Outlook Therapeutics, Inc.

OTLKdata completeness 75%11 fiscal years on file
The thesis, from the filings

Outlook Therapeutics, Inc. earns about -955% on equity, and has bought back 77% of its shares over 5 years. 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 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$1.41M1
Net income−$53.2M2−$66.1M3−$59M4−$75.4M5−$62.4M5
Operating cash flow−$54.3M6−$56.7M7−$43M8−$68.8M9−$51.8M9
Capital expenditure
Free cash flow (derived)
Total debt
Cash & equivalents$14.5M10$17.4M11$23.4M12$14.9M13$8.08M13
Diluted shares152.7M212.1M12.5M18.5M34.8M

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
−$9.25
your share of equity
Profit it earned you last year
−$17.94
Free cash flow it threw off
Debt you’d be carrying

10 shares is a claim on −$9.25 of net worth that earned you −$17.94 last year.

iii. Is this a good business?
Moat signal · return on equity
-955% avg · 5y
FY21 -1154%FY22 -756%FY23 FY24 FY25

It earned an average -955% on equity over 5 years. Compare that to what it costs to fund the business.

seeing a moat in the numbers →
Management signal · capital allocation
−77% shares · 5y

Share count is down 77% over 5 years — management has been buying back stock, quietly handing owners a bigger slice.

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
only 0 years of FCF (need ≥3) — model not applicable
DCF · Growth Exit 5Y
not applicable
only 0 years of FCF (need ≥3) — model not applicable
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 2025-09-30 · accession 0001104659-25-123264 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  2. 10-K · period ending 2021-09-30 · accession 0001558370-22-019036 (NetIncomeLoss)
  3. 10-K · period ending 2022-09-30 · accession 0001558370-23-020000 (NetIncomeLoss)
  4. 10-K · period ending 2023-09-30 · accession 0001558370-24-016491 (NetIncomeLoss)
  5. 10-K · period ending 2024-09-30 · accession 0001104659-25-123264 (NetIncomeLoss)
  6. 10-K · period ending 2021-09-30 · accession 0001558370-22-019036 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  7. 10-K · period ending 2022-09-30 · accession 0001558370-23-020000 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  8. 10-K · period ending 2023-09-30 · accession 0001558370-24-016491 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  9. 10-K · period ending 2024-09-30 · accession 0001104659-25-123264 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  10. 10-K · period ending 2021-09-30 · accession 0001558370-22-019036 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  11. 10-K · period ending 2022-09-30 · accession 0001558370-23-020000 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  12. 10-K · period ending 2023-09-30 · accession 0001558370-24-016491 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  13. 10-K · period ending 2024-09-30 · accession 0001104659-25-123264 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)