Heartflow, Inc.

HTFLdata completeness 88%3 fiscal years on file

Data notes: no data for concept 'totalDebt'; no data for concept 'interestExpense'

The thesis, from the filings

Heartflow, Inc. earns about -39% on equity, but has diluted owners by 654% over 3 years — worth asking whether the growth reaches owners. The cash-flow models don't apply cleanly here — the ledger says why below.Whether it’s worth owning at today’s price is the last question — and yours to answer, below.

i. The business — what you’d actually own
FigureFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$87.2M1$125.8M1$176M1
Net income−$95.7M2−$96.4M2−$116.8M2
Operating cash flow−$76.4M3−$69M3−$54M3
Capital expenditure$6.11M4$4.36M4$5.03M4
Free cash flow (derived)−$82.5M3−$73.4M3−$59M3
Total debt
Cash & equivalents$122.8M5$51.4M5$44.8M5
Diluted shares4.9M5.4M36.9M

Superscripts are receipts. Each links to the SEC filing the number came from (full list at the bottom).

ii. Your slice — ownership made literal
If you owned
shares
Net assets behind them
$81.58
your share of equity
Profit it earned you last year
−$31.69
Free cash flow it threw off
−$16.02
Debt you’d be carrying

10 shares is a claim on $81.58 of net worth that earned you −$31.69 and generated −$16.02 of cash last year.

iii. Is this a good business?
Moat signal · return on equity
-39% avg · 3y
FY23 FY24 FY25 -39%

It earned an average -39% on equity over 3 years. Compare that to what it costs to fund the business.

seeing a moat in the numbers →
Management signal · capital allocation
+654% shares · 3y

Share count is up 654% over 3 years — owners have been diluted. Worth asking what they got for it.

reading capital allocation →

Signals, not verdicts — read from the filings above. Numbers don’t prove a moat; they show its footprint. You decide.

iv. What it’s worth — engine v0.1.0
DCF · Growth Exit 10Y
not applicable
3y-median FCF non-positive — growth-exit DCF not applicable (see EPV)
DCF · Growth Exit 5Y
not applicable
3y-median FCF non-positive — growth-exit DCF not applicable (see EPV)
Earnings Power Value
not applicable
normalized (5y-median) earnings non-positive — EPV undefined
Graham Number
not applicable
diluted EPS missing or non-positive — Graham Number undefined

Different models answer different questions — which to trust when →

Sources — the receipts
  1. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001464521-26-000042 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  2. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001464521-26-000042 (NetIncomeLoss)
  3. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001464521-26-000042 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  4. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001464521-26-000042 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  5. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001464521-26-000042 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)