Company Analysis

X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (XFOR)

Nasdaq: XFOR · Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) · Boston, MA · filing with the SEC since 2010
Grade4.2
◀ Past 1.8● Present 3.4▶ Future 6.3
2 est.

The grade of X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.2/10
◀ Past1.825% of the headline
● Present3.435% of the headline
▶ Future6.340% 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?

1.8/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
1.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-08-16.

weight 22% of this tense · 12th percentile among 159 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2019-02-08); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2024-08-16) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
2.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

8 filed years; profitable in 0 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: it rose in 1 of 2 years; the deepest fall was 100% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 0 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 42% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 31% 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

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 33% of this tense · 8th percentile among 146 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 146 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 146 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: X4 Pharmaceuticals, 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 146 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?

3.4/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -43%: lost 43¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 36%: owes 36¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 147 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. lost about 43 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 10 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 36 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 531.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitytop 40% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 37% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 3% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 48% of 102 in its family; net margin -225.6%.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s standing among 102 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $35 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 49% by size; a net margin of -225.6% ranks in the top 47% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$35.1Mtop 49% of its family
  • net margin-225.6%top 47% 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 110 in its family for leadership.

weight 33% of this tense · 16th percentile among 110 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.2 years (bottom 14%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (bottom 18%; 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 charge7 in three years among 8 peoplebottom 18% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.2 yearsbottom 14% 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?

6.3/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
6.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 40% of 92 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 60th percentile among 92 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $218 million against debt of $75 million leaves 49.2% of its assets as net cash, top 33% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -243.8% of revenue (bottom 49%); a gross margin of 83.6% (top 33%); research spending of 207.1% of revenue (top 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets49.2%top 33% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-243.8%bottom 49% of its family
  • gross margin83.6%top 33% of its family
  • research spending against revenue207.1%top 45% 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 100 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 100 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: the newest year grew 1275.7% (top 3%); research spending grew 6% a year (top 41%) (its annual reports). X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: License and Other Revenue at $29 million (81%), Product at $7 million (19%); 1 of 1 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • the newest year's revenue growth1275.7%top 3% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending6.0%top 41% 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
3.9/10

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

SI estimate 3.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 39th percentile among 90 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 bottom 39% of 90 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 90 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: X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 3.9 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 bottom 39% of 90 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 XFOR · research, not advice