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Liquidia Corporation

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 42× YoY at strong marginsCatalyst pendingConsistent chatter on X (199/wk), no spike
$LQDA·$8.0B·Medical - Pharmaceuticals·Healthcare
$68.17+0.7%YTD+155.9%1Y+138.5%
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2026-08-22: 19 posts199+11%
Price updated 10h ago·X counts updated 9d ago
LQLQDA
$LQDALiquidia Corporation
$68.17+0.71%199 posts+11%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $LQDA, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Hinges on a big eventEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-08-29

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

Liquidia +156% YTD awaiting Judge Andrews' UTHR ruling with $170M quarterly YUTREPIA sales — pure binary catalyst.

Liquidia Corporation is a pulmonary-drug specialty pharma — YUTREPIA (dry-powder inhaler for pulmonary arterial hypertension) is the commercial asset, and the setup is entirely about a pending patent-litigation ruling versus United Therapeutics.

  • The commercial ramp is genuinely huge: Q2 revenue crossed $171.7M (up 42x YoY off a launch base), 95%+ gross margins, Q1 revenue grew 42x YoY to $132.9M, and the sell side models FY26 revenue at ~$725M rising to ~$1.18B in 2027 — the launch has exceeded even bullish models, and a new 70K-sqft manufacturing facility is nearly ready.
  • The binary catalyst is imminent: Judge Andrews is expected to rule on the UTHR (United Therapeutics) patent-infringement lawsuit; the bulls target $90-150 on a Liquidia win and $80 on a 5% royalty compromise — a specific dated legal outcome that decides the equity value range.
  • The insider signal is the loudest bear tell: CFO Jason Adair sold ~$5.09M on August 21 after M-Exempt exercises, and director Rielly-Gauvin sold combined ~$4.08M across August 19-20 — a real insider cluster into strength ahead of a binary event; put buying is also elevated.

Everything happens on Judge Andrews' ruling — a Liquidia win with clear patent-injunction language takes the stock past $90 fast; a UTHR win with a mandatory-royalty framework caps the stock near $50; a middle-ground 5% royalty compromise supports ~$80. The November 2 Q3 print is a secondary referee for continued YUTREPIA launch traction; watch also for any post-ruling settlement commentary.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X read awaiting Judge Andrews' ruling on the UTHR lawsuit, $170.4M quarterly YUTREPIA sales, 95%+ gross margins, the new 70K sqft manufacturing facility nearly ready, and the $90-150-on-win / $80-on-compromise target framing is factually consistent with the case status and reported numbers. The bear flags of the $5.2M CFO Adair sale and elevated put buying are fair — combined with Rielly-Gauvin's $4M+, the insider cluster is genuinely loud into the binary.

What to watch: Judge Andrews' ruling on the UTHR patent-infringement lawsuit (the binary trigger — win takes stock past $90; loss caps near $50; compromise supports ~$80) and the November 2 Q3 print for continued YUTREPIA launch traction. Any post-ruling settlement commentary is a fast-track resolution catalyst.

On the calendar: 2026-11-02 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment53 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-31

Conversation is fixated on Judge Andrews' pending Liquidia-UTHR patent ruling, with frustration ("close to 15 months removed" "Unacceptable") mixed with confidence. Commenters read a favorable NuVasive precedent as a procedural roadmap and cite "$170.4M of quarterly YUTREPIA sales," 95%+ gross margins, and pricing "under 10x 2027 FCF." Skeptics flag a Seeking Alpha sell call and TPIP threat, but the loudest voices call the stock "significantly undervalued" pending the opinion.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Commercializes YUTREPIO, an inhaled dry-powder treprostinil for pulmonary arterial hypertension, using its PRINT particle technology.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Medical - Pharmaceuticals sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $LQDA.

Medical - Pharmaceuticals · Healthcare

Generic drug pricing is under volume pressure from biosimilar competition; specialty pharma names with patent-protected portfolios have more pricing durability. Drug pricing reform risk — IRA negotiation expansion — is the policy headwind to watch.

What this means for $LQDA

Partial — upstream oil & gas exposure ties to commodity price cycle; Liquidia Corporation operates as a biopharmaceutical enterpr.

Industry benchmark

4-name peer basket
+45.3%YTD
+27.2%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
244.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
12.8%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
15.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.7%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
19.1Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
46.8%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
91.8%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.7Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 12, 2026$0.74$0.76-2.4%
Q1 2026May 11, 2026$0.52$0.34+52.9%
Q4 2025Mar 5, 2026$0.15$0.08+87.5%
Q3 2025Nov 3, 2025$-0.04$-0.45+91.1%
Next earningsMon, Nov 2·consensus EPS $0.82

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$132.9M+4158.5%90.9%46.3%$0.60$50.2M
Q4 FY25$92.0M+3054.6%92.3%21.5%$0.17$42.2M
Q3 FY25$54.3M+1121.7%94.2%3.3%$-0.04$-10.7M
Q2 FY25$8.8M+141.5%85.4%-424%$-0.49$-40.5M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 5 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$725.1M$646.1M – $804.1M$3.32$2.59 – $4.365
FY27$1.2B$946.3M – $1.4B$5.70$4.63 – $6.885
FY28$1.3B$1.1B – $1.5B$6.18$5.42 – $6.955
FY29$1.5B$1.2B – $1.7B$6.71$4.96 – $7.992
FY30$1.7B$1.3B – $1.9B$7.57$5.59 – $9.022

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.65%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-13.8%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+34.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 62.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 21Jason AdairChief Business Officer73.6K sh$5.1MSellAug 20Katherine Rielly-gauvinDirector18.4K sh$1.3MSellAug 19Katherine Rielly-gauvinDirector36.8K sh$2.8MSellAug 19Rajeev SaggarChief Medical Officer50.0K sh$3.7MSellAug 17Rajeev SaggarChief Medical Officer29.5K sh$2.3MSellJul 27Jason AdairChief Business Officer688 sh$60KSellJul 27Dana BoyleChief Accounting Officer1.6K sh$140KSellJul 23Stephen M BlochDirector100.0K sh$8.9MSellJul 22Stephen M BlochDirector100.0K sh$8.8MSellJul 21Stephen M BlochDirector75.0K sh$6.0M
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+ 27 other (19 exempts · 8 awards) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KShareholder voteJun 178-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Liquidia Corporation held its annual meeting on June 16, 2026, with 67,479,187 of 88,893,621 eligible shares represented. Three Class II directors were elected: Katie Rielly-Gauvin (41.4M for, 3.5M withheld), Ramandeep Singh (41.2M for, 3.8M withheld), and David Johnson (44.9M for, 58K withheld, notably uncontested). The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor was ratified, and executive compensation was approved by non-binding advisory vote. This is a routine governance filing with no material strategic or capital impact.

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationMar 5S-3ASR
+ 15 other (3 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 8-Ks · 2 proxys) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Can LQDA's Yutrepia Sustain Growth Amid Fierce PAH Competition?zacks.com·20h agoIs the Options Market Predicting a Spike in Liquidia Stock?zacks.com·21h agoLiquidia Corp (LQDA) Stock Down 3.1% -- Now Undervalued? GF Score: 70/100gurufocus.com·4d agoLiquidia: A Linear Launch Priced For Exponential Growthseekingalpha.com·4d agoLiquidia vs. Insmed: Which Pulmonary Stock Has Better Prospects Now?zacks.com·5d ago

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