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CING

Cingulate Inc.

Next earnings ≈ Aug 13, 2026 · est. from filing cadence

Last earnings -10.8% on 2026-05-14

Avoid
$5.38
▲ +1.13%
$5.38▲ +32.84%
over 1Y
L $3.33H $11.66
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+1.1%
1W+13.0%
1M+33.5%
3M-12.4%
YTD+22.8%
1Y+32.8%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
F
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Flagged
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Short (<3mo)
Street · 10 analysts
Buy

Pre-revenue, going-concern biotech betting everything on one ADHD drug — a binary, un-investable coin flip with the cash clock ticking.

Cash & equivalents $11.0M · FY2025

Cingulate is a single-asset, clinical-stage biopharma with zero product revenue across its entire history (net losses every year: -$20.7M FY21, -$17.7M FY22, -$23.5M FY23, -$16.6M FY24, -$22.4M FY25) and an accumulated deficit of $132.4M against just $2.51M of stockholders' equity. The 10-K carries an explicit going-concern qualification: management states there is 'substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern within one year,' and that cash of $11.0M will only 'satisfy our capital needs late into the fourth quarter of 2026.' With operating cash flow of -$17.2M in FY2025, the runway is short and another raise is not optional — it is required, on terms that 'may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.'

The entire equity is a wager on CTx-1301, an ADHD candidate whose NDA carried a PDUFA target action date of May 31, 2026. The provided filings (10-K dated 2026-03-18, 10-Q period 2026-03-31) all predate that date, so the outcome is not in the data — meaning the single most decisive fact for the thesis is unknowable from what's provided. The filing itself flags this dependence: 'If we are unable to secure approval of CTx-1301... our ability to create stockholder value will be severely limited.' That is the textbook definition of un-investable binary risk.

Is CING a buy? The one-page verdict, explained →

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread (caution)~30d expiry
  • Long put 5.5 @ ~0.80 est
  • Short put 5 @ ~0.53 est
debit $27max +$23max −$27BE 5.23

AVOID means we wouldn't engage at all — if expressing the short side anyway, only with capped risk.

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Educational template, not a trade recommendation. Strikes and premiums are Black-Scholes model estimates from the last close and 30-day realized volatility — real chains, spreads and IV will differ. Options involve substantial risk.

Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue—————
Gross profit—————
Operating income-$20.7M-$17.5M-$22.8M-$15.6M-$19.9M
Net income-$20.7M-$17.7M-$23.5M-$16.6M-$22.4M
Diluted EPS—-$29.35-$311.99-$10.86-$4.44
Net margin—————

10-year statements — income, cash flow, balance sheet & CSV export →

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$61.5M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales—
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-31.0%
FCF yield-24.0%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-627.8%
Free cash flow-$17.4M
Total debt—
Net cash$11.0M
Piotroski F-Score1/6

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield—
Shares Δ YoY+208.6%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Recent disclosure tone has skewed negative — read the flagged items.
  1. 8-K Officer / director change2026-07-02
  2. 8-K Reg FD disclosure2026-06-16

    Reg FD: issued investor/corporate update press release (Items 7.01, 9.01)

  3. 8-K Reg FD disclosure2026-06-02

    Other Events (8.01)+Reg FD: disclosed material CTx-1301/corporate update

  4. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-05-29

    Proxy for shareholder meeting (board/financing/equity-plan approvals)

  5. 8-K Officer / director change2026-05-19

    Leadership change: officer/director appointment or departure (Item 5.02)

  6. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-14

    Q1 2026: net loss continues, going-concern doubt, cash only into Q4 2026

  7. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-14

    Q1 2026: net loss continues, going-concern doubt, cash only into Q4 2026

  8. S-3 Shelf registration (potential raise)2026-04-14

    Filed S-3 shelf — capacity for further dilutive equity sales; overhang

  9. 8-K Officer / director change2026-04-02

    Leadership change: officer/director appointment or departure (Item 5.02)

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
4Period ending 2026-06-302026-07-02open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-06-302026-07-02open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-06-162026-06-16open ↗4Period ending 2026-02-132026-06-08open ↗3Period ending 2026-02-132026-06-08open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-06-022026-06-02open ↗DEF 14APeriod ending 2026-05-292026-05-29open ↗ARSPeriod ending 2025-12-312026-05-29open ↗DEFA14AFiling2026-05-29open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-182026-05-19open ↗PRE 14APeriod ending 2026-05-182026-05-18open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-14open ↗

Quality score

F
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
Value—
GrowthF
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthD
MomentumF
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
  • ✗Liabilities below 2× equity
3.3352-week11.66
Revenue
—
Net margin
—
ROE
-894.8%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Net income-$22.4M-35.6%
Operating income-$19.9M-27.4%
Diluted EPS-$4.44+59.1%
Cash & equivalents$11.0M-10.3%
Total assets$15.1M+1.4%
Total liabilities$12.6M+69.6%
Stockholders' equity$2.51M-66.3%
L/E: 5.01x

Frequently asked

Is Cingulate Inc. (CING) a buy?
CING currently carries a Avoid rating with 4/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Pre-revenue, going-concern biotech betting everything on one ADHD drug — a binary, un-investable coin flip with the cash clock ticking.
What is Cingulate Inc.'s quality score?
CING scores 30.754008182220254/100 (grade F) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001862150, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-14) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 6/30/2026, 12:59:37 PM.

›About this recommendation — produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg · not investment advice

AI-generated analysis, produced by our proprietary engine from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jun 30, 2026, 8:59 AM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

Research and education only — not financial advice. TENKis not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities TENK rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-03-09
Silva Raul R.
EVP and CSO
Award4.53K
2026-03-09
Silva Raul R.
EVP and CSO
Tax1.83K
2026-03-09
Schaffer Shane J.
Chief Executive Officer
Award6.86K
2026-03-09
Schaffer Shane J.
Chief Executive Officer
Tax2.96K
2026-03-09
Callahan Jennifer L.
EVP and CFO
Award15.3K
2026-03-09
Callahan Jennifer L.
EVP and CFO
Tax6.43K
2026-03-09
Patel Nilay Dahyabhai
EVP, CLO and CCO
Award5.47K
2026-03-09
Patel Nilay Dahyabhai
EVP, CLO and CCO
Tax2.09K
2026-03-09
Brams Matthew
EVP and Chief Medical Officer
Award4.53K
2026-03-09
Brams Matthew
EVP and Chief Medical Officer
Tax1.02K
2026-02-13
Hargroves Thomas Jeffrey
Director
Buy97.3K @ $5.04$490K

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-14Miss -108.5% est▼ -2.19%8-K ↗
2026-03-18Miss -44.6% est▼ -13.41%8-K ↗
2025-11-13Miss -63.4% est▲ +1.15%8-K ↗
2025-08-19Miss -21.9% est▼ -4.77%8-K ↗
2025-05-08—▼ -4.74%8-K ↗
2025-03-26—▼ -13.10%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Vs tracked universe

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1195 tracked peers · median

TENK Score31 vs 67
Revenue growth— vs 7.5%
Net margin— vs 10.0%
Return on equity-894.8% vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2