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Pelthos Therapeutics Inc. (PTHS)

USD27.20 +1.80 (+7.09%)
US AMEX Healthcare Biotechnology
Address 4020 Stirrup Creek Drive, Suite 110, Durham, NC 27703 27703
Durham, NC, US
CEO Scott Plesha
IPO 2025-07-02
CIK 1919246 ISIN US1711262048

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Description

Pelthos Therapeutics Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical enterprise dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative medical treatments that address significant, unmet patient needs. Its primary offerings include ZELSUVMI, a medication specifically indicated for the treatment of molluscum contagiosum in individuals aged one year and older. Furthermore, the company leverages NITRICIL, an exclusive technological platform grounded in nitric oxide research. Established in 2002, this Durham, North Carolina-based firm was previously known as Channel Therapeutics Corporation, before rebranding to Pelthos Therapeutics Inc. in July 2025.

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No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
20.4K
Beta
3.20
Float Shares
133.7K
Free Float %
20.6%
Price Performance
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-3.50% +5.61% +16.07% +46.89% -19.76% -13.81% +126.44% +126.44% +126.44% +126.44% +126.44%
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Market Data

Analyst Consensus (3 ratings, all time) Buy
Price Targets & DCF
Current price
27.20
Low 50.00 +83.8%
Consensus 57.75 +112.3%
Median 57.50 +111.4%
High 66.00 +142.6%
DCF (Unlevered) 86.04 +216.3%
DCF (Levered) 29.17 +7.2%

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Ratings Trend (MoM) 100% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 1 0
Buy 6 0
Hold 0 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Price Target Summary
Period # Analysts Avg Target
Last Month 1
66.00
+142.6%
Last Quarter 2
60.50
+122.4%
Last Year 7
56.86
+109.0%
All Time 7
56.86
+109.0%
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
-1.07
Distress
Piotroski F-Score
4 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
2 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
C
Overall Score
2 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
4 / 5
High
ROE Score
1 / 5
Low
ROA Score
1 / 5
Low
D/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
3 / 5
Medium
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Biotechnology: +1.6%
  • EPS growth Biotechnology: +29.7%
    -70.2% Q1'26: +3.4% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Biotechnology: +16.2%
    -189.7% Q1'26: -122.1% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Biotechnology: +0.0%
    -193.1% Q1'26: -120.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Biotechnology: -16.1%
    -58.2% Q1'26: -93.8% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Biotechnology: -3.4%
    +220.0% Q1'26: +440.4% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Biotechnology: 0.16×
    -1.16× Q1'26: -1.15× (vs Q1'25)
Valuation Multiples From To
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WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (3.33) × ERP
WACC = 59% × Ke + 41% × Kd (8.7%) × (1−t)

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Intrinsic value (base): 86.04 Current price: 27.20
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

