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Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ACXP)

Healthcare | Biotechnology | Staten Island, United States | NasdaqCM
1.58 USD +0.08 (5.333%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 1.57 -0.01 (-0.010%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 7:56 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:04 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is severely clouded by a relentless multi-year price collapse and deteriorating fundamentals. The stock has lost over 92% of its value over the last four years, with every single year showing negative returns, including a catastrophic 79% drop last year. While recent headlines mention clinical developments and a potential path to breakeven, the market has priced in significant distress, evidenced by a negative forward P/E and massive losses in both assets and equity. The balance sheet shows negative free cash flow and negative operating cash flow, indicating the company is burning through capital without generating returns. Although the beta suggests high volatility, the lack of a dividend and the structural decline in share price make this a high-risk speculative play rather than a viable investment. The statistical forecast models also lean slightly negative for the coming month, reinforcing the bearish technical picture.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_90_115 ✓0.269656
AutoARIMA0.316862
MSTL_1150.338434
AutoTheta0.372157
MSTL_900.381858
AutoETS0.422104
MSTL0.467357

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_90_115

Forecast Reliability
Score 31%
H-stat 3.81
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.883
Excess Kurtosis -0.31
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Market Cap 6,790,426
Forward P/E -0.74
Beta -2.05
Previous Name Acurx Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Website https://www.acurxpharma.com

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.83552635
Address1 259 Liberty Avenue
All Time High 176.4
All Time Low 1.326
Ask 1.92
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 101,620
Average Daily Volume3 Month 114,029
Average Volume 114,029
Average Volume10Days 101,620
Beta -2.045
Bid 1.14
Bid Size 2
Book Value 2.069
City Staten Island
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 1.58
Current Ratio 3.775
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 1.6
Day Low 1.495
Display Name Acurx Pharmaceuticals
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,737,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,737,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,710,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,710,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,710,600
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise Value -2,464,387
Eps Current Year -1.97
Eps Forward -2.13
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -3.79
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 1.7678
Fifty Day Average Change -0.18779993
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.1062337
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -83.552635
Fifty Two Week High 9.96
Fifty Two Week High Change -8.38
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.84136546
Fifty Two Week Low 1.326
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.25400007
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.1915536
Fifty Two Week Range 1.326 - 9.96
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,624,627,800,000
Float Shares 4,169,150
Forward Eps -2.13
Forward P E -0.74178404
Free Cashflow -3,415,170
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 4
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.0
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02992
Held Percent Institutions 0.061680004
Implied Shares Outstanding 4,297,738
Industry Biotechnology
Industry Disp Biotechnology
Industry Key biotechnology
Ipo Expected Date 2,021-06-25
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,754,352,000
Last Split Factor 1:20
Long Business Summary Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, develops antibiotics to treat bacterial infections in the United States. The company's lead antibiotic candidate is ibezapolstat, a novel mechanism of action that targets the polymerase IIIC enzyme that is in Phase 2b clinical trial to treat patients with clostridium difficile infections. It also develops ACX-375C, a potential oral and parenteral treatment targeting gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE), and drug-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae (DRSP), as well as B. anthracis. Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Staten Island, New York.
Long Name Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 6,790,426
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_558025934
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Name Change Date 2,026-07-13
Net Income To Common -7,498,327
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 6,446,607
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 1.51
Operating Cashflow -6,143,816
Operating Margins 0.0
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 917 533 1469
Post Market Change -0.00999999
Post Market Change Percent -0.6329108
Post Market Price 1.57
Post Market Time 1,783,986,972
Prev Name Acurx Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Previous Close 1.5
Price Eps Current Year -0.80203044
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.76365393
Profit Margins 0.0
Quick Ratio 3.685
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.08
Regular Market Change Percent 5.33334
Regular Market Day High 1.6
Regular Market Day Low 1.495
Regular Market Day Range 1.495 - 1.6
Regular Market Open 1.51
Regular Market Previous Close 1.5
Regular Market Price 1.58
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 104,274
Return On Assets -0.66498
Return On Equity -1.6083
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Shares Outstanding 4,297,738
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0315
Shares Short 135,522
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 90,033
Short Name Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0326
Short Ratio 1.71
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol ACXP
Target High Price 31.0
Target Low Price 10.0
Target Mean Price 17.0
Target Median Price 10.0
Total Cash 9,254,813
Total Cash Per Share 2.153
Total Debt 0
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -3.79
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 3.2212
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.6412
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.50949955
Type Disp Equity
Volume 104,274
Website https://www.acurxpharma.com
Zip 10,305