Forensic Analysis · Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals / Biotech · as of Jun 27, 2026
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (CLDX)
A forensic read on Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
D · Weak — demands caution
Forensic grade
Grey Zone
Financial health
1.9
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
3
Forensic signals
-50.7%
ROE
$2.8B
Market cap
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 1.9, placing it in the Grey zone. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.
What the filings flag
-45%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is -45% and slipping from -30% — well below its ~10% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
+47187.0%/yrShare-count dilution.Diluted share count changed +141561% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (+47187.0%/yr). The count is GROWING — existing holders are being diluted. That's ~47187.0% shaved off per-share growth every year — total profit has to grow that much just to keep earnings-per-share flat, and a stake held since FY2022 has been diluted ~141561%.
2344% of revStock-based comp load.Stock-based compensation ran 2344% of revenue in FY2025 — about $0.55 per diluted share. Meaningful — reported free cash flow flatters the economics, since SBC is a real cost paid in shares.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-16748.0%
Free Cash Flow$-213.7M
Latest Revenue$1.5M
Return on Equity-49.1%
Revenue Growth YoY-78.0%
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