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Ensysce Biosciences, Inc.

Next earnings Aug 11, 2026 · consensus $-0.51 EPS, $1.94M rev

Last earnings +1.1% on 2026-05-15

Avoid
$0.28
▼ -4.28%
$0.28▼ -87.26%
over 1Y
L $0.25H $2.57
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today-4.3%
1W+0.4%
1M+8.4%
3M-53.4%
YTD-69.8%
1Y-87.3%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
D
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Flagged
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Long (>12mo)
Street · 7 analysts
Buy

Cash-strapped clinical-stage opioid biotech with going-concern doubt, 560% dilution and a $0.28 penny stock — a binary bet, not an investment.

Cash & equivalents $4.31M · FY2025

Ensysce is a pre-revenue, clinical-stage pharma whose MD&A states plainly that it has 'not generated any revenue from product sales' and 'may never become profitable' — the $5.07M of FY2025 'revenue' is grant/collaboration income, not a product business, and it actually shrank 2.8% YoY. The company burned $7.81M in operating cash against just $4.31M of cash on hand, implying well under a year of runway before the next raise. The filing itself flags that these conditions 'raise substantial doubt' about its ability to continue as a going concern, and repeatedly warns that financing will come through equity or convertible debt that will dilute existing holders. That dilution has already been brutal: shares outstanding rose 560% YoY and diluted EPS was -$3.98, hallmarks of a share count reset and serial capital raises that have driven accumulated deficit to -$140M.

The capital structure is deteriorating fast. Total liabilities doubled (+106%) to $4.57M while equity fell 13% to $3.21M, pushing liabilities/equity to 1.42x. Operating margin is -202% and ROE is -317% — figures that only make sense for a company spending $10.4M on R&D with no marketable product. The entire enterprise is a bet on the pipeline: PF614 (an abuse-deterrent oxycodone prodrug) in Phase 3, PF614-MPAR in Phase 1b, and nafamostat pre-Phase 1. None has completed a pivotal trial or won approval, and the company has never manufactured at commercial scale or sold anything.

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

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread (caution)~90d expiry
  • Long put 0.5 @ ~0.22 est
  • Short put 0.5 @ ~0.22 est
debit $0max +$0max $0

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$3.53M$2.52M$2.23M$5.21M$5.07M
Gross profit—————
Operating income-$19.9M-$24.2M-$10.7M-$6.73M-$10.2M
Net income-$29.1M-$24.2M-$10.6M-$7.99M-$10.2M
Diluted EPS-$1.48-$139.42-$70.40-$11.45-$3.98
Net margin-825.4%-959.3%-476.4%-153.3%-200.8%

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$53.5K
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales0.0
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-233.2%
FCF yield-181.7%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-251.7%
Free cash flow-$7.93M
Total debt—
Net cash$4.31M
Altman Z-Score-29.10 distress
Piotroski F-Score2/7

Capital returns

Buyback yield265.4%
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield265.4%
Shares Δ YoY+560.3%

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. S-3 Shelf registration (potential raise)2026-06-04

    Filed shelf to register future securities sales — dilution overhang

  2. 8-K Delisting notice2026-05-22

    Received Nasdaq continued-listing deficiency notice — delisting risk

  3. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-15

    Q1 2026 10-Q reiterates substantial going-concern doubt

  4. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-15

    Q1 2026 10-Q reiterates substantial going-concern doubt

  5. S-3 Shelf registration (potential raise)2026-04-09

    New shelf registration enabling further capital raises/dilution

  6. 8-K Material agreement2026-04-08

    Struck financing deal with unregistered share issuance — fresh dilution

  7. 8-K Officer / director change2026-04-03

    Disclosed management/board change (officer or director)

  8. 8-K Earnings results2026-03-30

    FY2025 10-K: going-concern doubt, $10.2M loss, 560% share growth

  9. 8-K Officer / director change2026-03-30

    FY2025 10-K: going-concern doubt, $10.2M loss, 560% share growth

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
EFFECTFiling2026-06-26open ↗S-3Filing2026-06-04open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-222026-05-22open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-15open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-152026-05-15open ↗S-8Filing2026-04-30open ↗EFFECTFiling2026-04-15open ↗CORRESPFiling2026-04-14open ↗UPLOADFiling2026-04-13open ↗S-3Filing2026-04-09open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-04-072026-04-08open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-04-032026-04-03open ↗

Quality score

D
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA+
GrowthF
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthC+
MomentumF
  • ✗Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
0.2552-week2.57
Revenue
$5.07M
-2.8% YoY
Net margin
-200.8%
ROE
-316.6%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$5.07M-2.8%
Net income-$10.2M-27.4%
Operating income-$10.2M-52.2%
Diluted EPS-$3.98+65.2%
Cash & equivalents$4.31M+23.1%
Total assets$7.45M+33.1%
Total liabilities$4.57M+106.0%
Stockholders' equity$3.21M-13.3%
Op.: -202.1%L/E: 1.42x

Frequently asked

Is Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. (ENSC) a buy?
ENSC currently carries a Avoid rating with 5/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Cash-strapped clinical-stage opioid biotech with going-concern doubt, 560% dilution and a $0.28 penny stock — a binary bet, not an investment.
What is Ensysce Biosciences, Inc.'s quality score?
ENSC scores 43.290688496270526/100 (grade D) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001716947, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-15) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 7/4/2026, 10:11:12 AM.

›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 Jul 4, 2026, 6:11 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
2023-03-02
GOWER BOB G
Director
Buy90.3K @ $0.49$44.1K
2023-03-01
GOWER BOB G
Director
Buy270K @ $0.48$129K
2023-02-28
GOWER BOB G
Director
Buy109K @ $0.49$53.4K
2022-12-09
GOWER BOB G
Director
Buy357K @ $1.40$500K

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-15Beat +30.2% est▲ +1.08%8-K ↗
2026-03-30Beat +41.6% est▼ -2.65%8-K ↗
2025-11-14Miss -46.2% est▼ -0.48%8-K ↗
2025-08-13Beat +34.4% est▲ +2.87%8-K ↗
2025-05-13—▼ -5.48%8-K ↗
2025-03-10—▼ -3.78%8-K ↗

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

Recent news

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globenewswire.com· 2025-12-12
Diamond Equity Research Releases Update Note on Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSC)Bullish
globenewswire.com· 2025-08-15

Vs tracked universe

compare →

1195 tracked peers · median

TENK Score43 vs 67
Revenue growth-2.8% vs 7.5%
Net margin-200.8% vs 10.0%
Return on equity-316.6% vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2

News sentiment

EODHD · 2d
Bearish
-0.76
vs typical · 2 articles
↑ improving

Recent news tone vs the market's typical (which skews positive). A soft signal, not a recommendation.