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Lyra Therapeutics (Lyra Therapeutics) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Lyra Therapeutics Financial Strength?

Lyra Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

Lyra Therapeutics Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

GuruFocus does not calculate Lyra Therapeutics's interest coverage with the available data. Lyra Therapeutics's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 17.79. As of today, Lyra Therapeutics's Altman Z-Score is -4.08.


Competitive Comparison of Lyra Therapeutics's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Lyra Therapeutics's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lyra Therapeutics's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Lyra Therapeutics's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lyra Therapeutics's Financial Strength falls into.



Lyra Therapeutics Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Lyra Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-23.52 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $33.36 Mil.

Lyra Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

GuruFocus does not calculate Lyra Therapeutics's interest coverage with the available data.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Lyra Therapeutics Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Lyra Therapeutics's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(4.504 + 33.356) / 2.128
=17.79

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Lyra Therapeutics has a Z-score of -4.08, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -4.08 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Lyra Therapeutics  (NAS:LYRA) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Lyra Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Lyra Therapeutics (Lyra Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address
480 Arsenal Way, Watertown, MA, USA, 02472
Lyra Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage therapeutics company focused on the development and commercialization of novel integrated drug and delivery solutions for the localized treatment of patients with ear, nose, and throat diseases. The company's technology platform, XTreo, is designed to precisely and consistently deliver medicines directly to the affected tissue for sustained periods with a single administration. Its initial product candidates, LYR-210 and LYR-220, are bioresorbable polymeric matrices designed to be administered in a brief, non-invasive, in-office procedure and intended to deliver up to six months of continuous drug therapy to the sinonasal passages for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis, or CRS.
Executives
Harlan Waksal director, officer: Executive Chair WAKSAL CONSULTING LLC, 7 NORTH WILLOW STREET, SUITE 6, MONTCLAIR NJ 07042
Nbvm Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 950 WINTER STREET, SUITE 4600, WALTHAM MA 02451
Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund Ltd 10 percent owner C/O PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC, 51 ASTOR PLACE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10003
Edward T Anderson director, 10 percent owner 950 WINTER ST SUITE 4600, WATHAM MA 02451
John E Bishop officer: Chief Technology Officer 675 WEST KENDALL STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Richard Nieman officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O LYRA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 480 ARSENAL WAY, WATERTOWN MA 02472
C Ann Merrifield director
James R Tobin director C/O CURIS INC, 4 MAGUIRE ROAD, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Jason Cavalier officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O LYRA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 1480 ARSENAL WAY, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Snyderman Nancy Lynn Md director 37 PHEASANT HILL ROAD, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Pamela E. Nelson officer: Senior VP, Regulatory Affairs C/O LYRA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 1480 ARSENAL WAY, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Robert E. Richard officer: SVP of R&D C10 LYRA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 1480 ALSENAL WAY, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Soleus Private Equity Fund I, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O SOLEUS PRIVATE EQUITY GP I, LLC, 104 FIELD POINT ROAD, 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Soleus Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 104 FIELD POINT ROAD, FLOOR 2, GREENWICH CT 06830
Polaris Venture Partners Special Founders' Fund V, L.p. 10 percent owner ONE MARINA PARK DRIVE, 10TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02210