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Redwood City, CA 94063, United States
maplightrx.com
Updated Jul 30, 8:04am
Price
$15.02
Market Cap
$681.1M
Employees
133
Beta
—
Avg Volume
1,090,127
CEO
Dr. Christopher A. Kroeger M.B.A., M.D., Ph.D.
MapLight Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative therapies for central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Its primary focus is on discovering and advancing circuit-specific treatments designed to address severe and difficult-to-treat brain conditions such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease psychosis, autism spectrum disorder, and Parkinson’s disease. The company's leading drug candidate, ML-007C-MA, combines M1/M4 muscarinic agonism with a peripherally acting anticholinergic, specifically targeting symptoms of schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease-related psychosis. Additional candidates in the pipeline address social deficits in autism, motor issues in Parkinson’s disease, and agitation-related disorders through novel pharmacological approaches. Founded in 2018 by leaders in psychiatry and neuroscience, MapLight Therapeutics leverages a proprietary discovery platform that identifies and modulates neural circuits causally linked to disease, aiming to move beyond the limitations of traditional CNS medications. The company plays a significant role in the ongoing evolution of neuropsychiatric drug development, prioritizing scientific rigor and circuit specificity to potentially offer safer and more effective therapeutic options for underserved patient populations.
Runs with full report
Not yet researched. A narrative history — founding, leadership, inflection points, and how the company has behaved through prior macro stress — is generated when the full report runs.
Earnings Schedule
Checked daily · calendar updated Jul 30
No upcoming print on the calendar yet — companies typically confirm a few weeks ahead. Last print was Jul 20, 2026.
Print date
EPS est.
EPS actual
Revenue est.
Revenue actual
Jul 20, 2026
$0.34
$0.36 +5.9%
—
—
May 14, 2026
$-1.09
$-1.34 -22.9%
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—
Mar 26, 2026
$-0.83
$-2.47 -197.6%
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—
Feb 16, 2026
$-10.85
$-0.59 +94.6%
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—
Dec 16, 2025
$-0.42
$-0.61 -45.2%
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Green = beat the estimate, red = missed. An earnings print is the fastest way a thesis changes — our designations should be re-read after each one.
Filings link to the SEC’s EDGAR system. Annual/quarterly reports (10-K, 10-Q, 20-F) carry the full story; 8-K/6-K current reports are the fastest signal that something material happened.
Price Overview
Last updated: Jul 30, 2026 10:04am (just now)
Current data · timestamped when a report runs
$14.24
Change · Jul 30
-0.78 (-5.19%)
Day Range
$14.07 – $15.50
52-Week Range
$9.10 – $40.43
50-Day MA
$30.77
200-Day MA
—
Volume
242,452.00
Share Structure
Outstanding45,208,922.00
Float13,173,826.00
Free Float29.1%
Low free float — 29.1% of shares trade freely, ~70.9% held by insiders/institutions
Below average liquidity. Large orders can move the price significantly. Insiders or strategic holders control the majority — watch for lockup expirations or secondary offerings.
Price History (1 Year)
Last updated: Jul 30, 2026 8:04am (2h ago)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
The directional story — useful even when net income is negative.
Last updated: Jul 30, 2026 8:04am (2h ago)
Revenue
The top line — total sales before any costs or taxes are subtracted. A measure of how much business the company is doing.
Net Income
The bottom line — profit left after subtracting all expenses, interest, and taxes from revenue. Reflects accounting profitability, but includes non-cash items like depreciation, so it isn't the same as cash earned.
Operating Cash Flow
The real cash generated by the day-to-day business — selling products, paying suppliers, collecting from customers. Calculated from net income by adding back non-cash items and adjusting for timing (unpaid bills, unsold inventory). When OCF consistently lags net income, the reported profit may not be converting to real money.
