GeoVax Labs, Inc.

GOVX
About the company

GeoVax Labs, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, develops human vaccines and immunotherapies against infectious diseases and solid tumor cancers using novel proprietary platforms in the United States. It develops GEO-CM04S1, a vaccine candidate that is in Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of preventive COVID-19; Gedeptin, a novel patented product/technology for the treatment of solid tumors, and Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; and GEO-CM02, a pan-coronavirus vaccine.

Country: United StatesPrice: $1.71Market Cap: $717,724

Investment snapshot

0%positive consensus
Scored 1d ago

Positive

0

BUY / PASS

Neutral / negative

2 / 14

NEUTRAL / FAIL

Median fair value

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No comparable estimates

Models with upside

0 / 17

Positive margin of safety

Key risk

All 16 investors flag GOVX's profitability

Framework analysis

VerdictMeaning
BUYPositive purchase signal: the framework's buy requirements are met.
PASSThe company clears the framework's checklist or screen, but the framework does not produce a buy signal. For valuation frameworks this often means margin of safety is missing, insufficient, or unavailable; some screen-only frameworks have no intrinsic-value BUY state.
NEUTRALNeither a positive nor negative conclusion. It does not mean to hold an existing position.
FAILThe company does not clear the framework's requirements.
RankedRanked strategies do not use PASS: selected cohort is BUY, outside the cohort is FAIL, and unranked is NEUTRAL.

Current investor scores use trailing 12-month flows and the latest balance sheet where supported. Multi-year and EPS tests retain annual history; each framework shows its financial basis below. Intrinsic values use annual financials.

MetricGraham

Defensive Value

Buffett

Quality Compounder

Lynch

GARP

Greenblatt

Magic Formula

Piotroski

F-Score

Dreman

Contrarian Value

Munger

Quality Focus

Pabrai

Dhandho Framework

Akre

Three-Legged Stool

Marks

Risk-Aware Value

Ackman

Activist Value

Templeton

Global Bargain Hunter

Sleep

Scale Economies Shared

Asness

Systematic Factors

Neff

Low-P/E Total Return

Schloss

Asset-Value Discipline

O'Shaughnessy

Systematic Factor Composite

VerdictFAILFAILFAILNot rankedFAILFAILFAILFAILFAILFAILFAILFAILFAILNEUTRALFAILFAILNEUTRAL
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Intrinsic Value (annual)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Margin of SafetyN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Financial Basis

TTM ended 2026-09-30 · Balance sheet at 2026-09-30 · Annual history · FY 2025

Latest source filing: 2026-11-12

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Annual history · FY 2025

Latest source filing: 2026-04-15

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Annual history · FY 2025 · TTM ended 2026-09-30 vs 2025-09-30 · TTM ended 2026-09-30

Latest source filing: 2026-11-12

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Annual history · FY 2025

Latest source filing: 2026-04-15

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Annual history · FY 2025

Latest source filing: 2026-04-15

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Annual history · FY 2025 · TTM ended 2026-09-30 · Balance sheet at 2026-09-30 · Market data at 2026-11-01

Latest source filing: 2026-11-12

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Qualitative assessment · Annual history · FY 2025

Latest source filing: 2026-04-15

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Qualitative assessment · Annual history · FY 2025

Latest source filing: 2026-04-15

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Annual history · FY 2025 · Qualitative assessment · TTM ended 2026-09-30

Latest source filing: 2026-11-12

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Annual history · FY 2025 · Qualitative assessment

Latest source filing: 2026-04-15

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Annual history · FY 2025 · TTM ended 2026-09-30 · Market data at 2026-11-01

Latest source filing: 2026-11-12

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Annual history · FY 2025 · Price history 2025-01-01–2026-11-01

Latest source filing: 2026-04-15

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Annual history · FY 2025 · Qualitative assessment

Latest source filing: 2026-04-15

Score computed: 2026-11-14

TTM ended 2026-09-30 · Balance sheet at 2026-09-30 · Price history 2025-01-01–2026-11-01 · Annual history · FY 2025

Latest source filing: 2026-11-12

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Annual history · FY 2025 · TTM ended 2026-09-30

Latest source filing: 2026-11-12

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Annual history · FY 2025 · Balance sheet at 2026-09-30

Latest source filing: 2026-11-12

Score computed: 2026-11-14

TTM ended 2026-09-30 · Annual history · FY 2025 · Price history 2025-01-01–2026-11-01

