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HTFL NASDAQ

Heartflow, Inc. Common Stock
1W: +0.3% 1M: -1.4% 3M: +81.9% YTD: +70.2% 1Y: +37.3%
$49.32
+0.41 (+0.84%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±6.8%
$43 $46 $49 $53 $56
NASDAQ · Healthcare · Medical - Healthcare Information Services · Tech Score Neutral · Power 54 · $4.3B mcap · 66M float · 2.71% daily turnover · Short 39% of daily vol

Edge Score

Quantitative competitive moat analysis scoring five pillars of durable advantage — cost leadership, brand intangibles, switching costs, network effects, and efficient scale — using industry percentile rankings on a 0–100 scale.

NARROW EDGE
56.1 / 100
NoneWeakNarrowWide
Primary source: Switching Costs  ·  ROIC: -39.8%
Cost Advantage
45
Intangibles
63
Switching Cost
67
Network Effect
47
Scale
50
The Edge Score quantifies a company's competitive moat using five pillars: Cost Advantage (20%, operating margin and SG&A efficiency vs industry peers), Intangible Assets (25%, gross margin premium, R&D intensity, brand pricing power), Switching Costs (25%, revenue stability, earnings consistency, customer retention proxied by operating leverage), Network Effects (15%, revenue growth with expanding margins, market share dominance), and Efficient Scale (15%, market concentration, ROIC sustainability). Each pillar is scored 0–100 using industry percentile rankings, then weighted into a composite. Wide ≥ 70, Narrow ≥ 55, Weak ≥ 40, None < 40. HTFL has a Narrow competitive edge (56.1/100) — meaningful but not impregnable advantages over competitors. The primary source of advantage is Switching Costs. Negative ROIC of -39.8% indicates the company is currently destroying value, though this may reflect a growth investment phase.

Analyst Insights

Wall Street analyst consensus based on price targets and buy/sell/hold recommendations from institutional research coverage over the trailing 12 months.

Analyst Price Targets
$40
Low
$47
Avg Target
$56
High
Based on 7 analysts since Aug 13, 2026 earnings
Analyst Recommendations
Strong Buy: 0Buy: 5Hold: 1Sell: 0Strong Sell: 0
Rating Summary
ConsensusBuy
Avg Target$45.00
Analysts9
Price Target Change History
DateFirmAnalystOldNewChangeUpside @ CallStock@Call
2026-09-22 Canaccord Genuity William Plovanic $45 $56 +11 +11.3% $50.33
2026-09-09 UBS — Initiated $55 — +15.2% $47.75
2026-08-14 Morgan Stanley — $35 $40 +5 -3.1% $41.29
2026-08-14 Canaccord Genuity William Plovanic $37 $45 +8 +12.0% $40.19
2026-08-14 Piper Sandler Matt O&#039;Brien $38 $45 +7 +12.4% $40.02
2026-08-14 Stifel Nicolaus Rick Wise $40 $45 +5 +45.1% $31.01
2026-08-14 Robert W. Baird — $34 $45 +11 +45.1% $31.01
2026-07-31 Robert W. Baird David Rescott Initiated $34 — +31.6% $25.83
2026-07-15 Stifel Nicolaus Rick Wise $35 $40 +5 +56.9% $25.49
2026-05-15 Wells Fargo Larry Biegelsen $38 $37 -1 +14.8% $32.24
2026-05-15 Canaccord Genuity — $35 $37 +2 +14.8% $32.24
2026-01-28 Wells Fargo — Initiated $38 — +21.8% $31.21
2025-09-02 Morgan Stanley — Initiated $35 — +12.3% $31.16
2025-09-02 Canaccord Genuity — Initiated $35 — +12.3% $31.16
2025-09-02 Stifel Nicolaus Rick Wise Initiated $35 — +12.3% $31.16
2025-09-02 Piper Sandler Matt O'Brien Initiated $38 — +22.0% $31.16

Financial Rating

Composite financial health rating (A+ to F) based on discounted cash flow valuation, return on equity, return on assets, debt-to-equity leverage, and relative P/E and P/B multiples.

