Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 0.21
Dividend & YieldN/A$ (N/A)
Beta 0.28
Market capitalization 17.8M
Operating cash flow -30.92M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of acute pain. Its lead product candidate is DSUVIA and DZUVEO, a 30 mcg sufentanil sublingual tablet for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acute pain. The company develops ZALVISO, a pre-programmed and patient-controlled analgesia system that allows hospital patients with moderate-to-severe acute pain to self-dose with sufentanil sublingual tablets to manage their pain; ARX-02, which is in Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of cancer breakthrough pain in opioid-tolerant patients; and 4ARX-03 for mild sedation and pain relief during painful procedures. Its product candidates also include Niyad, a regional anticoagulant for the extracorporeal circuit; and LTX-608, a nafamostat formulation for direct IV infusion being explored as an investigational product for antiviral treatment of COVID, acute respiratory distress syndrome, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and acute pancreatitis. The company was formerly known as SuRx, Inc. and changed its name to AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in August 2006. AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Hayward, California.

Sector: Healthcare - Industry: Drug Manufacturers—Specialty & Generic

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio2.94
Working Capital-0.95
Return On Equity0.98
Debt To Equity-0.14
Fixed Asset Ratio1.12
Fixed Interest Cover-15.7

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Change To Liabilities 209k -238k -2.18M 1.3M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -10.88M -36.56M 34.14M -26.12M
Net Borrowings -7.72M 12.67M -4.67M -8.83M
Total Cash From Financing Activities 75.03M 14.45M 16.96M 41.51M
Change To Operating Activities 72k 107k -863k -1.28M
Issuance Of Stock 82.74M 1.98M 21.71M 50.6M
Net Income -47.15M -53.24M -40.38M -35.1M
Change In Cash 35.07M -73.29M 12.59M -14.61M
Effect Of Exchange Rate
Total Cash From Operating Activities -29.07M -51.18M -38.51M -30M
Depreciation 575k 1.67M 1.85M 1.97M
Change To Account Receivables 1.48M -383k -203k 475k
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -190k -190k
Change To Netincome 15.63M 4.3M 2.31M 2.92M
Capital Expenditures -819k -3.47M -1.85M -1.83M

Income Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Research Development 13.14M 3.25M 3.25M 3.28M
Income Before Tax -47.15M -53.24M -40.38M -35.09M
Net Income -47.15M -53.24M -40.38M -35.1M
Selling General Administrative 20.77M 45.03M 36.33M 30.93M
Gross Profit -14.96M -9.18M -1.38M -1.75M
Ebit -35.73M -54.2M -40.96M -35.97M
Operating Income -35.73M -54.2M -40.96M -35.97M
Interest Expense -12.56M -2.54M -3.31M -2.29M
Income Tax Expense 2k 3k 4k 5k
Total Revenue 2.15M 2.29M 5.42M 2.82M
Cost Of Revenue 17.11M 11.47M 6.8M 4.57M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -11.42M 968k 588k 871k
Net Income From Continuing Ops -47.15M -53.24M -40.38M -35.1M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares -47.15M -53.24M -40.38M -35.1M

