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Perspective Therapeutics, Inc. (CATX)

Healthcare | Medical Devices | Seattle, United States | NYSE American
4.20 USD -0.06 (-1.408%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 4.20

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 1:07 a.m. EDT

A hyper-pure catalyst play with extreme short-term momentum potential but zero long-term safety margin. The recent $175M raise provided the cash to keep the R&D lights on, triggering a 'liquidity event' optimism that has analysts cracking spreadsheets with a 'Strong Buy' rating despite negative earnings. Technically, the stock is retesting its 200-day average but held above it, supported by heavy short interest (8.93 days to cover) which creates a potential squeeze up. However, with cash reserves of only ~$145M and massive projected cash burn issues (operating margins -926%), the long thesis is precarious. This is a momentum trade for the next quarter dependent on trial data, not a fundamental value buy.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.561035
AutoARIMA0.561109
MSTL0.564374
AutoTheta0.593231

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 44%
H-stat 0.61
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 7.77
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Debt to Equity Ratio 1.571
Revenue per Share 0.012
Market Cap 478,874,528
Forward P/E -3.58
Beta 1.87
Previous Name IsoRay, Inc.
Website https://www.perspectivetherapeutics.com

As of April 19, 2026, 1:07 a.m. EDT: Options flow is overwhelmingly bullish on the upside despite low absolute volume. In the Oct '26 expiration, there is significant new flow into calls (Vol 201 > OI 108 at $5 strike and Vol 265 > OI 51 at $2.5 strike), suggesting speculators are betting on a re-rating. However, the OTM positioning at near-term expirations (May/Jul '26) shows heavier Option-Open-Interest (OI) relative to Volume at strikes like $7.5, indicating a 'lot size' type trader positioning for further upside while protecting downside. The ATM for OTM calls has extremely low volatility (1.5% - 3.4%), suggesting the market believes the stock can fly without a massive spike in implied volatility, or that liquidity is very thin. Puts are almost non-existent (only 4 total exp volume), confirming a distinct lack of downside hedging or bearish positioning.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 1.1875
Address1 2,401 Elliott Avenue
Address2 Suite 320
All Time High 85.0
All Time Low 1.2
Ask 4.25
Ask Size 600
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 1.3 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 740,520
Average Daily Volume3 Month 3,344,711
Average Volume 3,344,711
Average Volume10Days 740,520
Beta 1.871
Bid 4.19
Bid Size 1,500
Board Risk 8
Book Value 2.785
City Seattle
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 4.2
Current Ratio 5.174
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 4.44
Day Low 4.185
Debt To Equity 1.571
Display Name Perspective Therapeutics
Earnings Timestamp 1,773,691,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,616,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,616,000
Ebitda -110,320,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Ebitda -3.055
Enterprise To Revenue 381.263
Enterprise Value 337,036,416
Eps Current Year -1.1882
Eps Forward -1.17359
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.41
Esg Populated 0
Exchange ASE
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 4.7848
Fifty Day Average Change -0.58480024
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.12222041
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 118.75
Fifty Two Week High 6.16
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.96
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.31818184
Fifty Two Week Low 1.86
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.3399997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.2580644
Fifty Two Week Range 1.86 - 6.16
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,131,633,000,000
Float Shares 74,226,494
Forward Eps -1.17359
Forward P E -3.5787625
Free Cashflow -60,373,500
Full Exchange Name NYSE American
Full Time Employees 163
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits -83,331,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.10815
Held Percent Institutions 0.54418
Implied Shares Outstanding 114,017,755
Industry Medical Devices
Industry Disp Medical Devices
Industry Key medical-devices
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,718,582,400
Last Split Factor 1:10
Long Business Summary Perspective Therapeutics, Inc., a radiopharmaceutical development company, develops and commercializes precision targeted alpha therapies (TAT) to treat cancer in the United States. It discovers and develops its initial drug candidate VMT-a-NET that is in Phase 1/2a clinical trials for patients with unresectable or metastatic somatostatin receptor type 2 (SSTR2)-expressing neuroendocrine tumors that have not previously received peptide-targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy, such as Lutathera, a beta emitting therapy; VMT01, which is in Phase 1/2a clinical trials for second-line or later treatment of patients with progressive melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) positive metastatic melanoma; and PSV359, a targeted alpha therapy targeting fibroblast activation protein alpha. The company also develops Pluvicto, a betaemitting radioligand therapy to treat progressive prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. It has a clinical trial collaboration agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb to evaluate the safety and tolerability of [212Pb] VMT01 in combination with nivolumab in patients with histologically confirmed melanoma and positive MC1R imaging scans. The company was formerly known as Isoray, Inc. and changed its name to Perspective Therapeutics, Inc. in February 2022. Perspective Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Long Name Perspective Therapeutics, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 478,874,528
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_9934314
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Name Change Date 2,026-04-19
Net Income To Common -103,635,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 478,874,571
Number Of Analyst Opinions 15
Open 4.35
Operating Cashflow -82,484,000
Operating Margins -926.32556
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 206 676 0900
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 4.2
Post Market Time 1,776,464,746
Prev Name IsoRay, Inc.
Previous Close 4.26
Price Eps Current Year -3.5347583
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 1.5080789
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 541.71326
Profit Margins 0.0
Quick Ratio 5.083
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.26667
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0600004
Regular Market Change Percent -1.40846
Regular Market Day High 4.44
Regular Market Day Low 4.185
Regular Market Day Range 4.185 - 4.44
Regular Market Open 4.35
Regular Market Previous Close 4.26
Regular Market Price 4.2
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 1,147,594
Return On Assets -0.23345
Return On Equity -0.41646
Revenue Per Share 0.012
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 114,017,755
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.124
Shares Short 14,123,380
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 9,644,608
Short Name Perspective Therapeutics, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1533
Short Ratio 8.93
Source Interval 15
State WA
Symbol CATX
Target High Price 18.0
Target Low Price 7.0
Target Mean Price 13.0
Target Median Price 13.0
Total Cash 144,736,992
Total Cash Per Share 1.27
Total Debt 3,253,000
Total Revenue 884,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.41
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 3.6135
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.5864997
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.16230792
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,147,594
Website https://www.perspectivetherapeutics.com
Zip 98,121