C-
Oct 02, 2026
DCF
3
ROE
1
ROA
1
D/E
2
P/E
1
P/B
1
The Financial Rating evaluates six fundamental factors — discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation, return on equity (ROE), return on assets (ROA), debt-to-equity leverage (D/E), and relative price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-book (P/B) multiples — each scored 1–5. HTFL receives an overall rating of C-. Areas of concern: ROE (1/5), ROA (1/5), D/E (2/5), P/E (1/5), P/B (1/5).
Rating Change History
DateFromTo
2026-10-01 C C-
2026-05-04 C- C
2026-04-01 C C-
2026-03-19 D+ C
2026-03-18 C- D+

InsiderStreet Scorecard

Proprietary multi-factor scorecard rating companies across seven fundamental dimensions — profitability, balance sheet strength, earnings quality, growth, value, momentum, and safety — each scored 0–100.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 38 Grade D
Profitability
20
Balance Sheet
68
Earnings Quality
24
Growth
—
Value
29
Momentum
—
Safety
100
Cash Flow
30
The InsiderStreet Scorecard rates companies across eight dimensions: Profitability (margins, ROA, ROE), Balance Sheet (leverage, liquidity, coverage), Earnings Quality (accruals, cash conversion), Growth (revenue and earnings trajectory), Value (P/E, P/B, earnings yield, Graham criteria), Momentum (revenue and earnings acceleration), Safety (Altman Z-Score risk adjustment), and Cash Flow (operating cash flow quality, FCF conversion, cash coverage). The overall score blends 35% quality, 35% value, and 30% momentum, with a penalty for distress-zone Altman scores. HTFL scores highest in Safety (100/100) and lowest in Profitability (20/100). A grade of D flags significant fundamental concerns across multiple dimensions.

Risk & Quality Signals

Academic financial models used by institutional investors to assess bankruptcy risk, earnings manipulation, financial strength, and credit quality.

Altman Z-Score
19.26
Safe Zone
Piotroski F-Score
2/9
✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
Beneish M-Score
—
—
Ohlson O-Score
-6.11
Bankruptcy prob: 0.2%
Low Risk
Credit Rating
BBB+
Score: 64.4/100
Earnings Quality
—
OCF/NI: 0.44x
Accruals: -19.2%
The Altman Z-Score (1968) combines five ratios — working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value of equity, and sales, all relative to total assets or liabilities — into a single bankruptcy predictor. HTFL scores 19.26, placing it in the Safe Zone (safe > 2.99, distress < 1.81). Bankruptcy is statistically unlikely within the next two years. The Piotroski F-Score (2000) is a 9-point binary checklist — four profitability tests (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, cash flow exceeding net income), three leverage tests (declining debt ratio, improving current ratio, no share dilution), and two efficiency tests (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Each pass scores 1 point. HTFL scores 2/9, suggesting weak financial fundamentals — the company fails the majority of these accounting tests. The Ohlson O-Score (1980) is a 9-variable logistic regression that estimates bankruptcy probability using firm size, leverage, working capital, current ratio, profitability (ROA), cash flow coverage, negative equity flag, consecutive losses flag, and earnings trajectory. The raw score is converted to a probability via logistic transformation. HTFL's implied 0.2% bankruptcy probability is well within safe territory. Our Credit Rating model scores companies on five weighted components — solvency (30%), earning power (25%), leverage (20%), liquidity (15%), and cash flow quality (10%) — then blends the absolute score with sector and industry peer rankings. For companies with large buyback programs, equity is adjusted by adding back cumulative 5-year repurchases (capped at 80% of FCF generated) to avoid penalizing shareholder-friendly capital allocation. HTFL receives an estimated rating of BBB+ (score: 64.4/100).

Valuation

Key valuation multiples comparing the stock's market price to its earnings, revenue, book value, and cash flows. Lower multiples may indicate relative undervaluation versus peers.

