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WALDWWaldencast plc

Avoid
$0.04
▲ +0.75%
Rating
Avoid
Quality
D
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
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How to read this →
AvoidConservative balance sheet (liabilities/equity 0.53x); but revenue declined -0.7% YoY.Revenue (FY2025) $272MFull call ↓
$0.04▼ -52.59%
over 1Y
L $0.03H $0.09
Today
+0.8%
1W
-25.1%
1M
-30.5%
3M
-8.4%
YTD
+0.8%
1Y
-52.6%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualitySmart moneyTimelineFilings
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)

Conservative balance sheet (liabilities/equity 0.53x); but revenue declined -0.7% YoY.

Revenue (FY2025) $272M · FY2025

This call stands until the filings change it — the engine re-rates on new 10-K/10-Q/8-K facts, never on price moves. Hit Watch above to follow WALDW (Pro alerts fire the moment a rating flips), or catch every change in Saturday’s Flip Side. How to read a call

Waldencast plc shows $272M in FY2025 revenue (-0.7% YoY), a -84.4% net margin, and -49.7% ROE.

Supporting the case: conservative balance sheet (liabilities/equity 0.53x).

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

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread (caution)~65d expiry
  • Long put 0.5 @ ~0.46 est
  • Short put 0.5 @ ~0.46 est
debit $0max +$0max $0

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Financialsannual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY20FY21FY23FY24FY25
Revenue$94.4M$142M$218M$274M$272M
Gross profit$65.3M$87.4M$142M$192M$183M
Operating income$528K-$1.63M-$81.9M-$58.6M-$218M
Net income-$2.37M-$19.6M-$90.0M-$42.4M-$230M
Diluted EPS-$0.30-$2.45-$0.99-$0.39-$2.01
Net margin-2.5%-13.7%-41.2%-15.5%-84.4%

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$473M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales1.7
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-62.7%
FCF yield-4.4%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-28.7%
Free cash flow-$16.2M
Total debt$137M
Net cash-$106M
Altman Z-Score-0.59 distress
Piotroski F-Score3/9

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)0.0%
Shareholder yield0.0%
Shares Δ YoY+4.4%

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

Disclosure timelineSEC · 8-Ks + reports

Some governance/structural items recently, but no outright red flags.
  1. SC 13D/A Activist / 5%+ stake change2024-02-09
  2. SC 13D/A Activist / 5%+ stake change2023-12-01
  3. SC 13D/A Activist / 5%+ stake change2023-09-21
  4. SC 13D Activist / 5%+ stake change2023-02-23
  5. SC 13D Activist / 5%+ stake change2022-08-08
  6. SC 13D Activist / 5%+ stake change2022-08-08
  7. SC 13D Activist / 5%+ stake change2022-08-05
  8. SC 13D Activist / 5%+ stake change2022-08-05
  9. 8-K Officer / director change2022-07-26

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
6-KPeriod ending 2026-07-132026-07-13open ↗SCHEDULE 13D/AFiling2026-06-26open ↗SCHEDULE 13G/AFiling2026-06-23open ↗6-KPeriod ending 2026-06-122026-06-15open ↗6-KPeriod ending 2026-06-012026-06-01open ↗6-KPeriod ending 2026-04-282026-04-28open ↗3Period ending 2026-03-182026-03-18open ↗3Period ending 2026-03-182026-03-18open ↗3Period ending 2026-03-182026-03-18open ↗3Period ending 2026-03-182026-03-18open ↗3Period ending 2026-03-182026-03-18open ↗3Period ending 2026-03-182026-03-18open ↗

Quality score

D
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA-
GrowthF
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthB-
MomentumF
  • ✗Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
0.0352-week0.09
Revenue
$272M
-0.7% YoY
Net margin
-84.4%
ROE
-49.7%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

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■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$272M-0.7%
Net income-$230M-441.3%
Gross profit$183M-4.6%
Operating income-$218M-271.3%
Diluted EPS-$2.01-415.4%
Cash & equivalents$30.4M+105.2%
Total assets$746M-23.5%
Total liabilities$246M+0.1%
Stockholders' equity$462M-30.3%
Gross: 67.3%Op.: -80.0%L/E: 0.53x

Frequently asked

Is Waldencast plc (WALDW) a buy?
WALDW currently carries a Avoid rating with 3/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Conservative balance sheet (liabilities/equity 0.53x); but revenue declined -0.7% YoY.
What is Waldencast plc's quality score?
WALDW scores 45.178897849462366/100 (grade D) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

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Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001840199, latest 10-Q filed 2022-05-16) · EODHD · as of 7/15/2026, 7:31:57 PM.

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Rule-based analysis, generated automatically from SEC filing data.

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Smart moneyinsiders · Congress · funds

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Disclosed smart-money activity in WALDW, but no clear buy consensus.

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Corporate insiders
No recent Form 4 activity
Form 4
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Congress
No disclosed trades
STOCK Act · ~45d lag
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Institutions
1 tracked fund hold · $13.2K
13F · quarterly

Different disclosure clocks — Form 4s file within days, Congress PTRs lag up to ~45 days, and 13F holdings are a quarterly snapshot (up to ~4.5 months old). A disclosed-accumulation view, not live correlation.

Held by tracked fundsForm 13F · SEC · quarterly

Sculptor Capital377K sh$13.2K

As of each fund’s latest quarterly 13F — a delayed snapshot, not a live position. All tracked funds →

Fails-to-deliver

SEC · settled 2026-06-30
17.5Kshares failed to deliverSpike · 8.7× median

WALDW fails-to-deliver history — every published settlement day →

Aggregate CNS settlement fails on the latest published day, vs this name’s trailing median. From SEC fails-to-deliver data (published twice monthly) — a settlement metric, not short interest.

Recent news

market news →
Waldencast price target lowered to $3 from $4 at Telsey AdvisoryBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2025-08-21
Waldencast plc (WALD) Acquired Novaestiq Corp. and the US Rights to the Saypha Line of Hyaluronic Acid Injectable GelsBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2025-08-11
Waldencast price target lowered to $4 from $5 at Telsey AdvisoryBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2025-05-16

Vs tracked universe

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1178 tracked peers · median

TENK Score45 vs 67
Revenue growth-0.7% vs 7.6%
Net margin-84.4% vs 10.0%
Return on equity-49.7% vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.4