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ISPC

iSpecimen Inc.

Next earnings ≈ Aug 17, 2026 · est. from filing cadence

Avoid
$2.64
▼ -5.38%
$2.64▼ -92.97%
over 1Y
L $2.52H $78.00
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today-5.4%
1W+2.7%
1M-14.0%
3M-53.5%
YTD-76.9%
1Y-93.0%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
D
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Flagged
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Long (>12mo)
Street · 7 analysts
Buy

Going-concern microcap whose revenue just collapsed 79% yet trades at 40x sales — uninvestable until survival is proven.

Revenue $1.93M · FY2025

iSpecimen is a pre-viability biospecimen-marketplace microcap where every lens points the same way: away. FY2025 revenue cratered to $1.93M from $9.29M — a 79.2% collapse — while the company still burned to a $10.5M net loss and a -465% operating margin. This is not a growth company hitting a speed bump; it is a business whose top line evaporated. Against that, the stock carries a $78.3M market cap and a P/S of 40.6x. Paying 40x sales for a company whose sales are shrinking four-fifths in a year is a valuation with no defensible support.

The filing removes any ambiguity. Management's own auditors attached a going-concern explanatory paragraph: 'These conditions raise substantial doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern,' with the plan explicitly dependent on 'obtaining additional financing, including public and private placements of capital stock' — for which there is 'no assurance' of success 'on acceptable terms, or if at all.' The company also disclosed a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting for FY2025, so even the reported numbers carry reliability risk. Accumulated deficit stands at $82.4M against just $3.09M of stockholders' equity.

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

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread (caution)~90d expiry
  • Long put 2.5 @ ~0.28 est
  • Short put 2.5 @ ~0.28 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——$9.93M$9.29M$1.93M
Gross profit—————
Operating income-$5.93M-$10.2M-$11.2M-$12.7M-$8.98M
Net income-$8.96M-$10.2M-$11.1M-$12.5M-$10.5M
Diluted EPS-$2.09-$1.16-$24.55-$17.58-$2.28
Net margin——-111.8%-134.5%-543.7%

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$1.34M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales0.7
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-276.4%
FCF yield-111.8%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-94.4%
Free cash flow-$4.24M
Total debt$4.42M
Net cash$2.46M
Altman Z-Score-14.56 distress
Piotroski F-Score3/7

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield—
Shares Δ YoY+1088.0%

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-1 Securities registration2026-06-24

    S-1 registration to sell/resell shares — sets up further dilution

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

    S-3 shelf registration filed — future capital raises signal ongoing dilution

  3. 8-K Delisting notice2026-06-01

    Item 3.01: received exchange notice of continued-listing rule failure — delisting risk

  4. 8-K Shareholder vote2026-05-29

    Item 5.07: disclosed annual meeting voting results — routine governance

  5. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-18

    NT 10-Q: notified SEC it could not file Q1 report on time

  6. NT 10-Q Late filing notice2026-05-18

    NT 10-Q: notified SEC it could not file Q1 report on time

  7. 8-K Delisting notice2026-05-13

    New agreement + unregistered share sale (3.02) amid listing issue — dilutive financing

  8. 8-K Charter / bylaws change2026-05-01

    Item 5.03 charter amendment (likely reverse split) to address listing compliance

  9. 8-K Other event2026-04-13

    Item 8.01 other-events disclosure — no material financial change signaled

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
S-1Filing2026-06-24open ↗EFFECTFiling2026-06-17open ↗S-3Filing2026-06-04open ↗DRSFiling2026-06-04open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-292026-06-01open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-292026-05-29open ↗DEFA14AFiling2026-05-18open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-18open ↗NT 10-QPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-18open ↗DFiling2026-05-14open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-082026-05-13open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-04-292026-05-01open ↗

Quality score

D
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA-
GrowthD
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
2.5252-week78.00
Revenue
$1.93M
-79.2% YoY
Net margin
-543.7%
ROE
-339.6%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$1.93M-79.2%
Net income-$10.5M+16.1%
Operating income-$8.98M+29.5%
Diluted EPS-$2.28+87.0%
Cash & equivalents$6.88M+266.3%
Total assets$9.53M+1.9%
Total liabilities$6.44M+6.7%
Stockholders' equity$3.09M-6.7%
Op.: -465.4%L/E: 2.09x

Frequently asked

Is iSpecimen Inc. (ISPC) a buy?
ISPC currently carries a Avoid rating with 5/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Going-concern microcap whose revenue just collapsed 79% yet trades at 40x sales — uninvestable until survival is proven.
What is iSpecimen Inc.'s quality score?
ISPC scores 44.6935748841821/100 (grade D) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001558569, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-18) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 7/4/2026, 10:15:51 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, 6:15 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.

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2024-08-06Beat +33.5% est▼ -5.66%8-K ↗
2024-05-07Miss -16.2% est▼ -8.75%8-K ↗
2024-03-14Miss -30.7% est▼ -17.24%8-K ↗
2023-11-02—▲ +3.33%8-K ↗
2023-10-23—▲ +28.76%8-K ↗
2023-08-02—▼ -8.72%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 Score45 vs 67
Revenue growth-79.2% vs 7.5%
Net margin-543.7% vs 10.0%
Return on equity-339.6% vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2