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LIFECORE BIOMEDICAL, INC. \DE\ (LFCR)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for LIFECORE BIOMEDICAL, INC. \DE\. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q4 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About LIFECORE BIOMEDICAL, INC. \DE\

Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. is a contract development and manufacturing organization based in Minnesota that specializes in developing and producing complex sterile injectable pharmaceutical drugs and medical device products. The company manufactures pharmaceutical-grade hyaluronic acid and provides services including formulation development, aseptic filling, and clinical study material production for biopharmaceutical and biotechnology customers. Lifecore serves global clients across various medical applications such as ophthalmic, orthopedic, wound care, and aesthetic surgery.

Snapshot

Revenue
$128.9M
Revenue growth (YoY)
0.5%
Net income
$-38.7M
Diluted EPS
$-1.27
Gross margin
31.3%
Operating margin
-13.4%
Net margin
-30.0%
FCF margin
-10.6%
ROE
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$171.9M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended May 25, 2025). 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 Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. \de\

  • Revenue grew 0.5% to $129M in FY2025, slower than the 24.2% the year before.
  • Operating margin is -13.4% in FY2025, -4.6 pp against -8.7% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q4 FY2026: revenue $34M, down 6.2% from Q4 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $14M in FY2025.
  • Net income turned to a $39M loss in FY2025, from a $12M profit in FY2024.

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 Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. \de\’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 margin31.3%
7th percentile of 69
Operating margin-13.4%
34th percentile of 113
Net margin-30.0%
23rd percentile of 122
FCF margin-10.6%
30th percentile of 110
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.5%
34th percentile of 187
Short interest17.36d
95th percentile of 197

Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. \de\’s gross margin of 31.3% ranks in the 7th percentile of the 69 pharmaceutical companies reporting it.

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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.

Institutional ownership

Held by 5 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
2 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
1
1 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$2.3M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$699,851133.3KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$550,510104.9KNew
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$519,06798.9KNew
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$291,96955.6KAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$275,73052.5KAdded

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. 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
2.4M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-7.3%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
17.36
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
139.2K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-142.4M-7.3%17.36
2026-07-312.6M+5.0%18.29
2026-07-152.5M+4.0%14.69
2026-06-302.4M+0.4%7.84
2026-06-152.4M+0.8%12.30
2026-05-292.4M-8.2%12.74
2026-05-152.6M-5.1%13.43
2026-04-302.7M+1.8%12.02

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)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$128.9M$128.3M$103.3M$111.3M$100.9M
Gross profit$40.3M$41.9M$28.0M$39.1M$38.9M
Operating income$-17.2M$-8.8M$-21.8M$-11.8M$-8.8M
Net income$-38.7M$12.0M$-99.6M$-116.7M$-32.3M
Diluted EPS$-1.27$0.33$-3.32$-3.97$-1.10

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 (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

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 (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$-206,000$257,000$-17.4M$-22.6M$16.5M
Capital expenditure$13.4M$18.4M$26.2M$19.3M
Free cash flow$-13.6M$-18.1M$-48.8M$-2.8M

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 (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q4 FY2026$34.2M-6.2%$-6.2M$-0.19
Q3 FY2026$23.2M-34.0%$-15.0M$-0.43
Q1 FY2026$31.1M25.9%$-10.0M$-0.29
Q4 FY2025$36.4M-3.8%$-1.1M
Q3 FY2025$35.2M-1.5%$-14.8M$-0.42
Q2 FY2025$32.6M8.0%$-6.6M$-0.25
Q1 FY2025$24.7M0.7%$-16.2M$-0.53
Q4 FY2024$37.9M21.6%$-7.1M$-0.19

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorHealthcare
SIC industryPharmaceutical Preparations
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended May 25, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ4 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2012
SEC CIK1005286

Selected SEC filings

10-KT2026-03-16
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10-Q2026-08-05
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10-Q2026-05-06
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10-Q2025-11-06
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-07-02
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8-K2026-06-05
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8-K2026-05-06
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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.