“Interest Expense Interest expense increased by $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to fees incurred to maintain the availability of the tranche C-1 and tranche C-2 term loans throug…”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
ARQT
Market read
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 14 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 59.3% versus the comparable filing period.
- Cash declined 38.6M versus the comparable period.
- R&D spending increased with the ARQ-234 milestone and is expected to keep rising as clinical development and ZORYVE expansions continue.
- Quarterly product revenue for ZORYVE SKUs rose to $105,398k (65% YoY), driven by higher US patient demand and commercial launches in Canada and the US across multiple ZORYVE formulations.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if ARQT's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 14 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 59.3% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating income moved from a loss to a profit in the comparable period.
- Operating cash flow moved from negative to positive in the comparable period.
- Cash declined 38.6M versus the comparable period.
- R&D spending increased with the ARQ-234 milestone and is expected to keep rising as clinical development and ZORYVE expansions continue.
- Quarterly product revenue for ZORYVE SKUs rose to $105,398k (65% YoY), driven by higher US patient demand and commercial launches in Canada and the US across multiple ZORYVE formulations.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +91.3% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +62.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +67.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Diluted shares increased 5.2% in the latest annual period.
- EV/sales is 84% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
23.35Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The increase in product revenue, net, for ZORYVE cream 0.15% was primarily driven by greater patient demand.”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
“The increase in product revenue, net, for ZORYVE cream 0.05% was due to its commercial launch in the United States in October 2025.”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 7.9× · EV/sales 8.1×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for ARQT. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
The latest filing has limited comparable evidence
10-Q filed 2026-08-05 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-06.
Capital and cash conversion
Cash conversion improved
Capital-spending intensity declined while free-cash-flow margin improved.
- Capital spending YoY
- -77.0%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +0.1%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +6.3%
- FCF margin change
- +27.1 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 59.3% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating income moved from a loss to a profit in the comparable period.
- Operating cash flow moved from negative to positive in the comparable period.
What weakened
- Cash declined 38.6M versus the comparable period.
Filing receipts
“Research and Development Expenses Six Months Ended June 30, Change 2026 2025 $ % (in thousands) Direct external costs: ARQ-234 program $ 12,305 $ 2,034 $ 10,271 505 % Topical roflumilast program 5,290 4,273 1,017 24 % Other programs 197 2,375 (2,178) (92) % Indirect costs: Compensation and personnel-related 22,411 19,417 2,994 15 % Other 10,779 8,897 1,882 21 % Total research and development expense $ 50,982 $ 36,996 $ 13,986 38 % The increase of $14.0 million in research and development expenses was primarily due to the $10.0 million milestone that became payable to certain former Ducentis stockholders in the first quarter of 2026 upon the dosing of the first patient in the ARQ-234 Phase 1...”
“We expect that any other revenue we generate pursuant to these agreements will fluctuate from period to period as a result of the timing of potential milestone achievements and any potential regulatory approvals within the respective Sato Territory and Huadong Territories.”
“In addition, as a result of the 2024 Partial Prepayment, (i) the maturity date of the Loan Agreement is August 1, 2029 (such date, the Maturity Date), (ii) the applicable per annum interest rate is equal to 5.95% plus the greater of (a) 2.50% per annum and (b) the one-month Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), (iii) we are no longer subject to certain cost and purchase price restrictions regarding acquisitions, and (iv) we may prepay principal amounts outstanding under the Term Loans in minimum increments of $25.0 million, subject to a prepayment premium of (a) 2.0% for any prepayment made after August 9, 2025 and prior to August 9, 2026 or (b) 1.0% for any prepayment made after August...”
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Business ecosystem
The relationships behind ARQT
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
WLKWestlake CorporationpartnerFeb 25, 2026 ▾
“Contractual Obligations and Contingent Liabilities The following summarizes our significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2025: Facility Operating Lease We lease a facility in Westlake Village, California under an operating lease that commenced i…”
ABBVAbbVie Inc.competitorFeb 25, 2026 ▾
“For psoriasis, our primary competitors include: • injected biologic therapies such as Skyrizi®, marketed by AbbVie Inc., and Bimzelex®, marketed by UCB, Inc.; • non-injectable systemic therapies used to treat plaque psoriasis such as Otezla, marketed by Amgen…”
Depended on by
SLRCSLR Investment Corp.investeeFeb 24, 2026 ▾
“Net unrealized gain for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 was primarily due to appreciation in the value of our investments in KBH Topco, LLC, SLR Business Credit, RD Holdco, Inc., Bayside Parent, LLC and Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc., among others, par…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
ARQT is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Dermatology Biotech. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for ARQT; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.