P/E
-34.73x
PEG
4.81x
P/S
20.06x
P/B
15.23x
P/FCF
-42.83x
P/OCF
—
EV/EBITDA
-28.29x
EV/Revenue
11.31x
EV/EBIT
-26.20x
EV/FCF
-40.55x
Earnings Yield
-4.67%
FCF Yield
-2.33%
Shareholder Yield
0.00%
Graham Number
—
Equity-based multiples (P/E, P/B, P/FCF) compare the stock price to per-share fundamentals and are affected by capital structure. Enterprise value multiples (EV/EBITDA, EV/Revenue, EV/FCF) strip out debt and cash, making them more useful for cross-company comparisons regardless of how companies are financed. The Graham Number — √(22.5 × EPS × Book Value) — is Benjamin Graham's formula for the maximum price a defensive investor should pay. HTFL currently has negative earnings — the P/E ratio is not meaningful.

DuPont Decomposition (5-Factor)

The 5-factor DuPont framework breaks Return on Equity into its component drivers — tax efficiency, interest burden, operating profitability, asset utilization, and financial leverage — to reveal what truly drives shareholder returns.

Tax Burden
0.999
NI / EBT
×
Interest Burden
1.294
EBT / EBIT
×
EBIT Margin
-0.432
EBIT / Rev
×
Asset Turnover
0.616
Rev / Assets
×
Equity Multiplier
1.231
Assets / Equity
=
ROE
-42.3%
The 5-factor DuPont identity decomposes ROE as: Tax Burden × Interest Burden × EBIT Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier = ROE. This reveals whether returns are driven by operating performance, financial leverage, or tax efficiency — three very different sources of profitability. HTFL's ROE of -42.3% is driven by Asset Turnover (0.616), indicating efficient use of assets to generate revenue. A tax burden ratio of 1.00 indicates minimal tax leakage — the company retains over 90% of pre-tax earnings.

Graham-Dodd Adjusted Valuation

Our adaptation of Graham's growth formula (Fair P/E = 8.5 + 2g) from The Intelligent Investor. The classic version relies on analyst growth projections, which can be unreliable. This adjusted model substitutes the company's realized 3-year EPS CAGR — a backward-looking, verifiable measure of actual earnings power — grounding the valuation in demonstrated performance rather than forecasts.

Two adjustments we make, and why. Growth is capped at 15%. Graham defined g as expected growth over the next seven to ten years, not last year's rate. Across US companies since 1994 the median realized 7-year EPS growth is 5–8% regardless of how fast a company grew beforehand, and of 4,457 company-quarters that grew faster than 200%, none sustained it. Uncapped, the formula assigned fair multiples in the hundreds to companies that had never held that rate — and scored worse than simply reading the P/E. Capped, it carries real information. The verdict has three states, not two. Tested over 377,249 stock-months, this ratio only separates outcomes at its extremes: below 0.25 beat the universe by 1.3 points a year, above 3.0 lagged by 2.7, and everything in between sat inside a one-point band. Rather than call two-thirds of the market "undervalued" on a threshold of 1.0, we say Neutral where the model cannot tell — which is most of the time.

Adj. Growth Rate
0.00%
Fair P/E
8.50x
Intrinsic Value
—
Price/Value
—
Margin of Safety
—
Premium
—

Profitability Trends

Historical profitability ratios tracking how efficiently the company converts revenue into returns for shareholders over time.

Leverage & Solvency Trends

Debt and liquidity metrics showing the company's financial leverage and ability to meet short-term and long-term obligations.

Efficiency & Working Capital Trends

Operating efficiency metrics measuring how quickly the company converts inventory to sales, collects receivables, and manages its cash conversion cycle.

Growth Trends (YoY %)

Year-over-year growth rates for key financial metrics, showing the trajectory of revenue, earnings, and cash flow generation.

Earnings Stability

R-squared of linear regression measuring how predictably revenue, earnings, and margins follow a trend over the trailing 5 years. 1.0 = perfectly predictable; lower values indicate erratic or cyclical behavior.

Monte Carlo Price Simulation

Geometric Brownian Motion with 1,000 antithetic paths over 1 year, seeded from 290 days of historical volatility. Percentile bands show the range of statistically plausible outcomes — this is a statistical model, not a forecast.

Current Price
$49.32
Median 1Y
$58.43
5th Pctile
$16.71
95th Pctile
$207.46
Ann. Volatility
77.7%
Analyst Target
$45.00
25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical Analyst target

Executive Compensation

C-suite compensation breakdown including salary, stock awards, options, and incentive pay. The CEO-to-employee pay ratio and Gini coefficient measure pay distribution fairness.