Latest source filing: 2026-11-12

Score computed: 2026-11-14

Where It Passes

    Where It Falls Short

    • Profitability0% pass✗ 35▾

      All 16 investors flag GOVX's profitability

      Positive EPS (10 years)0/23 years positive
      ✗GrahamPositive EPS every year for 10 years
      EPS Growth (3-yr avg, 10-yr window)
      ✗Graham>= 33% growth
      Net Income Positive (10+ years)1/23 years positive
      ✗BuffettPositive every year for 10+ years
      ROE (up to 5-year arithmetic mean)-397.0%
      ✗Buffett> 15% arithmetic mean (app rule)
      Operating Margin (10-yr trend)-869.3% (latest)
      ✗BuffettStable or rising over 10 years
      Free Cash Flow Proxy$-21.4M
      ✗BuffettPositive and growing
      Earnings Variance (10-yr CoV)
      ✗BuffettCoV < 0.3
      Retained Earnings Effectiveness
      ✗Buffett$1 retained -> > $1 market value created
      Basic earnings-growth PEG (dividends excluded)
      ✗Lynch< 1.0 (ideally < 0.5)
      3-5 Year EPS CAGR
      ✗Lynch15-30% (Fast Grower); > 0% to pass
      ROE-1591.4%
      ✗Lynch> 15%
      EBIT / Enterprise ValueN/A (EV <= 0)
      ✗Greenblatt> 10%
      Earnings Yield + ROC AssessmentEY=N/A (EV <= 0), ROC=-5395.7%
      ✗GreenblattBoth EY > 10% and ROC > 25%
      Net Income / Total Assets-338.46%
      ✗PiotroskiROA > 0
      ROA Change YoY-306.43% -> -338.46% (delta: -32.03%)
      ✗PiotroskiCurrent ROA > Prior ROA
      (CFO / Total Assets) vs ROACFO/Assets=-338.61%, ROA=-338.46%
      ✗PiotroskiCFO/Assets > ROA
      Gross Margin Change YoY
      ✗PiotroskiImproved YoY
      Pre-Tax Income / Revenue
      ✗Dreman>= 8%
      Net Income / Shareholders' Equity-1591.4%
      ✗Dreman> 12%
      Margin of Safety
      ✗PabraiP/B < 1.5 or P/E < 15
      Return on Equity-502.2% (3-yr avg)
      ✗AkreROE > 20% (3-year avg)
      Discount to Intrinsic Value
      ✗Marks>= 20% below intrinsic value
      Positive Net Income Frequency1/19 years positive
      ✗MarksPositive net income in >= 7 of last 10 years
      Operating Income / Revenue
      ✗Ackman>= 15%
      Net Income / Shareholders Equity-1591.4%
      ✗Ackman>= 15%
      5-Year EPS CAGR
      ✗Templeton> 0% (5-year EPS CAGR)
      Operating Margin Trend
      ✗TempletonNon-negative operating-margin trend over 3 years
      Revenue growth vs. gross and operating margin trend
      ✗SleepRevenue rising; gross margin flat or falling; operating margin holding
      Net income / market capitalization-2544.56%; #6173/6340 (top 97.4%)
      ✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
      Gross profit / total assets
      ✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
      Net income / positive book equity-1591.45%; #5180/5226 (top 99.1%)
      ✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
      Negative 5-year standard deviation of ROA-1.0915; #5296/5884 (top 90.0%)
      ✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
      3-5 Year Diluted EPS CAGR
      ✗Neff7%-20% annualized
      Positive Diluted-EPS Years0/6 years positive
      ✗Schloss>= 70% positive over 5-10 observed years (app rule)
    • Valuation0% pass✓ 1✗ 27▾