Period
Revenue
Net Income
Net Margin
YoY/QoQ
Key Metrics
SourceAPI: Calc
FetchedJul 30, 2026 8:04am (2h ago)
ExpiresJul 31, 2026 8:04am
FreshnessRecent
TD Twelve Data statementHEX SEC filing
Rating scale · direction-aware
P/E Ratio (Price per dollar of earnings)
HEX
Stock Price / EPS (Diluted)
-0.81
Stock Price: $15.02 EPS (Diluted): -18.56
P/B Ratio (Price vs net asset value)
HEX
Stock Price / Book Value Per Share
0.28
Stock Price: $15.02 Total Equity: $458.37M Shares: 8,680,741
EV/EBITDA (Total value vs operating profit)
HEX
Enterprise Value / EBITDA
-3.76
Market Cap: $681.09M Total Debt: $0.00 Cash: $46.73M EBITDA: -$168.51M
Enterprise Value (Takeover price (cap + debt - cash))
HEX
Market Cap + Total Debt - Cash
$634.4M
Market Cap: $681.09M Total Debt: $0.00 Cash: $46.73M
Gross Margin (Revenue left after direct costs)
HEX
Gross Profit / Revenue
—
Gross Profit: N/A Revenue: N/A
Missing from API: Gross Profit, Revenue
Operating Margin (Revenue left after all operations)
CapEx is negative (outflow) — added to OCF to get FCF
Div Yield (Annual income from holding)
TD
Last Annual Dividend / Stock Price
—
Last Dividend: $0.00 Stock Price: $15.02
Payout Ratio (Earnings paid out as dividends)
HEX
Dividends Paid / Net Income
—
Dividends Paid: N/A Net Income: -$161.15M
Dividends paid not available in cash flow statement
Income Statement (Annual)
SourceAPI: Edgar
FetchedJul 30, 2026 8:04am (2h ago)
ExpiresAug 6, 2026 8:04am
FreshnessRecent
Last updated: Jul 30, 2026 8:04am (2h ago)
Metric
2024
2025
Revenue
—
—
Cost of Revenue
—
—
Gross Profit
—
—
Operating Expenses
$82.9M
$169.1M
Operating Income
-$82.9M
-$169.1M
Net Income
-$77.6M
-$161.2M
EBITDA
-$82.2M
-$168.5M
EPS
$-105.38
$-18.56
EPS (Diluted)
$-105.38
$-18.56
Balance Sheet (Annual)
SourceAPI: Edgar
FetchedJul 30, 2026 8:04am (2h ago)
ExpiresAug 6, 2026 8:04am
FreshnessRecent
Last updated: Jul 30, 2026 8:04am (2h ago)
Metric
2023
2024
2025
Cash & Equivalents
—
$38.3M
$46.7M
Total Current Assets
—
$114.6M
$324.7M
Total Assets
—
$136.9M
$479.5M
Current Liabilities
—
$15.9M
$16.2M
Long-Term Debt
—
—
—
Total Liabilities
—
$21.7M
$21.1M
Total Equity
-$117.6M
$115.2M
$458.4M
Retained Earnings
—
-$199.4M
-$360.5M
Cash Flow (Annual)
SourceAPI: Edgar
FetchedJul 30, 2026 8:04am (2h ago)
ExpiresAug 6, 2026 8:04am
FreshnessRecent
Last updated: Jul 30, 2026 8:04am (2h ago)
Metric
2024
2025
Operating Cash Flow
-$78.8M
-$138.1M
Capital Expenditure
$-770,000
$-473,000
Free Cash Flow
-$79.6M
-$138.6M
Acquisitions (net)
—
—
Net Debt Issued / (Repaid)
—
—
Dividends Paid
—
—
Stock Buybacks
—
—
Net Change in Cash
—
—
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Jul 30, 2026 8:04am (2h ago)
Metric
2025
Revenue Growth
—
Gross Profit Growth
—
Operating Income Growth
-103.8%
Net Income Growth
-107.7%
EBITDA Growth
-104.9%
Industry Benchmarks
What is Rating Reliability?
How trustworthy the rating next to it is, on a 0–10 scale. Starts at 10 and loses points when the
system spots issues that can mislead the label — e.g. a negative P/E (math says "cheap", reality
says "losing money"), a peer benchmark where most companies are unprofitable, or a profit-based
metric applied to a pre-profit growth company. A low score means the rating word is technically
correct but the comparison behind it is shaky. Hover the score to see what specifically pulled it
down.
Compares MPLT against LLM-researched typical ranges for its
industry. One research call per industry, cached indefinitely — every stock in the same industry
reuses the same baseline.
Advanced Analysis
Forensic deep-dive · three lenses
A separate, manually-run forensic pipeline (dilution, earnings quality, liquidity → two scored lenses → the play). Hasn't been run for this ticker yet.
Character & Durability Scorecard
Ten long-horizon business-character traits the Quality / Value / Sentiment lenses don’t break out, scored 1–10.
No scorecard yet for MPLT — the ten traits are scored by the
pipeline (ext-scorecard step) when a report is run on this ticker.
Deep Analysis
Deep Analysis Engine
Pre-flight intelligence scans the company first, then routes to the right analytical methods.
Pre-Flight Intelligence
Business Segments
Peer Assessment
Method Routing
Market Thesis
Warnings
0Company Classification— What type of company is this?
1Fetch profile, key metrics, ratios, 3 years of income + cash flow
2Score company against 6 archetypes using multi-dimensional signal scoring
3Detect sector mismatch (e.g., TSLA in auto but valued as tech)
4Select valuation approach: which methods to use, skip, and weight
5Identify secondary traits for hybrid/borderline companies
Layer 0 runs first and determines what type of company this is: Mature Earner, High-Growth Profitable, Narrative/Platform, Pre-Profit Growth, Deep Value/Turnaround, or Dividend/Income.
