less debt against assets, the one part on file, ranked among 479 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: Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.'s room to expand is put at 6.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 35% of 479 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Growth drivers

as filed
1.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 18% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 18th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2017: the newest year grew -54.8% (bottom 14%); research spending grew -17.6% a year (bottom 21%) (its annual reports). Tempest 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-54.8%bottom 14% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-17.6%bottom 21% 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
5.3/10

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

SI estimate 5.3/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 234 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
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, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 234 members with one.
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
family median, 234 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 5.3 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because 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, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 234 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs 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 TPST · research, not advice