Universe Pharmaceuticals INC (UPC)
As-reported financials and SEC filings for Universe Pharmaceuticals INC. The latest annual period is FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.
About Universe Pharmaceuticals INC
Universe Pharmaceuticals INC operates through its subsidiaries in China to develop and manufacture pharmaceutical products. The company focuses on traditional Chinese medicine and its derivatives, serving the healthcare market primarily in the People's Republic of China. It provides these products through its various subsidiaries engaged in research, production, and trade.
Snapshot
Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended September 30, 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 Universe Pharmaceuticals
- Revenue fell 22.4% to $18M in FY2025, after a 28.7% decline the year before.
- Operating margin is now a 16.3% loss in FY2025, from 28.3% in FY2021.
- Free cash flow was negative $5M in FY2025.
- Net loss narrowed to $4M in FY2025, from $9M 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 Universe 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).
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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.
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.
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 35.4K | +454.7% | 1.00 |
| 2026-07-31 | 6.4K | -58.7% | 1.00 |
| 2026-07-15 | 15.4K | -93.5% | 1.00 |
| 2026-06-30 | 239.5K | +1955.8% | 1.00 |
| 2026-06-15 | 11.6K | +25.7% | 1.00 |
| 2026-05-29 | 9.3K | -19.4% | 1.31 |
| 2026-05-15 | 11.5K | +1406.0% | 1.00 |
| 2026-04-30 | 764 | -83.4% | 1.00 |
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)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $17.9M | $23.0M | $32.3M | $40.1M | $48.0M |
| Gross profit | $6.3M | $6.1M | $10.3M | $21.9M | $25.3M |
| Operating income | $-2.9M | $-8.0M | $-4.0M | $-7.0M | $13.6M |
| Net income | $-3.7M | $-8.7M | $-6.6M | $-7.9M | $11.3M |
| Diluted EPS | $-8.06 | $-19.00 | $-33.01 | $-39.67 | $0.11 |
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)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $33.6M | $29.5M | $5.3M | $5.7M | $8.1M |
| Current assets | $53.6M | $51.6M | $25.3M | $41.5M | $50.5M |
| Total assets | $69.3M | $68.0M | $41.7M | $59.5M | $70.1M |
| Current liabilities | $13.2M | $20.3M | $13.8M | $13.1M | $11.2M |
| Long-term debt | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total liabilities | $13.2M | $22.5M | $13.8M | $24.2M | $23.2M |
| Total equity | $56.1M | $45.5M | $28.0M | $35.3M | $47.0M |
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)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $-5.1M | $-9.5M | $1.1M | $-1.3M | $-2.1M |
| Capital expenditure | $266,771 | $208,320 | $44,169 | $93,703 | $444,505 |
| Free cash flow | $-5.3M | $-9.7M | $1.1M | $-1.4M | $-2.5M |
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.
Company facts
Selected SEC filings
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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.