Stocks · Healthcare · Biotechnology
MapLight Therapeutics, Inc. MPLT
$9.82 +1.97% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $416.7M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Dec 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is 75% below its highest close of the past year.
- The diluted share count rose 9.7% in a year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Healthcare sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 23%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 15%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 11%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 7%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 6-month returnBottom 4%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 6%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 14%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 35%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 41%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 20%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 40%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capital | -69.4% | — | Bottom 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -15.0%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -66.40%
- Shareholder yield
- -66.40%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +9.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 5
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 3
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $29.20
- Target vs current price
- +197.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 71%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | +2.2% | -3.5% | -4.9% | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2026 | +2.2% | +1.8% | +6.8% | +21.2% | — |
| May 15, 2026 | -27.9% | -1.9% | -0.0% | -5.3% | -59.1% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | -2061.6% | +8.4% | +20.6% | -0.9% | +6.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | -$1.32 | -$1.35 | +2.2% | — |
| Aug 13, 2026 | -$1.32 | -$1.35 | +2.2% | — |
| May 15, 2026 | -$1.34 | -$1.05 | -27.9% | — |
| Dec 4, 2025 | -$37.18 | -$1.72 | -2061.6% | — |
| Aug 22, 2025 | -$1.14 | -$0.96 | -18.5% | — |
| Jul 30, 2025 | -$0.54 | — | — | — |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-cash-flow yield | -42.02% | — | — | Bottom 11% |
| Earnings yield | -52.75% | — | — | Bottom 15% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -44.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -21.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -54.3%
- RSI (14)
- 28.0
- Relative volume
- 1.07×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 281.1%
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -75.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -75.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 | -75.8% | 59 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Nov 25, 2025 | -30.3% | 18 days | 7 days (Dec 5, 2025) |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Feb 5, 2026 | -25.5% | 35 days | 39 days (Apr 2, 2026) |
| Apr 22, 2026 | May 18, 2026 | -17.5% | 18 days | 27 days (Jun 26, 2026) |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Apr 13, 2026 | -10.5% | 2 days | 4 days (Apr 17, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $416.7M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$5.18
- Revenue (TTM)
- $0
- 52-week range
- $9.10 – $40.43
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | -$574,000 | -$556,000 | -$701,000 | -$578,000 |
| Operating income | -$31.2M | -$57.3M | -$82.9M | -$169.1M |
| Net income | -$30.0M | -$55.7M | -$77.6M | -$161.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.72 | -$1.34 | -$1.87 | -$3.66 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | -$19.0M | -$21.2M | -$22.3M | -$29.8M | -$29.4M | -$79.5M | -$60.7M | -$60.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.46 | -$0.51 | -$0.54 | -$0.72 | -$0.71 | -$1.81 | -$1.34 | -$1.32 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$26.6M | -$52.0M | -$78.8M | -$138.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$746,000 | -$462,000 | -$770,000 | -$473,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$27.3M | -$52.5M | -$79.6M | -$138.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $33.2M | $104.6M | $120.3M | $474.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $304.7M
- Total assets
- $368.3M
- Total liabilities
- $20.0M
- Total debt
- $2.0M
- Net debt
- -$69.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $348.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,297,011
- Days to cover
- 6.07
- Change vs previous report
- -3.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.