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Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2025
actual
Dec 2026
6 Rev. Ana.
4 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
5 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana.
Dec 2028
5 Rev. Ana.
4 EPS Ana.
Dec 2029
2 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana.
Dec 2030
2 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana.
Revenue
16.80M
est: 16.59M (+1.2%)
63.68M
62.19M – 65.58M
+283.8% YoY
117.55M
111.33M – 123.66M
+84.6% YoY
170.26M
167.21M – 173.31M
+44.8% YoY
206.60M
189.66M – 240.41M
+21.3% YoY
244.79M
224.73M – 284.86M
+18.5% YoY
EBITDA
-30.07M
est: 9.96M (-402.1%)
38.21M
37.31M – 39.35M
+283.8% YoY
70.53M
66.80M – 74.20M
+84.6% YoY
102.16M
100.33M – 103.99M
+44.8% YoY
123.96M
113.80M – 144.25M
+21.3% YoY
146.87M
134.84M – 170.92M
+18.5% YoY
EBIT
-32.43M
est: 9.96M (-425.7%)
38.21M
37.31M – 39.35M
+283.8% YoY
70.53M
66.80M – 74.20M
+84.6% YoY
102.16M
100.33M – 103.99M
+44.8% YoY
123.96M
113.80M – 144.25M
+21.3% YoY
146.87M
134.84M – 170.92M
+18.5% YoY
Net Income
-43.32M
est: -28.67M (-51.1%)
-19.15M
-24.68M – -13.62M
+33.2% YoY
-2.75M
-5.92M – 408.9K
+85.6% YoY
6.01M
3.14M – 8.88M
+318.3% YoY
9.39M
8.39M – 11.39M
+56.3% YoY
13.75M
12.29M – 16.68M
+46.4% YoY
SGA
41.72M
est: 21.52M (+93.9%)
82.58M
80.65M – 85.05M
+283.8% YoY
152.45M
144.38M – 160.38M
+84.6% YoY
220.81M
216.85M – 224.76M
+44.8% YoY
267.93M
245.97M – 311.78M
+21.3% YoY
317.46M
291.44M – 369.42M
+18.5% YoY
EPS
-23.04
est: -15.98 (-44.2%)
-10.35
-13.12 – -7.24
+35.2% YoY
-1.67
-3.15 – 0.22
+83.9% YoY
3.44
1.67 – 4.72
+306.5% YoY
5.00
4.46 – 6.06
+45.1% YoY
7.31
6.53 – 8.87
+46.4% YoY
Recent Grade Changes (3M)
Date Firm Previous New Grade Action
2026-05-15 Oppenheimer Outperform Outperform Maintain
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-15 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-05-14 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-05-13 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-05-12 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-05-11 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-05-08 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-05-07 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-05-06 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-05-05 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-05-04 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-05-01 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-04-30 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-04-29 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-04-28 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-04-27 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-04-24 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-04-23 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-04-22 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-04-21 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-04-20 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-04-17 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5
