CYTKCytokinetics, Incorporated

$61.22+3.8% 1Y

Is the business good?

Good

Margins widening. That is the only one of 4 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 good, 3 without data
Margin direction, 3 years+4096.4 ptsderived

Operating margin has widened over the past few years, the business is getting more profitable per dollar of sales.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is CYTK?

Cytokinetics, Incorporated spent more than it took in: an operating loss of $708M on $68M of revenue, 12 months to Q2 2026.

$708M

Operating loss · on $68M of revenue · 12 months to Q2 2026

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY2020−168%
FY2021−265%
FY2022−343%
FY2023−6590%
FY2024−2903%
FY2025−695%
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Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
−1046%
Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
−1321%
Free cash flow margin
−858%
R&D as % of revenue
587%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$68M
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
−$581M
Net income, trailing twelve months
−$894M

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.

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