C-Suite Compensation

ExecutiveSalaryStockTotal
John C.M. Farquhar,
President & Chief Executive Officer
$647,971 $1,137,492 $5,989,882
Campbell D.K. Rogers,
M.D. Chief Medical Officer
$552,080 $399,988 $2,701,071
Vikram Verghese, Financial
ancial Officer
$434,995 $399,988 $2,357,900

CEO Pay Ratio

38:1
CEO-to-Employee Pay Ratio
CEO Total Comp: $5,989,882
Avg Employee Cost (SGA/emp): $159,365
Employees: 843

C-Suite Pay Equality (Gini)

CEO Compensation Mix

Workforce & Productivity

Workforce efficiency metrics measuring revenue, profit, and R&D spend per employee — key indicators of operational leverage and human capital productivity.

Employees
843
Revenue / Employee
$208,819
Rev: $176,034,000
Profit / Employee
$-138,542
NI: $-116,791,000
SGA / Employee
$159,365
Avg labor cost proxy
R&D / Employee
$77,008
Innovation spend

Scaling Efficiency

All Ratios & Metrics

Complete fundamental data with up to 20 periods of history, sparkline trends, and current values across 13 categories and 130+ financial metrics.

Profitability
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
ROE -20.0% -25.0% -35.9% -42.3% -42.32%
ROA -14.0% -20.9% -29.8% -34.4% -34.36%
ROIC 80.5% -17.8% -28.2% -39.8% -39.84%
ROCE -7.3% -15.3% -24.8% -30.5% -30.49%
Gross Margin 76.5% 79.5% 80.2% 83.0% 83.00%
Operating Margin -32.6% -36.1% -41.9% -27.9% -27.93%
Net Margin -1.1% -49.7% -52.1% -24.6% -24.57%
EBITDA Margin -47.2% -45.4% -47.4% -24.5% -24.53%
FCF Margin -9.1% -17.5% -32.9% -27.9% -27.91%
OCF Margin -6.4% -14.2% -29.5% -24.6% -24.63%
ROIC Economic snapshot only -19.00%
Cash ROA snapshot only -15.16%
Cash ROIC snapshot only -36.20%
CROIC snapshot only -41.01%
NOPAT Margin snapshot only -27.11%
Pretax Margin snapshot only -55.86%
R&D / Revenue snapshot only 39.53%
SGA / Revenue snapshot only 74.86%
SBC / Revenue snapshot only 11.17%
Valuation
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
P/E Ratio -53.36 -142.76 -20.30 -21.41 -34.732
P/S Ratio 58.64 112.60 14.08 11.95 20.056
P/B Ratio 10.66 35.73 7.29 9.06 15.233
P/FCF -647.32 -643.79 -42.80 -42.83 -42.834
P/OCF — — — — —
EV/EBITDA -111.82 -239.75 -28.25 -28.29 -28.295
EV/Revenue 52.82 110.98 13.19 11.31 11.314
EV/EBIT -102.07 -218.32 -25.73 -26.20 -26.203
EV/FCF -583.06 -634.52 -40.09 -40.55 -40.545
Earnings Yield -1.9% -0.7% -4.9% -4.7% -4.67%
FCF Yield -0.2% -0.2% -2.3% -2.3% -2.33%
PEG Ratio snapshot only 4.806
Price/Tangible Book snapshot only 9.062
EV/Gross Profit snapshot only 14.129
Shareholder Yield snapshot only 0.00%
Leverage & Solvency
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Current Ratio 8.60 5.20 5.57 5.08 5.080
Quick Ratio 8.60 5.20 5.57 5.08 5.080
Debt/Equity 0.09 0.07 0.09 0.10 0.097
Net Debt/Equity -1.06 -0.51 -0.46 -0.48 -0.484
Debt/Assets 0.06 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.079
Debt/EBITDA -1.00 -0.50 -0.38 -0.32 -0.320
Net Debt/EBITDA 12.32 3.50 1.91 1.60 1.597
Interest Coverage -0.89 -1.80 -2.82 -3.41 -3.405
Equity Multiplier 1.43 1.20 1.20 1.23 1.231
Cash Ratio snapshot only 3.687
Debt Service Coverage snapshot only -3.154
Cash to Debt snapshot only 5.992
FCF to Debt snapshot only -2.182
Defensive Interval snapshot only 308.9 days
Efficiency & Turnover
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Asset Turnover 0.13 0.27 0.43 0.62 0.616
