Forensic Analysis · Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals / Biotech · as of Jun 27, 2026
4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. (FDMT)
A forensic read on 4D Molecular 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
Safe
Financial health
7.0
Altman Z-score
Watch
Earnings quality
4
Forensic signals
-36.8%
ROE
$606M
Market cap
4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 7.0, placing it in the Safe zone. 4 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by accruals ratio.
What the filings flag
+20.9%Accruals ratio.Net operating assets grew +20.9% relative to their average in FY2025 — the accrual component of earnings. Accruals are building sharply — a large slice of profit sits in operating assets, not cash; Richardson/Sloan link high accruals to weaker future returns as they reverse. The cash-flow cross-check agrees: reported earnings ran behind operating cash by -8% of net operating assets.
-27%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is -27% and rising from -45% — well below its ~10% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
+26.4%/yrShare-count dilution.Diluted share count changed +79% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (+26.4%/yr). The count is GROWING — existing holders are being diluted. That's ~26.4% 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 ~79%.
26% of revStock-based comp load.Stock-based compensation ran 26% of revenue in FY2025 — about $0.38 per diluted share. Meaningful — reported free cash flow flatters the economics, since SBC is a real cost paid in shares.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-164.4%
Free Cash Flow$-109.6M
Latest Revenue$85.2M
Return on Equity-27.7%
Revenue Growth YoY+230194.6%
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