2026-04-16 C 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
-10.68M
OE per share TTM
-3.22
Owner's Yield
-12.07%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
75.5%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown
At a glance
Institutional holders
17
Total invested
19.17M
Insider transactions (90d)
1
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend From To
13F snapshot — 2026 Q1
Investors holding
17
+2 vs prev Q
New positions
5
Closed positions
3
Increased
13
Reduced
2
Put/Call ratio
0.00
Calls held
Puts held
Top institutional holders
# Investor Shares / Δ Mkt value / Δ Own% / Δ Weight% / Δ Avg px / Perf. Hold / Status
1 MURCHINSON LTD. 296.3K +6.8K (+2.4%) 6.23M -2.7M (-30.6%) 8.95% -0.229 pp 0.79% -0.657 pp USD27.93 -24.8% 3 qtrs
2 IKARIAN CAPITAL, LLC 256.6K +840.0 (+0.3%) 5.39M -2.5M (-32.0%) 7.75% -0.360 pp 0.44% -0.181 pp USD30.24 -30.5% 3 qtrs
3 93.1K +93.1K (+100.0%) 1.96M +2.0M (+100.0%) 2.81% +2.811 pp 0.00% +0.000 pp USD21.01 +0.0% 1 qtrs NEW
4 BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 81.9K +1.2K (+1.5%) 1.72M -781.2K (-31.2%) 2.47% -0.086 pp 0.02% -0.015 pp USD30.08 -30.2% 3 qtrs
5 J. GOLDMAN & CO LP 50.4K -27.6K (-35.4%) 1.06M -1.4M (-56.2%) 1.52% -0.951 pp 0.03% -0.033 pp USD31.00 -32.2% 2 qtrs
6 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P. 41.4K +6.4K (+18.4%) 870.3K -214.4K (-19.8%) 1.25% +0.142 pp 0.01% -0.004 pp USD29.45 -28.7% 2 qtrs
7 KNOTT DAVID M JR 21.1K +1.8K (+9.3%) 442.7K -155.0K (-25.9%) 0.64% +0.025 pp 0.26% -0.013 pp USD29.28 -28.2% 3 qtrs
8 GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 15.3K +1.7K (+12.2%) 321.2K -101.1K (-23.9%) 0.46% +0.030 pp 0.00% +0.000 pp USD27.89 -24.7% 3 qtrs
9 PALE FIRE CAPITAL SE 12.9K +4.8K (+59.5%) 271.4K +20.3K (+8.1%) 0.39% +0.133 pp 0.02% +0.007 pp USD27.27 -23.0% 2 qtrs
10 VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 9.8K +9.8K (+100.0%) 206.3K +206.3K (+100.0%) 0.30% +0.296 pp 0.00% +0.000 pp USD21.01 +0.0% 1 qtrs NEW
11 PERSISTENT ASSET PARTNERS LTD 6.0K +— (+0.0%) 126.2K -60.0K (-32.2%) 0.18% -0.009 pp 0.05% -0.037 pp USD29.80 -29.5% 3 qtrs
12 STEWARD PARTNERS INVESTMENT ADVISORY, LLC 1.9K +— (+0.0%) 40.1K -19.1K (-32.2%) 0.06% -0.003 pp 0.00% 0.000 pp USD28.00 -25.0% 3 qtrs
13 UBS GROUP AG 764.00 +330.0 (+76.0%) 16.1K +2.6K (+19.3%) 0.02% +0.009 pp 0.00% +0.000 pp USD26.15 -19.7% 3 qtrs
14 FARTHER FINANCE ADVISORS, LLC 40.00 +40.0 (+100.0%) 852.00 +852.0 (+100.0%) 0.00% +0.001 pp 0.00% +0.000 pp USD21.00 +0.0% 1 qtrs NEW
15 ASPECT PARTNERS, LLC 16.00 +16.0 (+100.0%) 336.00 +336.0 (+100.0%) 0.00% +0.001 pp 0.00% +0.000 pp USD21.00 +0.0% 1 qtrs NEW
16 CITIGROUP INC 1.00 +1.0 (+100.0%) 21.00 +21.0 (+100.0%) 0.00% +0.000 pp 0.00% +0.000 pp USD21.00 +0.0% 3 qtrs
17 MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC -11.1K (-100.0%) -342.8K (-100.0%) 0.00% -0.351 pp 0.00% 0.000 pp USD 2 qtrs SOLD
Ownership breakdown by holder

ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 12 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 iShares Micro-Cap ETF IWC 0.01% 132.5K 0.60%
2 Vanguard Extended Market ETF VXF 0.00% 417.3K 0.05%
3 Vanguard U.S. Total Market Shares Index ETF VTS.AX 0.00% 4.4K 0.03%
4 Vanguard U.S. Total Market Index ETF VUN.TO 0.00% 12.0K 0.17%
5 Vanguard U.S. Total Market Index ETF (CAD-hedged) VUS.TO 0.00% 887.54 0.17%
6 Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF VTI 0.00% 2.05M 0.03%
7 Vanguard All-Equity ETF Portfolio VEQT.TO 0.00% 4.5K 0.22%
8 Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio VGRO.TO 0.00% 2.4K 0.22%
9 Vanguard Balanced ETF Portfolio VBAL.TO 0.00% 989.85 0.22%
10 Vanguard Conservative ETF Portfolio VCNS.TO 0.00% 109.09 0.22%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter
Ratio by transactions
0.00
Bearish
Buys
0
Sells
0
Shares acquired
Shares disposed
Cash buys
Cash sales
Net activity
+0
Insider buys vs sells (history) From To
Recent insider transactions From To
Date Person Role Transaction A/D Security Shares Price Value Owned after D/I Filing
2026-07-02 GAY JOHN M. Officer Stock Option 93,000 13.50 1.26M 0 D
2026-04-10 GAY JOHN M. Officer Common Stock 0 0.00 30,518 D
2026-04-02 Pauls Matthew Director S-Sale D Common Stock 371 21.36 7.9K 15,150 D
2026-04-02 Malamut Richard Director S-Sale D Common Stock 280 21.36 6.0K 27,422 D
2026-04-02 Greenleaf Peter Director S-Sale D Common Stock 377 21.36 8.1K 24,681 D
2026-04-02 Friedberg Ezra M Director S-Sale D Common Stock 265 21.36 5.7K 82,027 D
2025-12-23 Einhorn Andrew J. Director A-Award A Common Stock 12,000 0.00 1.20 12,000 D
2025-12-17 LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC Director / 10% Owner A-Award A Senior Secured Convertible Note 0 29.73 0 D
2025-12-10 Pauls Matthew Director G-Gift D Common Stock 9,542 0.00 1,074 D
2025-11-25 Friedberg Ezra M Director S-Sale D Common Stock 1 28.50 28.50 32,000 I
2025-11-13 Malamut Richard Director A-Award A Common Stock 2,454 0.00 8,904 D
2025-11-06 LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC Director / 10% Owner A-Award A Senior Secured Convertible Note 0 34.44 0 D
2025-10-02 Pauls Matthew Director M-Exempt A Common Stock 2,123 0.00 10,616 D
2025-07-02 Rangarao Sai Officer A-Award A Common Stock 30,518 0.00 30,518 D
2025-07-02 Plesha Scott M. Director / Officer A-Award A Stock Option 255,000 13.50 3.44M 255,000 D
2025-07-02 Pauls Matthew Director M-Exempt A Common Stock 8,493 0.00 8,493 D
2025-07-02 Malamut Richard Director A-Award A Stock Option 58,230 13.50 786.1K 58,230 D
2025-07-02 Greenleaf Peter Director A-Award A Common Stock 25,478 0.00 25,478 D
2025-07-02 Friedberg Ezra M Director A-Award A Restricted Stock Units 19,108 13.50 258.0K 28,012 D
2025-07-02 Francis Knuettel II Officer A-Award A Common Stock 33,472 0.00 33,472 D
2025-07-02 Davis Todd C Director A-Award A Restricted Stock Units 19,108 13.50 258.0K 36,969 D
2025-07-02 Baxter Richard B Director A-Award A Common Stock 19,108 0.00 19,108 D
2025-07-01 Pauls Matthew Director 0 0.00 0
2025-07-01 LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC 10% Owner C-Conversion A Common Stock 1,500,000 10.00 15.00M 1,500,000 D
2025-07-01 Greenleaf Peter Director 0 0.00 0
2025-07-01 Friedberg Ezra M Director C-Conversion D Series A Convertible Preferred Stock 40,000 10.00 400.0K 0 I
2025-07-01 Francis Knuettel II Officer J-Other A Series A Convertible Preferred Stock 10,000 10.00 100.0K 10,000 I
2025-07-01 Davis Todd C Director / 10% Owner J-Other A Series A Convertible Preferred Stock 31,279 10.00 312.8K 3,127,868 I
2025-07-01 Baxter Richard B Director 0 0.00 0
2024-11-13 Friedberg Ezra M Director A-Award A Common Stock 2,454 0.00 63,477 D
2024-11-13 Davis Todd C Director A-Award A Common Stock 4,961 0.00 20,778 D
2024-06-14 Malamut Richard Director A-Award A Common Stock 6,450 0.00 6,450 D
2024-06-14 Friedberg Ezra M Director A-Award A Common Stock 6,450 0.00 61,023 D
2024-06-14 Davis Todd C Director A-Award A Common Stock 12,900 0.00 15,817 D

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
-8.11M
Shares Outstanding
648.5K

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Francis Knuettel CFO, Treasurer & Secretary 744.2K male
John Gay CFO, Treasurer & Secretary 744.2K male
Scott Plesha Chief Executive Officer, President & Director 685.7K male
Sai Rangarao Chief Commercial Officer 579.4K male
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