Lightwave Logic, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q1 2026.

Symbol
LWLG on Nasdaq
Location
Englewood, CO
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
20 Mar 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • LWLG - Lightwave Logic, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q1 2026.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity -38%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-42%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 20 Mar 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-03-20) highlights Return On Equity -37.6%, Return On Assets -22.6%, and Operating Margin -3215.2%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

34.7/100

Weak Confidence high

Return On Equity

-38%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Assets

-23%

Metric score 0.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
32.69x
Quick Ratio
32.41x
Debt to Equity
0.03x

Strengths

Debt-to-equity and Revenues YoY

Watchpoints

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity -38% -42%
Return On Assets -23% -39%
Operating Margin -3215% -64%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 32.69x +108%
Quick Ratio 32.41x +109%
Debt-to-equity 0.03x -26%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 148%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 9.9%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 148,831,122 +19%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY