Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CPIX) Key Metrics

NASDAQ: CPIXValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

CPIX valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$107.6M
Enterprise value
$105.4M
P/E (TTM)
—
Forward P/E
50.0
PEG ratio
1.67
Price / sales
2.4
10-yr median 1.6
Price / book
6.0
10-yr median 1.5
EV / EBITDA
40.9
10-yr median 102.0
Dividend yield
—
Beta
0.04

CPIX key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

CPIX valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

Price / sales+51.9%
1.3
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 2.7 (+0.8%)2017: 2.8 (+5.2%)2018: 2.3 (−18.8%)2019: 2.3 (−0.2%)2020: 1.2 (−48.2%)2021: 1.9 (+61.9%)2022: 0.8 (−59.7%)2023: 0.6 (−17.0%)2024: 0.9 (+35.9%)2025: 1.3 (+51.9%)
20162025
Price / book+64.1%
2.4
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 1.2 (+4.3%)2017: 1.8 (+50.0%)2018: 1.7 (−8.0%)2019: 1.6 (−8.0%)2020: 1.0 (−38.6%)2021: 1.6 (+70.8%)2022: 0.9 (−44.4%)2023: 0.9 (−4.2%)2024: 1.5 (+68.5%)2025: 2.4 (+64.1%)
20162025
EV / EBITDA−90.0%
19.7
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 37.0 (+240.0%)2022: 102.02023: 167.8 (+64.4%)2024: 197.0 (+17.4%)2025: 19.7 (−90.0%)
20162025
Price / free cash flow
12.3
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2019: 28.22020: 13.5 (−52.0%)2021: 11.6 (−14.2%)2022: 5.1 (−55.8%)2023: 4.5 (−11.6%)2025: 12.3
20162025
Free cash flow yield+10.5 pts
8.1%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: −1.7% (−5.3 pts)2017: −1.7% (0.0 pts)2018: −1.2% (+0.5 pts)2019: 3.5% (+4.8 pts)2020: 7.4% (+3.8 pts)2021: 8.6% (+1.2 pts)2022: 19.5% (+10.9 pts)2023: 22.0% (+2.5 pts)2024: −2.4% (−24.4 pts)2025: 8.1% (+10.5 pts)
20162025