      No clean pass — all 13 investors flag at least one valuation criterion

      Price / 3-yr avg EPS
      ✗Graham<= 15x
      Price-to-Book Ratio
      ✗Graham<= 1.5x
      P/E x P/B
      ✗Graham<= 22.5
      Basic earnings-growth PEG (dividends excluded)
      ✗Lynch< 1.0 (ideally < 0.5)
      EBIT / Enterprise ValueN/A (EV <= 0)
      ✗Greenblatt> 10%
      Earnings Yield + ROC AssessmentEY=N/A (EV <= 0), ROC=-5395.7%
      ✗GreenblattBoth EY > 10% and ROC > 25%
      Price / EPS
      ✗Dreman< 12x✗Templeton< 12x (fixed ceiling; proxy for the market's cheapest 40%)
      Price / (CFO / Shares)
      ✗Dreman< 8x
      Price / Book Value per Share
      ✗Dreman< 1.2x✗Templeton< 1.5x✗SchlossP/B <= 0.80x (app cutoff)
      Valuation Reasonableness
      ✗MungerP/E < 25 or Owner Earnings Yield > 5%
      P/E or FCF YieldFCF Yield=-2995.8%
      ✗PabraiP/E < 15 or FCF Yield > 10%
      P/B or P/E vs. Historical Average
      ✗MarksP/E < 15 or P/B < 2.0
      Discount to Intrinsic Value
      ✗Marks>= 20% below intrinsic value
      Price / FCF per Share
      ✗Ackman<= 25
      Price vs. Trailing Low1009% of trailing low ($0.17)
      ✗Templeton<= 120% of trailing low (certified split-adjusted live window)
      Net income / market capitalization-2544.56%; #6173/6340 (top 97.4%)
      ✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
      Positive book equity / market capitalization+1.5989; #842/6449 (top 13.1%)
      ✓AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
      Price / Diluted EPS
      ✗NeffP/E <= 15x (app proxy for a P/E 40%-60% below the market)
      (EPS CAGR % + Dividend Yield %) / P/E
      ✗Neff> 0.7 (Neff's published traditional edge)
      Price / Tangible Book Value per Share
      ✗SchlossP/TBV <= 1.00x (app cutoff)
      Book Value per Share Change-93.1%
      ✗SchlossLatest BVPS >= earliest BVPS over >= 3 years (app rule)
      Revenue / market capitalization+0.0000; #5080/5247 (top 96.8%)
      ✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
      (Operating cash flow - capex) / market capitalization-2298.70%; #4443/4519 (top 98.3%)
      ✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
      Trailing six-month price return through the evaluation date+38.62%; #837/6202 (top 13.5%)
      ✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
    • Cash Flow0% pass✗ 12▾

      All 10 investors flag GOVX's cash flow

      Free Cash Flow Proxy$-21.4M
      ✗BuffettPositive and growing
      FCF Positive and Growing$-16.5M
      ✗LynchPositive and growing
      Operating Cash Flow$-21.5M
      ✗PiotroskiCFO > 0
      (CFO / Total Assets) vs ROACFO/Assets=-338.61%, ROA=-338.46%
      ✗PiotroskiCFO/Assets > ROA
      Price / (CFO / Shares)
      ✗Dreman< 8x
      P/E or FCF YieldFCF Yield=-2995.8%
      ✗PabraiP/E < 15 or FCF Yield > 10%
      FCF Positive0/14 years FCF positive
      ✗MarksPositive FCF in majority of recent years
      (OCF - CapEx) / Market Cap
      ✗Ackman>= 4%
      Price / FCF per Share
      ✗Ackman<= 25
      Positive Operating Cash Flow frequency0/17 years positive
      ✗SleepPositive OCF in >= 70% of available years
      Operating Cash Flow - Capital Expenditures$-16.5M
      ✗Neff> $0 (app proxy for a strong fundamental case)
      (Operating cash flow - capex) / market capitalization-2298.70%; #4443/4519 (top 98.3%)
      ✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
    • Growth0% pass✓ 2✗ 11▾

      No clean pass — all 8 investors flag at least one growth criterion

      EPS Growth (3-yr avg, 10-yr window)
      ✗Graham>= 33% growth
      Basic earnings-growth PEG (dividends excluded)
      ✗Lynch< 1.0 (ideally < 0.5)
      3-5 Year EPS CAGR
      ✗Lynch15-30% (Fast Grower); > 0% to pass
      Inventory Growth vs Revenue GrowthN/A (no inventory)
      ✓LynchInventory growth < Revenue growth
      EPS Growth Direction
      ✗DremanPositive over recent years
      EPS CAGR
      ✗Dreman> 5% annualized
      Positive Net Income Frequency1/19 years positive
      ✗MarksPositive net income in >= 7 of last 10 years
      3yr Median Revenue Growth279.7%
      ✓Ackman>= 5%
      Positive EPS Growth Frequency0/1 years with positive EPS growth
      ✗AckmanPositive EPS growth in >= 3 of last 5 years
      5-Year EPS CAGR
      ✗Templeton> 0% (5-year EPS CAGR)
      Revenue growth vs. gross and operating margin trend
      ✗SleepRevenue rising; gross margin flat or falling; operating margin holding
      5-year Revenue CAGR6.4%
      ✗SleepCAGR > 7%
      3-5 Year Diluted EPS CAGR
      ✗Neff7%-20% annualized
    • Efficiency0% pass✓ 1✗ 10▾

