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Sol-Gel Technologies

SLGL on Nasdaq. Pharmaceutical preparations. Market value $236m.

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This company reports once a year (it is based outside the US), so every figure comes from its annual report for the year to December 2025.

We can't read total debt from the filing, so debt is left out.

Should I look at this?

Not a fit for our list right now

Why it could be worth it

Nothing stands out yet.

What to watch out for

See Health care stocks that passed both tests

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Cash yield
annual report to December 2025
0.1%low

For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $0.13 of spare cash last year. A savings account pays about $4.

Price to profit
annual report to December 2025
n/a

The filings do not give us enough to work this out.

Return on capital
five annual reports to December 2025
n/a

The filings do not give us enough to work this out.

Quality score: 44 of 100. Price score: 0 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.

$75.64 a share, 163% above its 1-year low

Over the past year the price has ranged from $28.81 to $97.97.

Pays no dividend

Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).

Five years of cash, in billions

-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
20212022202320242025
Revenue
$31m$4m$2m$12m$19m
Operating margin
9.5%-418.3%-1885.8%-104.1%-38.9%
Debt to equity
n/an/an/an/an/a
Shares outstanding
0.02bn0.02bn0.03bn0.03bn0.00bn

Health checks

  • Free cash flow positive1 of 5 years
  • Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Not enough data
  • Financial strength (Piotroski)4 of 7 checks we could run
  • Profit backed by cash (accruals)No
  • DebtUnknown
  • Revenue growth, five yearsStrong, 17.2% a year
  • Buying back its own sharesYes, 88% fewer since 2021

Dates

Next results (estimated)
n/a
Last annual report (10-K)
19 March 2026
Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
n/a

Who owns it

None of the long-term investors we follow own it. 23 funds in all.

Jun '25
Dec '25
Jun '26
Largest holders overall

From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Big holders and activists

3 investors own more than 5%.

  • Moshe Arkin
    Insider or founder
    at least 56.6%−8.7 pts
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 25 March 2026
  • Opaleye Management Inc.
    Passive investor
    at least 15.4%−1.1 pts
    (filed with 2 related holders)
    Since 31 March 2026
  • at least 8.4%
    (filed with 2 related holders)
    Since 24 March 2026
  • Phoenix Financial Ltd.
    Passive investor
    Sold down below 5%
    Since 2 June 2026
  • Migdal Sal Domestic Equities
    Passive investor
    Sold down below 5%
    Since 30 September 2025

From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.

What insiders did

No insider bought or sold on the open market in the last 12 months.

From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.

What could go wrong

Cheap for a reason is the question the numbers cannot answer.

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The deep dive

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