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Elite Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ELTP)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Elite Pharmaceuticals Inc. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2027. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

Snapshot

Revenue
$148.9M
Revenue growth (YoY)
77.1%
Net income
$44.9M
Diluted EPS
$0.03
Gross margin
50.4%
Operating margin
33.0%
Net margin
30.1%
FCF margin
15.3%
ROE
45.4%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
6.3×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$269.3M
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended March 31, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Elite Pharmaceuticals

  • Revenue grew 77.1% to $149M in FY2026, faster than the 48.4% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 33.0% in FY2026, +17.3 pp against 15.7% in FY2022.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2027: revenue $32M, down 19.5% from Q1 FY2026.
  • Free cash flow was $23M in FY2026, 15.3% of revenue.
  • Net income turned positive at $45M in FY2026, from a $4M loss in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Elite Pharmaceuticals’s fundamentals sit among the 198 pharmaceutical companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin50.4%
28th percentile of 69
Operating margin33.0%
92nd percentile of 112
Net margin30.1%
84th percentile of 121
FCF margin15.3%
68th percentile of 110
Revenue growth (YoY)+77.1%
81st percentile of 188
ROE45.4%
95th percentile of 167
P/E6.3×
12th percentile of 50
Short interest2.24d
15th percentile of 197

Elite Pharmaceuticals’s return on equity of 45.4% ranks in the 95th percentile of the 167 pharmaceutical companies reporting it. Elite Pharmaceuticals’s operating margin of 33.0% ranks in the 92nd percentile of the 112 pharmaceutical companies reporting it. Elite Pharmaceuticals’s P/E of 6.3 ranks in the 12th percentile of the 50 peers with a meaningful P/E.

1 reported insider purchase (code P) totaling $8,610 in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
1
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$9K
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
—
Reported activity
Net buying
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-19
filed 2026-09-10
Barry H. DashDirectorBuy30.0K$0.29$9K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
2.6M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+1.0%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.24
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.2M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-302.6M+1.0%2.24
2026-09-152.6M+2.3%1.55
2026-08-312.5M+1.5%1.35
2026-08-142.5M-6.5%1.25
2026-07-312.7M+3.3%3.73
2026-07-152.6M-2.1%1.89
2026-06-302.7M+2.3%2.05
2026-06-152.6M-0.2%1.53

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$148.9M$84.0M$56.6M$34.2M$32.3M
Gross profit
Operating income$49.1M$19.6M$10.8M$3.7M$5.1M
Net income$44.9M$-4.3M$20.1M$3.6M$8.9M
Diluted EPS$0.03$0.00$0.02$0.00$0.01

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Cash and equivalents$30.3M$11.8M$7.5M$8.2M$8.9M
Current assets$112.1M$57.7M$40.0M$21.5M$18.9M
Total assets$138.3M$96.4M$83.7M$40.9M$35.1M
Current liabilities$17.4M$11.8M$13.0M$7.8M$6.7M
Long-term debt————$1.2M
Total liabilities$39.4M$42.9M$26.1M$11.9M$9.9M
Total equity$98.9M$53.5M$57.6M$29.0M$25.2M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$23.7M$7.5M$-3.2M$3.3M$6.5M
Capital expenditure$925,626$1.6M$809,653$5.7M$498,566
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2027$32.4M-19.5%$5.9M—
Q4 FY202627.4%
Q3 FY2026$31.6M119.9%$18.6M$0.01
Q2 FY2026$36.3M92.4%$13.7M$0.01
Q1 FY2026$40.2M113.9%$-5.9M—
Q4 FY202578.3%
Q3 FY2025$14.4M-7.6%$-10.9M$-0.01
Q2 FY2025$18.9M33.4%$-11.0M$-0.01

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeOTC
SectorHealthcare
SIC industryPharmaceutical Preparations
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended March 31, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2027 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2005
SEC CIK1053369

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-06-29
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10-K2025-06-30
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10-Q2026-08-13
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10-Q2026-02-17
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10-Q2025-11-14
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10-Q2025-08-14
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8-K2026-08-13
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8-K/A2026-08-11
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.