Cardiff Oncology
CRDF
Cardiff Oncology
Healthcare Small Cap Updated Mar 20, 2026

Cardiff Oncology has $593K in annual revenue and a $127M market cap. That is not a business, that is a science experiment with a ticker.

If you own CRDF, you own one drug bet with almost no sales.

$1.99
Market cap ~$127M · 52-week range $1–$5
48
Composite
Our overall rating — combines growth, value, risk, and momentum
48
/ 100

Below Average

Combines growth, value, risk, and momentum factors into a single institutional-grade score.

What it is
Cardiff Oncology is testing onvansertib, an oral cancer drug, across several aggressive cancers.
How it gets paid
Last year Cardiff Oncology made $593K in revenue. Onvansertib collaboration was the main engine at $313K, or 53% of sales.
Why growth slowed
Revenue fell 13.2% last year. The $350K quarter matters because it shows how small the business base still is.
What just happened
$350K of quarterly revenue and -$0.58 EPS show a company still living on clinical hope.
B balance sheet — gets the job done, barely
45/100 earnings predictability — expect surprises
-$0.69 fy2025 eps est
$2B fy2026 rev est
N/a operating margin
XVARY composite: 48/100 — below average
Cardiff Oncology is testing onvansertib, an oral cancer drug, across several aggressive cancers.
PLK1 inhibition → blocking a cell-division protein → so what: one target can matter in several cancers. Onvansertib has a 24-hour half-life, so your dose lasts a full day. Cardiff has 32 employees, not 3,200, while it tries to run multi-cancer trials.
healthcare small-cap biotech oncology clinical-stage
$593K annual revenue · their business grew -13.2% last year
Onvansertib collaboration
$313K
Research grants
$140K
Development services
$100K
Other revenue
$40K
Plk1 inhibitor in Phase 2
Onvansertib
1 lead asset · $127M equity story
this is the story. the company has just $593K of annual revenue, so most of what you are underwriting sits inside one oncology program.
lead asset
Pre-commercial development platform
Clinical pipeline
$593K revenue · still early
the current operating base is tiny. $593K in annual revenue means the pipeline matters far more than any existing business line.
pre-revenue reality
$593K
annual revenue
That is tiny next to a $127M market cap. The stock is priced like a story, not a sales machine.
n/a
operating margin
Prior margin KPI failed sanity check — verify in filings. Losses dwarf revenue by an absurd margin. That is what a trial-stage company looks like when the product has not turned into sales.
$0M
long-term debt
No debt means no lender pressure. It does not mean you avoid dilution.
32
employees
A 32-person team is trying to run multi-cancer trials. That is lean, and it leaves little room for error.
B
Strength
  • balance sheet grade B — adequate — nothing special
  • risk rank 3 — safer than 50% of stocks
  • price stability 5 / 100
  • long-term debt $0M (0% of capital)
B — functional but not a standout on the balance sheet.
source: institutional data · return history unavailable
missed estimates
$350K of quarterly revenue and -$0.58 EPS show a company still living on clinical hope.
Revenue rose 192% from the prior year quarter, but the base was tiny. Annual revenue still fell 13.2%, and the company kept losing money.
$350K
revenue
-$0.58
eps
13.2%
revenue Vs. last year
the number that mattered
The $350K quarter matters because it shows how small the business base still is.
source: company earnings report, 2026

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The top risk is Phase 2 failure for onvansertib.

Med
Clinical trial disappointment
There is one lead asset carrying most of the story. If Phase 2 data in colorectal or pancreatic cancer disappoints, the thesis takes a direct hit.
With only $593K of annual revenue, there is almost no operating business here to soften a bad readout.
Med
Commercial proof is still missing
The company generated $593K of revenue last year and that figure fell 13.2% from the prior year. You are not buying proven demand today.
That gap between current sales and a $127M market cap makes valuation extremely sensitive to future expectations.
Med
The stock moves like a catalyst vehicle
A 1.45 beta and a 5 / 100 price stability score tell you this name can swing hard around updates, sentiment, or financing fears.
The 52-week range runs from $1 to $5. Same company. Very different implied outcomes.
With just $593K of annual revenue, most of the current equity value lives in one clinical narrative — and narratives break faster than operating businesses.
Source: institutional data · regulatory filings · risk analysis
Catalyst
CRDF-004 data is the whole calendar
The ongoing randomized Phase 2 CRDF-004 study is the clearest event that can move the stock from story to evidence.
Metric
$593K revenue versus $127M market cap
That gap is the snapshot in one line. If you own this, you are paying for optionality, not a scaled business.
Risk
Single-asset dependence
One lead drug candidate means one disappointing update can reset the entire valuation framework.
Trend
Price behavior still says speculation
The stock sits at $1.99 inside a $1–$5 range, with 1.45 beta and 5 / 100 price stability. That is not calm ownership.
earnings predictability
45 / 100
The score says reported results are hard to model. In human-speak, analysts do not have a stable operating machine to forecast here.
risk profile
3
Risk rank 3 puts the balance sheet around the middle of the pack. Better than a distressed biotech, not strong enough to erase clinical risk.
price stability
5 / 100
A 5 / 100 stability score is a warning label. The stock can move violently even when the underlying business barely changes.
Source: institutional data

institutional ownership data for CRDF is being compiled.

Source: institutional data
3-5 year target range
$2 Current price
Target midpoint · from current
target data not available

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