CPIX valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

CPIX returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

CPIX debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

CPIX cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

CPIX price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

CPIX key metrics

2016–2025
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization$59.5M$33.3M$25.6M$32.8M$69.6M$44.7M$79.3M$94.2M$117.1M$89.3M
Enterprise value$58.3M$35.9M$25.7M$34.0M$58.6M$39.2M$72.6M$77.9M$76.8M$43.3M
Price / sales1.30.90.60.81.91.22.32.32.82.7
Price / book2.41.50.90.91.61.01.61.71.81.2
Price / free cash flow12.3—4.55.111.613.528.2———
Price / operating cash flow12.1—4.23.911.08.325.930.2—156.8
EV / sales1.30.90.70.81.61.02.11.91.91.3
EV / EBITDA19.7197.0167.8102.0—————37.0
EV / free cash flow12.1—4.65.39.811.925.8———
Earnings yield−4.8%−19.4%−24.5%−17.0%−5.0%−7.5%−4.5%−7.4%−6.8%−1.1%
Free cash flow yield8.1%−2.4%22.0%19.5%8.6%7.4%3.5%−1.2%−1.7%−1.7%
Dividend yield—————0.3%—59.5%0.0%0.0%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)0.4%1.7%2.9%3.2%2.0%4.4%4.4%62.5%3.2%2.8%
Share price at fiscal year-end$3.98$2.37$1.79$2.25$4.67$2.95$5.15$6.03$7.36$5.50
Per share
Revenue per share$2.98$2.69$2.77$2.88$2.41$2.47$2.23$2.61$2.59$2.03
Earnings per share−$0.19−$0.46−$0.44−$0.38−$0.24−$0.22−$0.23−$0.45−$0.50−$0.06
Operating cash flow per share$0.33−$0.04$0.43$0.58$0.43$0.36$0.20$0.20−$0.04$0.04
Free cash flow per share$0.32−$0.06$0.39$0.44$0.40$0.22$0.18−$0.07−$0.13−$0.10
Cash per share$0.77$1.28$1.28$1.36$1.81$1.63$1.83$2.32$3.15$3.09
Book value per share$1.66$1.63$2.07$2.49$2.87$3.10$3.32$3.58$4.02$4.50
Tangible book value per share$0.66$0.28$0.43$0.33$1.21$1.19$1.25$1.37$2.67$3.14
Dividends per share—————$0.01—$3.59$0.00$0.00
Capex per share$0.01$0.01$0.03$0.14$0.02$0.14$0.02$0.27$0.09$0.13
Debt per share$0.68$1.46$1.29$1.44$1.08$1.27$1.40$1.28$0.62$0.25
Shares outstanding15.0M14.1M14.3M14.6M14.9M15.2M15.4M15.6M15.9M16.2M
Change in shares outstanding+6.4%−1.7%−1.8%−2.3%−1.7%−1.5%−1.4%−1.9%−2.0%−5.0%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)−11.9%−24.7%−19.1%−14.1%−7.8%−6.8%−6.6%−11.6%−11.6%−1.3%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)−9.0%−18.4%−22.5%−13.0%−16.5%−11.7%−17.5%−18.5%−12.7%−4.3%
Return on assets (ROA)−3.7%−8.2%−7.2%−6.3%−3.9%−3.3%−3.3%−6.8%−8.5%−1.0%
Return on tangible assets−4.6%−11.4%−10.8%−9.1%−5.9%−4.9%−4.9%−8.9%−11.1%−1.3%
Free cash flow margin10.9%−2.1%14.3%15.2%16.6%8.8%8.2%−2.9%−5.0%−4.7%
Financial health
Total debt$10.2M$20.6M$18.4M$21.0M$16.1M$19.3M$21.5M$20.0M$9.8M$4.1M
Cash & short-term investments$11.4M$18.0M$18.3M$19.8M$27.0M$24.8M$28.2M$36.2M$50.1M$50.1M
Net debt−$1.3M$2.6M$106,859$1.2M−$11.0M−$5.5M−$6.7M−$16.2M−$40.3M−$46.0M
Debt / equity0.410.900.620.580.380.410.420.360.150.06
Debt / assets0.130.270.230.230.190.200.210.180.110.04
Net debt / EBITDA−0.4314.300.703.61—————−39.40
Current ratio1.011.151.281.602.371.952.082.693.884.43
Quick ratio0.841.031.111.261.931.531.711.693.504.07
Interest coverage-5.6-10.6-14.3-9.7-78.3-24.2-37.7-37.7-43.9-13.5
Working capital$315,348$4.8M$7.7M$17.3M$26.4M$24.3M$26.0M$47.1M$51.0M$50.8M
Invested capital$23.6M$25.5M$29.7M$37.5M$31.8M$41.5M$44.4M$39.6M$23.6M$27.1M
Tangible asset value$9.6M$3.7M$5.7M$4.5M$17.8M$17.9M$19.3M$21.1M$42.5M$51.0M
Net current asset value−$15.2M−$16.6M−$16.8M−$11.1M$3.8M$379,681−$3.3M$17.7M$39.4M$45.3M
Graham net-net per share−$1.67−$1.73−$1.72−$1.54−$0.37−$0.67−$0.97−$0.07$1.91$2.34
Capital allocation
Dividends paid—————$135,405—$56.0M$0$0
Share buybacks (net)$263,478$579,049$740,533$1.1M$1.4M$1.9M$3.5M$2.9M$3.7M$2.5M
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow5.4%—13.1%16.5%23.2%60.2%124.4%———
Capex / revenue0.2%0.5%1.1%4.9%1.0%5.6%0.7%10.5%3.6%6.5%
Capex / operating cash flow2.0%—7.4%24.5%5.6%39.0%8.1%137.3%—374.2%
Capex / depreciation0.020.030.080.390.080.450.061.430.560.89
Stock-based compensation / revenue0.9%0.8%0.9%1.1%2.1%2.8%4.3%3.3%3.6%2.6%
R&D / revenue12.5%12.7%14.8%15.9%15.8%15.4%20.0%18.0%9.5%9.7%
SG&A / revenue69.7%74.3%73.6%63.9%68.9%66.7%73.4%75.3%76.6%70.0%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding117.4103.4105.887.197.798.683.372.769.774.1
Days of inventory on hand279.9238.6435.4366.1394.9411.5902.5855.0299.8295.3
Days payables outstanding889.1774.6747.8409.5477.2493.3518.6496.5421.3334.3
Cash conversion cycle (days)-491.8-432.6-206.643.715.416.8467.3431.2-51.835.1
Receivables turnover3.113.533.454.193.743.704.385.025.234.93
Payables turnover0.410.470.490.890.760.740.700.740.871.09
Inventory turnover1.301.530.841.000.920.890.400.431.221.24
Asset turnover0.580.480.450.470.400.370.320.400.440.36
Average receivables$14.3M$10.7M$11.5M$10.0M$9.6M$10.1M$7.9M$8.1M$7.9M$6.7M
Average payables$16.2M$14.0M$12.4M$10.2M$11.5M$11.7M$10.5M$10.0M$8.5M$5.5M
Average inventory$5.1M$4.3M$7.2M$9.1M$9.5M$9.8M$18.3M$17.3M$6.1M$4.8M
Intangibles / total assets19.4%25.0%28.8%33.9%29.4%30.1%30.4%30.6%23.0%23.7%

Computed from CPIX's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed March 9, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

CPIX valuation and financial ratios

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals earned a return on equity of −11.9% and a return on invested capital of −9.0% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $10.2 million of debt and $11.4 million in cash and short-term investments, a net cash position of $1.3 million. It returned $0.3 million to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $0.3 million in share buybacks, 5% of free cash flow. The share count fell 7.9% from 16.2M to 15.0M over 9 years.

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CPIX key metrics FAQ

What is Cumberland Pharmaceuticals's EV/EBITDA?

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals's enterprise value was 19.7 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $58.3 million, EBITDA $3.0 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 40.9.

What is Cumberland Pharmaceuticals's return on equity?

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals's return on equity (ROE) was −11.9% in fiscal 2025: net income of -$2.8 million on average shareholders' equity of $23.9 million.

What is Cumberland Pharmaceuticals's ROIC?

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals's return on invested capital was −9.0% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

How much debt does Cumberland Pharmaceuticals have?

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals had total debt of $10.2 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41 and more cash than debt.

Does Cumberland Pharmaceuticals buy back its shares?

Yes. Cumberland Pharmaceuticals spent $0.3 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed +6.4% over the year, to 15.0M..

What is Cumberland Pharmaceuticals's free cash flow yield?

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals generated $4.8 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 8.1% on its market value at year-end ($59.5 million).

What is Cumberland Pharmaceuticals's current ratio?

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals's current ratio was 1.01 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.01 times current liabilities.

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