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The Screen · Healthcare · Biotechnology

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc.

MIST · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $206M · 38 employees

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of cardiovascular medicines in the United States and Canada.

FAIL · Does not pass the screen
1.23 USD

At the last full screen
2026-05-14

Screened 2026-05-14 · the tape above runs as of 23:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its distribution label.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. holds its Distribution at $1.23. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 12 days.

As held on the ledger · 2026-05-14
PhaseDistribution · caution
Quantitative stateThe statistical read favours the sellers, held for 12 days
Price at the screen$1.23
Valuation0.00 trailing · -1.82 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL · score 10.0
Beta1.04
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Does not pass. Cash ratio

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
Business activity Permissible Core business clean Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. Pass
Debt load 28.37% Below 33% Interest-bearing debt is just 28.4% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. Pass
Interest-bearing cash 51.49% Below 33% Interest-bearing cash and securities are 51.5% of assets, above the one-third limit. Fail
Receivables 0.00% Below 49% Money owed to the company is 0.0% of assets, under the 49% limit. Pass
Revenue purity 0.00% Below 5% Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. Pass

Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.

What the Numbers Say It Is Worth

The Fair Value Range

Our framework reads AVOID

The Street's Range
6.00Street low 7.40Street average 8.00Street high 1.23Price

Third-party analyst targets: 5 covering, consensus Strong Buy. The average target sits +502% from the screen price.

Reading the gap · Our more conservative model reads it as roughly fairly valued here, while the Street is more bullish: a quality-at-a-fair-price name rather than a deep-value one.

Price History & Projections
$8.5$4.6$0.7TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONStreet high$8.00 +556%Street avg$7.40 +507%

Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-05-14 screen.

Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.

The Business, in Plain Words

Why it gives us pause

At -1.8x forward earnings, the price already runs ahead of the business.

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E-1.8x
Trailing P/E0.0x
EPS, trailing-0.75
EPS, forward-0.94
Revenue growth+0.0%revenue is shrinking
Profit margin0.0%currently unprofitable
Return on equity-229.7%not currently earning a positive return on equity
Debt to equity1.40a meaningful debt load worth watching
Current ratio8.01comfortably covers its short-term bills
Beta1.04moves a little more than the market
Short interest, float0.07%
52-week range1.00 - 3.06
Market cap$206M
Employees38

The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; its business and earnings are exposed to Canada and to currency swings; as a biotechnology name, trial and regulatory outcomes can move it sharply either way.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

Where & How to Trade

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The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-09-05 Markup · changed $1.23 +0.0% Entry 5

The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are down 30%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 32%. The street (6 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $6.

2026-08-05 Distribution $1.23 +0.0% Entry 4

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are down 30%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 32%. The street (6 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $6.

2026-07-18 Distribution $1.23 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are down 30%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 32%. The street (6 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $6.

2026-07-03 Distribution $1.23 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Distribution $1.23 Entry 1

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

The Insider Ledger · Form 4 Filings, As Filed
Most recent filings · MIST
DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesValue
2026-04-16 OLIVETO JOSEPH GERARD Chief Executive Officer 36,500 $82,490
2026-01-26 OLIVETO JOSEPH GERARD Chief Executive Officer 66,600 ·
2026-01-26 MULLER LORENZ ANDREW Officer 20,100 ·
2026-01-26 HASIJA AMIT Chief Financial Officer 20,100 ·
2026-01-26 BHARUCHA DAVID Officer 20,100 ·
2026-01-26 NELSON JEFFREY EDWARD Chief Operating Officer 20,100 ·
2026-01-26 OLIVETO JOSEPH GERARD Chief Executive Officer 167,577 $375,315
2026-01-26 MULLER LORENZ ANDREW Officer 64,746 $145,851
2026-01-26 HASIJA AMIT Chief Financial Officer 70,252 $158,209
2026-01-26 BHARUCHA DAVID Officer 70,252 $158,209

Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.

What Holding Actually Paid · Price Plus Dividends
If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal return
1 month $1.90 -35.8% · $642 -35.8%
2 months $2.02 -39.6% · $604 -39.6%
3 months $1.75 -30.3% · $697 -30.3%
6 months $2.95 -58.6% · $414 -58.6%
1 year $1.75 -30.3% · $697 -30.3%
2 years $1.46 -16.4% · $836 -16.4%
3 years $3.95 -69.1% · $309 -69.1%
5 years $5.52 -77.9% · $221 -77.9%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

The Ledger's Promise

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever MIST does next, these words stay.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. · MIST · Distribution · $1.23
Recorded 2026-05-14 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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