      No clean pass — all 8 investors flag at least one efficiency criterion

      Current Ratio1.46
      ✗Graham>= 2.0
      ROIC (3-5 yr avg)
      ✗Buffett> 10%
      ROIC - WACC
      ✗BuffettPositive (WACC = 10%)
      EBIT / (NWC + Net Fixed Assets)-5395.7%
      ✗Greenblatt> 25%
      Current Ratio Change YoY2.55 -> 2.74
      ✓PiotroskiIncreased YoY
      Revenue / Total Assets Change YoY0.48x -> 0.39x
      ✗PiotroskiImproved YoY
      Current Assets / Current Liabilities1.46
      ✗Dreman> 1.5
      Return on Invested Capital
      ✗Munger> 15%
      ROIC (high and growing)FY2023: ROIC=unavailable; FY2024: ROIC=unavailable; FY2025: ROIC=unavailable
      ✗AkreLatest 3 consecutive FYs: ROIC > 15% in each
      Reinvestment Rate x ROIC
      ✗AkreReinvestment Rate * ROIC > 10%
      ROIC (5-year)0/1 years above 12% (latest -339.5%)
      ✗SleepROIC > 12% in a majority of years
    • Verdicts0% pass✗ 14▾

      Split decision: 14 FAIL · 2 NEUTRAL

      Overall verdict
      ✗GrahamFAIL (0/9)✗BuffettFAIL (0/9)✗LynchFAIL (1/7)•GreenblattNot ranked✗PiotroskiFAIL (F-Score 2)✗DremanFAIL (0/11)✗MungerFAIL (1/4)✗PabraiFAIL (0/3)✗AkreFAIL (0/6)✗MarksFAIL (0/5)✗AckmanFAIL (1/9)✗TempletonFAIL (1/8)✗SleepFAIL (1/6)•AsnessNEUTRAL (Not ranked)✗NeffFAIL (1/6)✗SchlossFAIL (0/7)•OshaughnessyNEUTRAL (Not ranked)
    • Debt & Leverage8% pass✓ 1✗ 14▾

      11 of 12 flag GOVX's debt & leverage — Graham, Buffett, Lynch +8 more

      LT Debt vs Net Current Assets
      ✗GrahamLT Debt <= Net Current Assets
      Debt/Equity & Interest Coverage
      ✗BuffettD/E < 0.5 AND Interest Coverage > 5x
      Total Debt / Equity
      ✗Lynch< 0.33
      Cash - Long-term Debt
      ✗LynchPositive preferred
      LT Debt / Total Assets Change0.00% -> 0.00%
      ✓PiotroskiDecreased YoY
      Current Assets / Current Liabilities1.46
      ✗Dreman> 1.5✗SchlossCurrent ratio >= 1.50x (app cutoff)
      Total Debt / Shareholders' Equity
      ✗Dreman< 0.8✗Templeton< 1.0 (fixed cap; proxy for below-sector-median leverage)✗SchlossD/E < 1.00x
      Debt Levels
      ✗MungerDebt/Equity < 0.5✗AkreDebt/Equity < 0.3
      Interest Coverage & Debt/EBITDA
      ✗MarksInterest Coverage > 3x; Debt/EBITDA < 4x
      Total Debt / Shareholders Equity
      ✗Ackman<= 1.0
      Negative debt-to-equity (higher means less debt)
      ✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section

    Business & financials

    Financial snapshot: annual FY 2025. Current investor scores may use newer quarterly data.

    Company Profile

    Industry: Pharmaceutical Products
    SIC Sector: Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
    Size: Micro Cap($717,724)
    Revenue: $2.5M-37.1% YoY
    Net Income: $21.5M+14.1% YoY

    Financial Snapshot

    Operating Margin-869.3%
    Return on Equity-561.2%
    Debt / Equity--
    Current Ratio2.74

    Company Financials

    Latest TTM and quarters alongside annual years

    TTM sums four consecutive quarters and uses the latest quarter-end balances. Quarter columns show three-month results; annual columns show full-year totals. Growth compares the same period a year earlier. EPS is not added for TTM; full-year ratios are blank for quarters.

    The latest annual period end is unavailable. Showing the latest fiscal cycle’s quarters; quarter and annual columns may overlap. Quarterly shows the full quarter history.

    MetricTTM · 2026-09-30

    2025-10-01 – 2026-09-30

    Sources · derived quarter values

    Derived from cumulative filings: revenue, net income, operating income, ebit, interest expense, operating cash flow, depreciation amortization, capex.