Inventory Turnover — — — — —
Receivables Turnover 1.66 3.25 4.17 4.96 4.960
Payables Turnover 5.55 6.60 5.45 8.56 8.556
DSO 220 112 88 74 73.6 days
DIO 0 0 0 0 0.0 days
DPO 66 55 67 43 42.7 days
Cash Conversion Cycle 154 57 21 31 30.9 days
Fixed Asset Turnover snapshot only 8.523
Cash Velocity snapshot only 1.305
Capital Intensity snapshot only 1.624
Growth Quality
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Revenue Stability — — — — —
Earnings Stability — — — — —
Margin Stability — — — — —
Rev. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
Earn. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
FCF Positive Streak 0 0 0 0 0
Earnings Persistence — — — — —
Earnings Smoothness — — — — —
ROE Trend — — — — —
Gross Margin Trend — — — — —
FCF Margin Trend — — — — —
Sustainable Growth Rate — — — — —
Internal Growth Rate — — — — —
Cash Flow Quality
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
OCF/Net Income 0.06 0.18 0.43 0.44 0.441
FCF/OCF 1.42 1.23 1.12 1.13 1.133
FCF/Net Income snapshot only 0.500
CapEx/Revenue 2.7% 3.3% 3.4% 3.3% 3.28%
CapEx/Depreciation snapshot only 1.026
Accruals Ratio -0.13 -0.17 -0.17 -0.19 -0.192
Sloan Accruals snapshot only 0.050
Cash Flow Adequacy snapshot only -7.519
Dividends & Buybacks
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Dividend Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Dividend/Share $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Payout Ratio — — — — —
FCF Payout Ratio — — — — —
Total Payout Ratio — — — — —
Div. Increase Streak — — — — —
Chowder Number — — — — —
Buyback Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Net Buyback Yield -12.4% -0.0% -0.4% -0.4% -0.44%
Total Shareholder Return -12.4% -0.0% -0.4% -0.4% -0.44%
DuPont Factors
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.999
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT) 2.12 1.55 1.35 1.29 1.294
EBIT Margin -0.52 -0.51 -0.51 -0.43 -0.432
Asset Turnover 0.13 0.27 0.43 0.62 0.616
Equity Multiplier 1.43 1.20 1.20 1.23 1.231
Per Share
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
EPS (Diluted TTM) $-0.63 $-0.20 $-1.20 $-1.37 $-1.37
Book Value/Share $3.16 $0.82 $3.34 $3.24 $3.24
Tangible Book/Share $3.16 $0.82 $3.34 $3.24 $3.24
Revenue/Share $0.57 $0.26 $1.73 $2.45 $2.45
FCF/Share $-0.05 $-0.05 $-0.57 $-0.68 $-0.68
OCF/Share $-0.04 $-0.04 $-0.51 $-0.60 $-0.60
Cash/Share $3.61 $0.48 $1.85 $1.88 $1.88
EBITDA/Share $-0.27 $-0.12 $-0.81 $-0.98 $-0.98
Debt/Share $0.27 $0.06 $0.31 $0.31 $0.31
Net Debt/Share $-3.34 $-0.42 $-1.54 $-1.57 $-1.57
Academic Models
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Altman Z-Score — — — — 19.264
Altman Z-Prime snapshot only 32.053
Piotroski F-Score 2 2 2 2 2
Beneish M-Score — — — — —
Ohlson O-Score snapshot only -6.107
ROIC (Greenblatt) snapshot only -44.72%
Net-Net WC snapshot only $1.84
EVA snapshot only $-71919390.00
Credit
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Credit Rating snapshot only BBB+
Credit Score 63.09 64.35 63.32 64.39 64.393
Credit Grade snapshot only 8
Implied Spread (bps) snapshot only 225.000
Industry Credit Rank snapshot only 61
Sector Credit Rank snapshot only 58

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