Forensic Analysis · Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals / Biotech · as of Jun 27, 2026
MADRIGAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (MDGL)
A forensic read on MADRIGAL PHARMACEUTICALS, 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
Distress
Financial health
-1.2
Altman Z-score
Watch
Earnings quality
2
Forensic signals
-50.1%
ROE
$11.8B
Market cap
MADRIGAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is -1.2, placing it in the Distress zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.
What the filings flag
-32%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is -32% and rising from -120% — well below its ~10% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
+10.3%/yrShare-count dilution.Diluted share count changed +31% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (+10.3%/yr). A reversal: the count shrank earlier (net -3.0%/yr since FY2010) but the company has SWUNG to issuing stock — recent holders are now being diluted, not rewarded. That's ~10.3% shaved off per-share growth every year — total profit has to grow that much just to keep earnings-per-share flat, and a stake held since FY2022 has been diluted ~31%.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-30.1%
Debt / Equity0.56x
Free Cash Flow$-190.0M
Latest Revenue$958.4M
Return on Equity-47.8%
Revenue Growth YoY+432.1%
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