Vanda Pharmaceuticals
VNDA on Nasdaq. Pharmaceutical preparations. Market value $277m.
Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest 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
See Health care stocks that passed both tests
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For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $-52.33 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.
The filings do not give us enough to work this out.
The filings do not give us enough to work this out.
Quality score: 32 of 100. Price score: 0 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$4.52 a share, 6% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $4.27 to $9.94.
Pays no dividend
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $269m | $254m | $193m | $199m | $216m |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | 15.7% | 2.5% | -7.2% | -20.5% | -70.0% |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.06bn | 0.06bn | 0.06bn | 0.06bn | 0.06bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive3 of 5 years
- Accounting checksSkipped: company is not yet profitable
- DebtUnknown
- Revenue growth, five yearsShrinking, 2.7% a year
- Buying back its own sharesNo, 7% more shares since 2021
The quarter to June 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $51 million last quarter, down 4% on a year ago.
- A loss of $63 million, compared with a loss of $27 million a year ago.
- It loses 86 cents on each $1 of sales, compared with 50 cents a year earlier.
- Over the past 12 months it spent $143 million more cash than it brought in, compared with $66 million a year earlier.
- 2% more shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit less of the company.
- Sales grew on a year ago in 3 of the last 4 quarters.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $48m |
| December 2024 | $53m |
| March 2025 | $50m |
| June 2025 | $53m |
| September 2025 | $56m |
| December 2025 | $57m |
| March 2026 | $52m |
| June 2026 | $51m |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | -$5m |
| December 2024 | -$5m |
| March 2025 | -$29m |
| June 2025 | -$27m |
| September 2025 | -$23m |
| December 2025 | -$141m |
| March 2026 | -$49m |
| June 2026 | -$63m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 12 February 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 5 November 2026
Who owns it
2 long-term investors we follow own it, unchanged from 2 last quarter. 172 funds in all.
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMOJeremy Grantham | $173,465 | <0.1% | Added |
| Horizon KineticsMurray Stahl | $138,606 | <0.1% | Cut |
Largest holders overall
- BlackRock$47mAdded
- State Street$22mAdded
- AQR Capital Management$21mAdded
- Renaissance Technologies$21mCut
- Vanguard Capital Management$15m
- AIGH Capital Management$13mCut
- Acadian Asset Management$12mAdded
- Dimensional Fund Advisors LP$11mCut
- Millennium Management$10mCut
- Geode Capital Management$9mAdded
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
4 investors own more than 5%.
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investor8.1%−7.5 ptsSince 31 January 2025
- AQR Capital Management, LLCPassive investorat least 5.8%(filed with 1 related holder)Since 30 June 2026
- Millennium Management LLCPassive investorat least 5.6%+2.8 pts(filed with 2 related holders)Since 17 August 2026
- STATE STREET CORPORATIONPassive investor5.1%Since 31 March 2026
- BlackRock Portfolio Management LLCPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 31 March 2026
- The Vanguard GroupPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 13 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | 8.1%−7.5 pts | 31 January 2025 | |
AQR Capital Management, LLC Passive investor | at least 5.8% (filed with 1 related holder) | 30 June 2026 | |
Millennium Management LLC Passive investor | at least 5.6%+2.8 pts (filed with 2 related holders) | 17 August 2026 | |
STATE STREET CORPORATION Passive investor | 5.1% | 31 March 2026 | |
BlackRock Portfolio Management LLC Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 31 March 2026 | |
The Vanguard Group Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 13 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
No insider bought shares on the open market in the last 12 months. 6 sold $3m.
- Moran Kevin PatrickSVP, CFO & TreasurerSold
- Date
- 2 March 2026
- Shares
- 42,442
- Price
- $8.27
- Value
- $350,995
- Wijkstrom JoakimSVP, Chief Marketing OfficerSold
- Date
- 2 March 2026
- Shares
- 30,800
- Price
- $8.27
- Value
- $254,716
- Williams TimothySVP & General CounselSold
- Date
- 2 March 2026
- Shares
- 42,434
- Price
- $8.27
- Value
- $350,929
- Birznieks GuntherSVP, Business DevelopmentSold
- Date
- 2 March 2026
- Shares
- 42,431
- Price
- $8.27
- Value
- $350,904
- Polymeropoulos Mihael HristosPresident and CEO, DirectorSold
- Date
- 2 March 2026
- Shares
- 156,235
- Price
- $8.17
- Value
- $1m
- Honore TageDirectorSold
- Date
- 23 February 2026
- Shares
- 30,000
- Price
- $8.03
- Value
- $240,900
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 March 2026 | Moran Kevin Patrick SVP, CFO & Treasurer | Sold | 42,442 | $8.27 | $350,995 |
| 2 March 2026 | Wijkstrom Joakim SVP, Chief Marketing Officer | Sold | 30,800 | $8.27 | $254,716 |
| 2 March 2026 | Williams Timothy SVP & General Counsel | Sold | 42,434 | $8.27 | $350,929 |
| 2 March 2026 | Birznieks Gunther SVP, Business Development | Sold | 42,431 | $8.27 | $350,904 |
| 2 March 2026 | Polymeropoulos Mihael Hristos President and CEO, Director | Sold | 156,235 | $8.17 | $1m |
| 23 February 2026 | Honore Tage Director | Sold | 30,000 | $8.03 | $240,900 |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
What could go wrong
- Sales have shrunk: 2.7% a year.
Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.
The deep dive
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