    Q3 FY 2026

    2026-07-01 – 2026-09-30

    Sources · derived quarter values

    Derived from cumulative filings: operating cash flow, depreciation amortization, capex.

    Q2 FY 2026

    2026-04-01 – 2026-06-30

    Sources · derived quarter values

    Derived from cumulative filings: operating cash flow, depreciation amortization, capex.

    Q1 FY 2026

    2026-01-01 – 2026-03-31

    Sources
    FY 2025
    Sources
    • 10-K · 2026-04-15
    FY 2024
    Sources
    • 10-K · 2025-03-27
    FY 2023
    Sources
    • 10-K · 2024-02-29
    FY 2022
    Sources
    • 10-K · 2023-03-23
    FY 2021
    Sources
    • 10-K · 2022-03-09
    Market Cap$717.7Kcurrent--------$503.1Mest.--$8.0Best.$5.8Best.
    Revenue$0↓100%$0$0↓100%$0↓100%$2.5M↓37%$4.0M$0↓100%$81.5K↓79%$385.5K
    Operating Income-$18.3M↑28%-$4.2M↑34%-$4.4M↑18%-$5.3M↑2%-$21.6M↑14%-$25.1M↑6%-$26.7M↓91%-$14.0M↑25%-$18.7M
    Net Income-$18.3M↑28%-$4.2M↑34%-$4.4M↑18%-$5.3M↑2%-$21.5M↑14%-$25.0M↑4%-$26.0M↓85%-$14.0M↑24%-$18.6M
    EPS (Diluted)----------------$-3.04
    Gross Margin—————————
    Operating Margin————-869.3%↓37%-635.8%—-17207.5%↓254%-4862.7%
    ROE-1591.4%↓209%———-561.2%↓13%-495.0%↓10%-450.6%↓755%-52.7%↑88%-425.8%
    Total Debt----------------$0
    Shareholders' Equity$1.1M↓77%$1.1M↓77%$1.8M↓38%$493.8K↓94%$3.8M↓24%$5.0M↓12%$5.8M↓78%$26.6M↑510%$4.4M
    Current Ratio1.46↓59%1.46↓59%1.54↓24%1.06↓71%2.74↑7%2.55↑14%2.24↓63%6.10↑185%2.14
    Debt / Equity————————0.00
    Operating Cash Flow-$16.5M↑32%-$4.3M↑30%-$3.7M↑16%-$3.5M↑41%-$21.5M↑13%-$24.7M↑2%-$25.2M↓32%-$19.0M↓70%-$11.2M
    Free Cash Flow-$16.5M↑32%-$4.3M↑30%-$3.7M↑16%-$3.5M↑41%-$21.5M↑13%-$24.7M↑2%-$25.2M↓32%-$19.2M↓70%-$11.2M

    Score history

    Historical Score Timeline

    Industry peers

    Industry Peers

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    GOVX vs Peers — Financial Grading

    Revenue$2.5MBottom 25%
    Net Income$21.5MBottom 25%
    ROE-561.2%Bottom 25%
    D/E—
    Op. Margin-869.3%Bottom 25%
    Curr. Ratio2.74Median
    CompanyMarket CapPriceRevenueNet IncomeROED/EOp. MarginCurr. RatioGrahamBuffettLynchGreenblattPiotroskiDreman
    Merck & Co., Inc.MRK$364.3B$147.76$65.0B$18.3B34.7%0.94—1.542/95/94/70/3F-Score 41/11
    ABBOTT LABORATORIESABT$188.0B$108.52$44.3B$6.5B12.5%0.2518.2%1.583/94/92/71/3F-Score 53/11
    BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COBMY$129.7B$63.43$48.2B$7.1B38.2%2.4419.4%1.262/91/93/71/3F-Score 85/11
    BIO-TECHNE CorpTECH$11.4B$72.80$1.2B$73.4M3.8%—8.4%3.464/93/93/70/3F-Score 54/11
    REPLIGEN CORPRGEN$10.7B$167.79$738.3M$48.9M2.3%0.267.5%8.373/92/93/70/3F-Score 75/11
    IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INCIONS$4.8B$29.06$943.7M$381.4M-78.0%3.60-40.4%3.833/91/91/70/3F-Score 43/11
    NEOGEN CORPNEOG$2.5B$11.23$870.4M$7.9M-0.4%0.76-2.5%3.823/91/92/70/3F-Score 64/11
    Pharvaris N.V.PHVS$2.4B$33.36—$206.4M-64.8%0.00——0/90/92/70/3F-Score 22/11