The framework has shifted from markdown to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. 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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B. Technically it is holding around 26% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 119%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 43%. The street (3 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $169.
Bright Minds Biosciences Inc.
DRUG · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $583M · 26 employees
Bright Minds Biosciences Inc., a biotechnology company, develops therapeutics to improve the lives of patients with severe and life-altering diseases in the United States.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenScreen close, 2026-09-21 · not a live quote
Screened 2026-09-21 · the tape above runs as of 17:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
What this means: price 59.46 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 118.92, over the last year.
- Trend Markdown
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
- Ethical does not pass the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its markdown label.
Bright Minds Biosciences Inc. holds its Markdown at $59.46. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 430 days.
| Phase | Markdown · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 430 days |
| Price at the screen | $59.46 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · -7.05 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | -0.11 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Accounts receivable
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.15% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is just 0.1% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. | Pass |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.00% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 98.70% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 98.7% of assets, above the 49% limit. | Fail |
| Revenue purity | Excluded | Below 5% | of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, over the 5% line. | Fail |
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 WorthThe Fair Value Range
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-21 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 100.0% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 3 covering, consensus Strong Buy. The average target sits +142% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere 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 2026-09-21 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| Forward P/E | -7.0x |
| EPS, trailing | -2.45 |
| EPS, forward | -8.65 |
| Return on equity | -15.0%not currently earning a positive return on equity |
| FCF yield | -1.53% |
| Debt to equity | 0.03minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 81.48comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | -0.11barely tracks the market's swings |
| Short interest, float | 0.10% |
| 52-week range | 23.18 - 123.75 |
| Market cap | $583M |
| Employees | 26 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; 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.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. 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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B. Technically it is holding around 26% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 119%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 43%. The street (3 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $169.
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. 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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B. Technically it is holding around 26% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 119%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 43%. The street (3 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $169.
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. 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 good risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $86.55 | -28.4% | · | $716 | -28.4% |
| 2 months | $83.55 | -25.9% | · | $742 | -25.9% |
| 3 months | $72.25 | -14.3% | · | $857 | -14.3% |
| 6 months | $89.01 | -30.4% | · | $696 | -30.4% |
| 1 year | $28.27 | +119.1% | · | $2,191 | +119.1% |
| 2 years | $1.11 | +5,506.3% | · | $56,063 | +5,506.3% |
| 3 years | $2.76 | +2,148.6% | · | $22,486 | +2,148.6% |
| 5 years | $22.35 | +177.2% | · | $2,772 | +177.2% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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