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CDXS

Codexis Inc. Common Stock

Industrials · ·

$1.48

$0.03 (+2.1%)

Market Cap

$134.53M

Day Range

$1.44 - $1.51

52-Week Range

$0.96 - $3.87

Beta

Next Earnings

11.08.2026

CDXS is a stock from the Industrials sectorManufacturing, aerospace, defense, and infrastructure — closely tied to capital-investment cycles and economic growth.

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Investor Score
38/ 100F
🔴 Weak

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈0FTechnical
💰35FFundamental
🚀79B+Growth
💎38FValuation
📰68B-News
🏦42DQuality
⚠️48D+Risk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🔴 Bearish

Technical Trend

🔴 Bearish

Insiders

🔴 Bearish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 43.8%
  • 🟢 Free cash flow growth: 55.6%
  • 🟢 Net income growth: 32.6%
  • 🟢 Current ratio: 3.82
  • 🟢 Gross margin: 86.7% — strong

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Estimated fair value: -$3.49 vs. price $1.48 (-336.0%)
  • 🔴 SMA 50 recently crossed below SMA 200
  • 🔴 Operating margin: -59.3% (negative)
  • 🔴 Net margin: -62.5% (negative)
  • 🔴 Operating margin is eroding over time

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🔴 Operating margin stability🟡 Conservative leverage🔴 Daily volatility (ATR)🟡 Leverage risk🟢 Liquidity risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟡 Mixed

Everyone's writing about Codexis Inc. Common Stock. News trend score: 68. Reason: 6 of the last 14 articles are positive, versus 3 negative.

News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🔴 Most indicators support a downtrend (0 bullish · 12 bearish · 0 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🔴Price vs. SMA 50Price is below the 50-day average
  • 🔴Price vs. SMA 200Price is below the 200-day average
  • 🔴Death CrossSMA 50 recently crossed below SMA 200
  • 🔴MACDMACD histogram is negative — falling momentum
  • 🔴RSIRSI 28.2 — oversold
  • 🔴Stochastic%K 7.6 — oversold
  • 🔴ADX (trend strength)ADX 36.9 — strong trend
  • 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500-52.0% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🔴Bollinger BandsPrice is in the lower third of the Bollinger Bands (22%B) — weakness (chance of a recovery)
  • 🔴ROC (rate of change)ROC 12 days: -34.4%
  • 🔴Parabolic SARPrice is below the SAR point — downtrend
  • 🔴CMF (money flow)CMF 20 days: -0.34

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Markdown

The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.

Medium confidence

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🔴Falling price trendA -44.2% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🔴 Downtrend

The price is below the 200-day average — an environment that mainly favors looking for selling (Short) opportunities, not buying.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟡 Price far from value zone

The price is currently far from the 50-day average — the method recommends waiting for a "pullback" before entering, rather than chasing prices.

3️⃣ Suggested Exit Point (ATR-based)

Method formula: Stop-loss = resistance plusone ATR margin — this way the stop adapts to the stock's actual volatility, rather than an arbitrary number.

Entry

$1.45

Stop-Loss

$3.05

Risk per Share

$1.60

Direction

Short

Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)

1:2 R

-$1.75

1:3 R

-$3.35

1:5 R

-$6.56

💰 Position Size Calculator

A core principle of the method: never risk a fixed dollar amount — risk a fixed percentage of equity, and let the position size vary according to the risk per share.

Suggested Position Size

62 sh.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

86.7%

Operating Margin

-59.3%

Net Margin

-62.5%

EBITDA Margin

-51.8%

Efficiency

ROE

-87.0%

ROA

-29.8%

ROIC

EPS

-$0.50

Balance Sheet

Cash

$50.79M

Total Debt

$40.10M

Current Ratio

3.82

Debt/Equity

0.79

Conclusions

  • 🟢Gross marginGross margin: 86.7% — strong
  • 🔴Operating marginOperating margin: -59.3% (negative)
  • 🔴Net marginNet margin: -62.5% (negative)
  • 🔴Return on equity (ROE)Return on equity (ROE): -87.0% (negative)
  • 🔴Return on assets (ROA)Return on assets (ROA): -29.8% — weak
  • 🟢Current ratio (liquidity)Current ratio: 3.82
  • 🟡Debt-to-equityDebt/equity: 0.79

