Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.
Business
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes medicines using proprietary delivery technologies to provide alternatives to invasive or inconvenient standard-of-care therapies. Its main offerings include PharmFilm oral film technology, the approved Libervant buccal film, the Anaphylm sublingual epinephrine film, the Adrenaverse epinephrine prodrug platform, and multiple licensed oral film products it exclusively manufactures. The company operates distinct activities for proprietary pipeline development (complex molecules and CNS programs), licensed product manufacturing, and collaboration-driven commercialization. Aquestive supplies products domestically from U.S.-based manufacturing facilities and distributes through retail, pharmacy and licensee channels in the U.S. and internationally.
Summary from filing dated 2025-03-05
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 45 | 58 | 51 | 48 | 51 | |
| Manufacture and supply | 19 | 18 | 21 | 19 | — | |
| Research and development | 17 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 17 | |
| Selling, general and administrative | 80 | 50 | 32 | 53 | 53 | |
| Total costs and expenses | 116 | 88 | 66 | 90 | — | |
| Loss from operations | −71 | −31 | −15 | −42 | −35 | |
| Interest expense | −11 | −11 | −6 | — | — | |
| Interest expense related to royalty obligations | −6 | −5 | −905,000 | 0 | — | |
| Interest expense related to the sale of future revenue | −243,000 | −236,000 | −220,000 | −6 | −12 | |
| Interest income and other income, net | 4 | 3 | 16 | 99,000 | — | |
| Net loss before income taxes | −84 | −44 | −8 | −54 | −71 | |
| Income taxes benefit | 0 | 14,000 | −245,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Net loss | −84 | −44 | −8 | −54 | −71 | |
| Comprehensive loss | −84 | −44 | −8 | −54 | −71 | |
| Basic (in dollars per share) | −0.78 | −0.51 | −0.13 | −1.12 | −1.85 | |
| Diluted (in dollars per share) | −0.78 | −0.51 | −0.13 | −1.12 | −1.85 | |
| Basic (in shares) | 107 | 87 | 61 | 49 | 38 | |
| Diluted (in shares) | 107 | 87 | 61 | 49 | 38 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 121 | 72 | 24 | 27 | 28 | |
| Trade and other receivables, net | 18 | 7 | 8 | — | — | |
| Inventories, net | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Total current assets | 149 | 88 | 41 | 40 | 47 | |
| Property and equipment, net | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Right-of-use assets, net | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| Other non-current assets | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Total assets | 160 | 101 | 57 | 57 | 62 | |
| Accounts payable | 30 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | |
| Accrued expenses | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | |
| Lease liabilities, current | 631,000 | 510,000 | 390,000 | 255,000 | 899,000 | |
| Deferred revenue, current | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 765,000 | |
| Liability related to the sale of future revenue, current | 1 | 1 | 922,000 | 1 | 1 | |
| Royalty obligations, current | 0 | 87,000 | 0 | — | — | |
| Loans payable, current | 10 | 26,000 | 22,000 | 19 | 2 | |
| Total current liabilities | 48 | 19 | 18 | 40 | 22 | |
| Notes payable, net | 28 | 33 | 28 | 33 | — | |
| Royalty obligations, net | 26 | 20 | 15 | — | — | |
| Liability related to the sale of future revenue, net | 62 | 63 | 64 | 64 | — | |
| Lease liabilities | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| Deferred revenue, net of current portion | 19 | 20 | 32 | 31 | 7 | |
| Other non-current liabilities | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total liabilities | 194 | 162 | 164 | 176 | 144 | |
| Contingencies (Note 23) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Common stock, $0.001 par value. Authorized 250,000,000 shares; 122,044,299 and 91,413,742 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively | 122,000 | 91,000 | 69,000 | 55,000 | 41,000 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 413 | 303 | 213 | 193 | 175 | |
| Accumulated deficit | −447 | −363 | −319 | −311 | −257 | |
| Total stockholders deficit | −34 | −60 | −106 | −119 | −82 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders deficit | 160 | 101 | 57 | 57 | 62 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation and amortization | 548,000 | 718,000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Share-based compensation | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts | 11 | 11 | 2 | 215,000 | 4 | |
| Gain on contract termination | 0 | −300,000 | 0 | — | — | |
| Other, net | 1,000 | 104,000 | −204,000 | −52,000 | −299,000 | |
| Trade receivables and other receivables, net | −10 | 1 | −3 | 7 | −5 | |
| Inventories | −126,000 | 725,000 | −989,000 | −2 | −2 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | 698,000 | −223,000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Accounts payable | 20 | 3 | −1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 3 | −1 | −3 | −2 | −844,000 | |
| Deferred revenue | −571,000 | −13 | 966,000 | 25 | 4 | |
| Net cash used for operating activities | −52 | −36 | −6 | −10 | −33 | |
| Capital expenditures | −562,000 | −159,000 | −995,000 | −1 | −913,000 | |
| Net cash used for investing activities | −562,000 | −159,000 | −995,000 | −3 | −913,000 | |
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock under public equity offering-ATM, net | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 30 | |
| Proceeds from common stock issued under public equity offering, net | 79 | 72 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Proceeds from exercise of warrants, net | 1 | 165,000 | 8 | 0 | — | |
| Proceeds from shares issued under employee stock purchase plan | 110,000 | 67,000 | 39,000 | 34,000 | 158,000 | |
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 1 | 732,000 | 1,000 | 0 | 185,000 | |
| Repayment of debt principal including lease liabilities | −26,000 | −23,000 | −52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Payments for royalty obligations | −11,000 | −5,000 | 0 | — | — | |
| Payments for taxes on share-based compensation | −810,000 | −1 | −11,000 | −3,000 | −14,000 | |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 103 | 84 | 4 | 12 | 30 | |
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | 50 | 48 | −3 | −751,000 | −4 | |
| Cash payments for interest | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
| Cash payments for income taxes | 0 | 305,000 | 0 | — | — | |
| Cash refunds received for income taxes | −65,000 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Non-cash investing activities: capital expenditures in accounts payable | 52,000 | 78,000 | 0 | — | — | |
| Non-cash financing activities: accrued taxes on share-based compensation | 0 | 250,000 | 0 | — | — |