Different company types need fundamentally different valuation methods. A utility and Tesla cannot be valued the same way.
The classification drives which valuation methods are used and how they're weighted in the final synthesis.
1Industry Landscape— Where is the industry headed?
1Load company profile and identify sector/industry
2Discover up to 8 industry peers via FMP
3Fetch 3 years of income statements for each peer
4Compute industry-wide revenue and earnings growth (median CAGR)
5Analyse gross, operating, and net margin trends across the industry
6Score tailwind/headwind signals and determine industry outlook
2Company Momentum— Where is this company trending?
1Fetch 3 years of income, balance sheet, and cash flow statements
5EPV = after-tax adjusted earnings / cost of capital + excess cash
What is EPV? — Bruce Greenwald's model: what is the company worth if it never grows again? Uses normalized operating income divided by cost of capital.
Why it matters: EPV is a floor. If the stock trades below EPV, you're getting future growth for free — the market is pricing the company as if it will shrink. If above EPV, you're paying a premium for expected growth.
Excess cash is added on top (cash minus short-term debt) — that's money shareholders could theoretically receive today.
4cAnchored PE— Industry PE adjusted for growth differential
1Load Layer 1 (industry peers) and Layer 3 (growth projections)
2Compute PE for each peer (price / EPS) and take the median
3Calculate growth differential: company growth vs industry growth
4Apply growth premium to industry median PE (capped at 3x)
5Fair value = trailing EPS × adjusted PE
4dReverse DCF— What growth is the market pricing in?
1Load Layer 3 projections and fetch current FCF + market cap
2Binary search: find growth rate where DCF model = current price (50 iterations)
3Compare implied growth to projected growth from Layer 3
4Determine signal: underpriced, fairly priced, or overpriced
How it works: Instead of estimating fair value, this flips the question — "what growth rate would justify today's price?"
Uses binary search to find the FCF growth rate that makes the DCF model equal the current market cap. Then compares that implied growth to projected growth from Layer 3.
The gap is the signal: Implied < Projected → market underprices the growth (potential upside) Implied > Projected → market expects more growth than the data supports (risky) Implied ≈ Projected → price fairly reflects expected growth
4eRevenue-Based DCF— For growth/narrative companies (skip if mature earner)
1Project revenue forward using blended growth rate
2Apply target net margin trajectory (converges to industry median over 5 years)
3Convert projected net income to FCF at 70% conversion rate
4Discount back at CAPM rate — same math as DCF but revenue-driven
4fAnchored P/S— Price-to-Sales peer comparison (skip if mature earner)
1Compute P/S for each peer (price / revenue per share)
2Take industry median P/S
3Apply growth differential premium (same formula as Anchored PE)
4Fair value = revenue per share × adjusted P/S
4gScenario Analysis— Bull / Base / Bear (skip if mature earner)
1Define 3 scenarios: Bull (1.5x growth), Base (1.0x), Bear (0.5x)
2Run revenue-DCF for each scenario with adjusted margins
3Probability-weight: 25% bull + 50% base + 25% bear
4Report fair value range (bear floor to bull ceiling)
4hDividend Discount Model— For dividend/income stocks only
1Compute annual dividend per share from dividend history
2Calculate dividend growth rate (CAGR over 3-5 years)
3Gordon Growth Model: DPS × (1 + g) / (r - g)
4Check payout sustainability
4iBook Value Analysis— For deep value / turnaround stocks only
1Book value, tangible book, and NCAV (Graham liquidation value) per share
2Weighted fair value from all three measures
3Flag if trading below book, tangible, or NCAV
4jInsider Activity— Are insiders buying or selling?
1Fetch last 50 insider transactions from FMP
2Filter to last 12 months of activity
3Categorise buys vs sells and compute total dollar values
4Score insider sentiment: heavy buying (+2) to heavy selling (-2)
5Identify notable transactions (top 5 by value)
4fCash Flow Quality— How trustworthy is the FCF?
1Compare free cash flow to net income (accrual ratio) over 3 years
2Measure FCF consistency (coefficient of variation)
3Check operating cash flow vs net income ratio
4Assess capex intensity (capex as % of operating cash)
5Flag negative FCF years and quality concerns
4gDebt Maturity Risk— Can it handle its debt?
1Extract debt structure: total, short-term, long-term, cash position
2Compute interest coverage ratio (operating income / interest expense)
3Calculate debt-to-FCF ratio (years to pay off all debt)
4Check short-term debt coverage (cash vs near-term obligations)
5Track debt trajectory over 3 years (deleveraging, stable, increasing)
3Run 25 DCF scenarios and compute fair value for each
4Count how many scenarios show fair value above current price
5Score robustness: fragile → very robust
4lSector Demand Cycle— Is the sector in a boom, steady state, or contraction?
1Analyse capex acceleration across all peers — are companies investing heavily?
2Measure revenue acceleration breadth — is growth widespread or isolated to one company?
3Check margin health under growth — is demand healthy (pricing power) or pressured?
4Compare sector vs market performance — is capital flowing into this sector?
5Check analyst estimate revision trends — is consensus shifting up or down?
6Determine demand cycle phase: boom, expansion, steady, slowdown, or contraction
5AI Investigation— Adaptive research engine (Claude)
1Gather all financial data + signal layer results into a comprehensive brief
2Pass 1 — "The Story": Claude identifies what's unusual/risky/noteworthy about THIS company
3Generate 6-8 targeted investigation questions with reasoning (not generic templates)
4Execute investigation: web search (if API available) or Claude knowledge base
5Pass 2 — "The Analysis": Synthesise findings across 6 dimensions with investigation answers
6Full audit trail: every question, query, source, and reasoning timestamped
Two-pass AI investigation. Pass 1: Claude reads all financial data and identifies what's unusual about this specific company — the questions an investor needs answered. Pass 2: Each question is investigated (via web search when available, Claude knowledge otherwise), then everything is synthesised into a 6-dimension analysis.
Full audit trail: Every question generated, every search query, every source hit, and all reasoning is logged with timestamps. Expand the investigation log to see exactly what was asked and why.
If Claude API is unavailable, this layer is gracefully skipped and the synthesis proceeds using quantitative methods only.
5bThesis Evaluation— What does the market believe? (narrative/platform stocks only)
1Gather all financial data + classification + reverse DCF implied growth
2Send to Claude: evaluate the market's thesis for this narrative stock
3Break down required revenue by business line to justify the price
4Assess historical precedent — has any company achieved this growth?
5Determine conviction requirements and price sensitivity
For narrative/platform stocks, fair value is meaningless. Instead, this layer asks: what does the market believe, and is that belief reasonable?
Claude evaluates: what each business line needs to generate, historical precedent for the implied growth, what must go right, what could go wrong, and price sensitivity (where it becomes a no-brainer vs clearly overpriced).
Verdict is one of: Reasonable Premium, High Conviction Required, Priced for Perfection, or Disconnected from Fundamentals.
6Valuation Synthesis— Weighted verdict from all methods (requires Layer 4)
1Load cached results from all Layer 4 sub-processes (valuation methods + signals)
2Compute base weighted composite: 50% DCF + 25% EPV + 25% Anchored PE
3Extract signal adjustment factors: growth rate, discount rate, PE premium
4Re-run DCF with adjusted growth + discount rate → signal-adjusted DCF fair value
5Re-run Anchored PE with adjusted premium → signal-adjusted PE fair value
7Apply residual confidence shift + red flag overrides → final verdict
How the composite works: Three valuation methods each produce a fair value. They're weighted: 50% DCF, 25% EPV, 25% Anchored PE.
Signal feedback loop: Strong signals now adjust the fair value itself — not just the verdict threshold. AI-identified tailwinds increase the DCF growth rate, hostile macro raises the discount rate, and competitive moat strength adjusts the PE premium. EPV stays untouched as the growth-agnostic floor.
Adjustment limits: Growth rate ±10pp, discount rate ±2pp, PE premium ±0.15 — prevents runaway estimates while still allowing signals to materially move the fair value.
Method agreement matters: When all three methods point the same direction, the signal is strong. When they disagree, treat the result with caution.
The verdict isn't "buy" or "sell" — it's whether the current price already reflects the company's fundamentals.
Narrative Economics
The story the market is telling about this stock — the intangible X-factor
(founder mythology, cult dynamics, TAM-of-imagination) that moves price beyond
what cash flows alone explain. After Shiller, Narrative Economics.
No narrative profile yet for MPLT — it's generated by the pipeline (market-narrative step).
Delvantic AI Findings
Claude Opus reviews the pipeline's raw data + every prior verdict, then writes an independent take.
Reviews the pipeline's own verdicts
No AI findings yet for MPLT — they're generated by the
pipeline (ai-findings step) when a report is run on this ticker.
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GPT Critique
GPT reads the same briefing + Delvantic AI Findings and writes its own take, agreeing or disagreeing with specific claims.
Reviews the Opus findings above
No GPT critique yet for MPLT — it's generated by the
pipeline (gpt-critique step) after the AI findings above, when a
report is run on this ticker.
Community AI Feedback
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