🚀 Growth

Revenue

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Revenue growth (last year)Revenue growth (last year): 18.6%
  • 🟢Earnings per share (EPS) growthEarnings per share (EPS) growth: 43.8%
  • 🟢Free cash flow growthFree cash flow growth: 55.6%
  • 🟢Net income growthNet income growth: 32.6%

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Current Price

$1.48

Estimated Fair Value (DCF)

-$3.49

Gap

-336.0%

🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value

Show all model (DCF) assumptions →

Year 1 Growth Rate

-5.0%

Discount Rate (WACC)

9.0%

Terminal Growth Rate

2.5%

Projection Years

5

YearGrowth RateProjected FCFPresent Value
1-5.0%$-22.65M$-20.78M
2-3.1%$-21.95M$-18.47M
3-1.2%$-21.67M$-16.74M
40.6%$-21.81M$-15.45M
52.5%$-22.35M$-14.53M

Base FCF (last actual year)

$-23.85M

Terminal Value

$-352.49M

Present Value of Terminal Value

$-229.09M

Enterprise Value

$-315.06M

Net Debt

$-10.69M

Equity Value

$-304.37M

*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.

Book Value per Share

$0.58

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$0.55

Conclusions

  • 🔴DCF Fair ValueEstimated fair value: -$3.49 vs. price $1.48 (-336.0%)
  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV)NAV per share: $0.55
  • 🟡P/EP/E: -2.9

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 14 sales out of the last 25 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
De Vre RaymondGrant/Award from Employer17.6.202666,350+66,350
DILLY STEPHEN GEORGEGrant/Award from Employer17.6.202666,350+66,350
Martinborough EstherGrant/Award from Employer17.6.202666,350+66,350
Singhvi RahulGrant/Award from Employer17.6.202666,350+66,350
Smith David VGrant/Award from Employer17.6.202666,350+66,350
Richards ChristosGrant/Award from Employer17.6.202666,350+66,350
Collins CynthiaGrant/Award from Employer17.6.202666,350+66,350
PARKER H STEWARTGrant/Award from Employer17.6.202666,350+66,350
De Vre RaymondOpen Market Sale11.6.202684,811-2,605$2.37
Lutz StefanOpen Market Sale24.2.2026130,421-5,862$1.13
Erbez GeorgiaGrant/Award from Employer23.2.2026316,100+316,100
MOORE ALISONGrant/Award from Employer23.2.2026993,000+993,000
Lutz StefanGrant/Award from Employer23.2.2026316,100+316,100
MOORE ALISONOpen Market Sale6.2.2026250,506-3,826$1.31
Erbez GeorgiaOpen Market Sale6.2.202666,810-3,826$1.31
Lutz StefanOpen Market Sale6.2.2026136,283-2,492$1.31
Lutz StefanOpen Market Sale7.1.2026138,775-4,685$1.70
Opaleye Management Inc.Open Market Sale1.12.20259,955,000-245,000$1.67
Opaleye Management Inc.Open Market Sale1.12.2025179,989-8,533$1.67
Opaleye Management Inc.Open Market Sale1.12.20259,955,000-245,000$1.67
Opaleye Management Inc.Open Market Sale1.12.2025179,989-8,533$1.67
Opaleye Management Inc.Open Market Sale28.11.202510,200,000-105,000$1.75
Opaleye Management Inc.Open Market Sale28.11.2025188,522-2,490$1.75
Opaleye Management Inc.Open Market Sale28.11.202510,200,000-105,000$1.75
Opaleye Management Inc.Open Market Sale28.11.2025188,522-2,490$1.75

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

+16.0%

3,748,739 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 3,230,374 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

-8.9%

40.6% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 44.6% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 6 positive, 5 neutral, 3 negative out of the last 14 articles.