CORT · NASDAQ
Healthcare · Biotechnology
$85.95
-0.38%
Close on Oct 29, 2026
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of 100 · stored research reading
Stored Quality research reads 57 of 100, a middle-of-the-universe reading. The measurements behind it are mixed.
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How this is measured15
of 100 · stored research reading
Stored Fundamental Momentum research reads 15 of 100. Stored measurements classify recent reported fundamentals as deteriorating. This describes reported financial change already disclosed, with no forward-looking claim.
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How this is measured61
of 100 · stored research reading
Stored Capital Returns research reads 61 of 100, recorded as favorable. No dividend is recorded for this company, so the reading rests on buybacks and dilution control. Share count has been reduced at about 1.3% a year in the stored window.
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In the company’s own words
We are a commercial-stage company engaged in the discovery and development of medications to treat severe endocrinologic, oncologic, metabolic and neurologic disorders by modulating the effects of the hormone cortisol.
Cortisol plays a significant role in the body’s response to stress and is essential for survival. Cortisol influences metabolism and the immune system and contributes to emotional stability. Cortisol levels follow a diurnal rhythm that is essential to health, peaking upon awakening and decreasing during the day. Insufficient cortisol activity may lead to dehydration, hypotension, shock, fatigue and hypoglycemia. Excessive cortisol activity, known as hypercortisolism, may lead to hypertension, diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, obesity, fatty liver disease, depressed mood, psychosis, wasting of the arms and legs, edema, fatigue, insomnia and other problems.
Cortisol reduces a patient’s immune response to oncogenesis, shields certain cancer cells from the apoptotic effects of chemotherapy and facilitates the growth of others. Pre-clinical and clinical data indicate that modulating cortisol activity may improve outcomes in patients with fatty liver disease and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis ("MASH"), which are precursors of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. Pre-clinical and clinical data also suggest that modulating cortisol activity may lead to treatments for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ("ALS").
Since 2012, we have marketed Korlym in the United States for the treatment of patients suffering from hypercortisolism (also known as "Cushing’s syndrome"). In June 2024, we made an authorized generic version of Korlym available for the same indication. The challenge in treating a patient with hypercortisolism is modulating cortisol’s effects without either inappropriately suppressing them or disrupting cortisol’s normal diurnal rhythm. Simply reducing or destroying the ability of the body to make cortisol can cause serious harm. Cortisol activity can be modulated effectively by a drug that competes with cortisol’s binding to the glucocorticoid receptor ("GR").
Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed February 24, 2026. Read the filing
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