Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. — financial distress indicators
Financial-health summary
Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.'s reported numbers place it in the 'Weak' financial-health band (distress score 52/100). The main indicators are losses in each of the last 3 years, operations consume cash and ohlson o-score signals likely failure. Independently, the Ohlson accounting model puts its 1-year failure probability at 100%. In its favour: strong current ratio (7.71).
Stress by dimension
Share price — last 12 months
Indicators behind the score
Each red flag shows the evidence from the company’s own filings and the financial or legal principle behind it. Points add to the 0–100 score.
Net income negative in 3 of 3 fiscal years.
Persistent losses erode equity and the capacity to absorb shocks.
Operating cash flow negative in 3 of the last 3 years.
A business that cannot fund itself from operations depends on external capital to survive.
O-score 6.48 → model probability 100%.
Ohlson (1980) logit model of 1-year corporate failure; O > 0 (p > 50%) is the original failure cut-off.
Share count up +295% in a year.
Survival financing: repeated equity raises at depressed prices.
Cash covers ~18 months of free-cash-flow burn.
Funding needs within two years make the company dependent on capital-market access.
0 severe and 1 moderate distress-related headlines in the last 6 months.
Headlines are corroborating evidence only; they are weighted lightly and never drive a flag alone.
Revenue vs net income
Cash generation
Debt vs cash vs equity
✅ Mitigating factors
- Strong current ratio (7.71).
📰 Recent news scan
- restructurGalmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Announces Restructured Acquisition Terms for Colospan Ltd., Prioritizing CG-100 European Commercialization and Shareholder Value Protection and Consummation of AcquisitionYahoo Finance · 2026-06-22
- Galmed Pharmaceuticals Becomes EoCene, Unveiling New Ticker Symbol "EOCN" to Reflect its New Dawn Platform for GI InnovationYahoo Finance · 2026-09-09
- Galmed Announces Successful First-in-Human Proof-of-Concept Clinical Study Results for Colospan's Novel Intraoperative Tissue Assessment TechnologyYahoo Finance · 2026-08-19
- Galmed Develops Cardiac-Targeted Aramchol Formulation to Expand Cardiovascular Pipeline (NASDAQ:GLMD)Yahoo Finance · 2026-07-16
- Galmed Announces the Breakthrough Development of Novel LNP Cardiac Targeted Formulation of its SCD1 inhibitor, AramcholYahoo Finance · 2026-07-16
- Galmed Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Colospan to Create a GI-Focused Platform Targeting a $6 Billion MarketYahoo Finance · 2026-06-08
⚖️ U.S. legal pathway — Title 11, U.S. Code
Which chapter would apply?
- Chapter 11 — reorganisation. Management usually stays in control as debtor-in-possession; the automatic stay (§362) halts collection; a plan must meet the best-interests test (§1129(a)(7)) and the absolute priority rule (§1129(b)) — creditors are paid before shareholders, who are frequently wiped out.
- Chapter 7 — liquidation. A trustee sells assets and distributes proceeds by statutory priority (§§507, 726).
- Subchapter V (“Chapter 5”) is a fast track for small-business debtors under a statutory debt cap, but SEC-reporting companies are excluded (§101(51D)) — so it rarely applies to listed companies.
What typically triggers a filing
- Payment default or covenant breach lenders will not waive; a debt maturity that cannot be refinanced.
- Auditor going-concern doubt (ASC 205-40 / PCAOB AS 2415) — often itself a default trigger in loan agreements.
- Creditors can force a case with an involuntary petition (§303) if debts are not paid as they come due.
- Delisting after sustained sub-$1 prices or equity deficits cuts off equity funding.
Transactions shortly before filing can be clawed back (preferences — 90 days, §547; fraudulent transfers — 2 years, §548).
Frequently asked questions
What do Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.'s financial-health indicators show?
As of 2026-10-08, Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.'s public financial data places it in the 'Weak' band with a distress score of 52/100, driven by losses in each of the last 3 years, operations consume cash and ohlson o-score signals likely failure. This is a statistical screen of reported numbers — it does not mean the company is insolvent, has defaulted or will enter insolvency proceedings.
What is Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.'s financial distress score?
52/100 ('Weak'). Ohlson O-score 6.48 (model 1-year failure probability 100%).
What works in Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.'s favour?
Strong current ratio (7.71).
How are shareholders treated if a company enters insolvency?
In a Chapter 11 reorganisation the absolute priority rule pays secured lenders, then unsecured creditors, before shareholders — so existing shares are usually cancelled or heavily diluted. In Chapter 7 the company is liquidated and shareholders rarely recover anything.
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Methodology
Score = capped sum of rule-based red flags across seven dimensions (liquidity, solvency, profitability, cash flow, sales trend, market signal, news). Ohlson O-score (1980) gives an accounting-based 1-year failure probability; Merton distance-to-default (Bharath & Shumway 2008) gives a market-implied probability. Financial institutions use a capital-based rule set. Recalculated every trading day from the latest filings, prices and news.