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Total Liabilities 116.28M 132.77M 122.05M 113.79M
Total Stockholder Equity 4.25M -41.42M -55.75M -35.89M
Other Current Liabilities 707k 763k 49k 86k
Total Assets 120.53M 91.36M 66.3M 77.89M
Common Stock 78k 79k 98k 137k
Other Current Assets
Retained Earnings -345.02M -398.11M -438.49M -473.58M
Treasury Stock
Cash 87.97M 14.68M 27.27M 12.66M
Total Current Liabilities 15.93M 13.61M 17.64M 18.51M
Other Stockholder Equity
Property, Plant, and Equipment 11.48M 18.48M 18.81M 20.23M
Total Current Assets 107.99M 71.69M 46.83M 55.49M
Net Tangible Assets 4.25M -41.42M -55.75M -35.89M
Net Receivables 401k 432k 635k 160k
Accounts Payable 2.07M 1.72M 2.74M 2.12M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
WAN MARK ALLENStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-07-15Director15.5k
HOFFMAN STEPHEN J. M.D., PH.D.Stock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-07-15Director15.5k
ADAMS ADRIANStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-07-15Director15.5k
BROADFOOT JILL MARIEStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-07-15Director15.5k
ROSEN HOWARD BStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-07-15Director15.5k
AFABLE RICHARDStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-07-15Director15.5k
BOZILENKO MARINAStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-07-15Director15.5k
ANGOTTI VINCENT JPurchase at price 0.22 per share.D2022-06-07Chief Executive Officer46.4k
ANGOTTI VINCENT JStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-02-11Chief Executive Officer390k
DASU BADRI NStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-02-11Officer97.5k
PALMER PAMELA PStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-02-11Officer and Director122.5k
ASADORIAN RAFFIStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-02-11Chief Financial Officer117.5k
BROADFOOT JILL MARIEStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-11-19Director15k
WAN MARK ALLENStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director10k
HOFFMAN STEPHEN J. M.D., PH.D.Stock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director10k
EDWARDS MARK GStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director10k
ADAMS ADRIANStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director10k
ROSEN HOWARD BStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director10k
AFABLE RICHARDStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director10k
BOZILENKO MARINAStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-17Director10k
BOZILENKO MARINAStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-03-30Director15k
ANGOTTI VINCENT JStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-03-03Chief Executive Officer200k
DASU BADRI NStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-03-03Officer50k
PALMER PAMELA PStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-03-03Officer and Director68.75k
ASADORIAN RAFFIStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-03-03Chief Financial Officer68.75k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc:

Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of -58.42% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

-58.42 %

Latent gain

-1023.23 $

Invested capital

1751.65 $

Annualized return

-14.25 %
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Momentum strategy results on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc:

Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give -44.65% of return on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc. That represents -2010.86$ of latent gain with 4504.0$ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give -47.45% of return on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc. That represents -2492.52$ of latent gain with 5253.12$ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

-44.65 %

Latent gain

-2010.86 $

Invested capital

4504.0 $

Annualized return

-15.06 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

-47.45 %

Latent gain

-2492.52 $

Invested capital

5253.12 $

Annualized return

-13.11 %

Momentum equity curve on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc:

Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc since the beginning:

Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Buy the dip strategy result on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

Buy the dip entry openings on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc is -31.62%. That represents -237.0$ of latent gain with 749.56$ of employed capital. The following chart shows Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

-31.62 %

Latent gain

-237.0 $

Invested capital

749.56 $

Annualized return

-15.06 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc:

Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

Note: the dividends potentially given by Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc:

Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Equity curve comparison on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc investment comparison

Performance comparison on Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment -58.42% -1023.23$ 1751.65$ -14.25%
Momentum 1 quarter -44.65% -2010.86$ 4504.0$ -11.57%
Momentum 2 quarters -47.45% -2492.52$ 5253.12$ -13.11%
Non-directional -31.62% -237.0$ 749.56$ -15.06%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

-14.25 %

Momentum 1Q

-13.11 %

Momentum 2Q

-13.11 %

Non-directional

-15.06 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc:

Negative correlation

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Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc
Country United States
City Hayward
Address 25821 Industrial Boulevard
Phone 650 216 3500
Website www.acelrx.com
FullTime employees 20
Industry Drug Manufacturers—Specialty & Generic
Sector Healthcare
Exchange XNAS
Ticker ACRX
Market www.nasdaq.com

Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance unknown
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil unknown
Nuclear unknown
Fur Leather unknown
GMO unknown
Coal unknown
Pesticides unknown
Animal Testing unknown

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

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Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance unknown
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: unknown
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: unknown

Peer Group: unknown

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Max Age: unknown

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