Vivani Medical Inc
Vivani Medical Inc operates in the Health Care Equipment & Supplies industry, generating revenue through the development and sale of medical devices, though current financial data indicates zero reported revenue for the latest normalized period.
Business. Vivani Medical Inc (VANI.O) is a healthcare services and equipment company operating within the medical equipment, supplies, and distribution industry. The firm primarily engages in the sale of medical products, though specific operating segments and geographic breakdowns are not disclosed. Headquartered in the United States, the company is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Analyst recommendations
4 analysts · consensus BuyAt a glance
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- Company
- EarningsQ3 2026 earnings (expected)2026-10-28 · estimated
- Macro
- Rate decisionBank of England rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-06 · GB
- Rate decisionReserve Bank of Australia rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-12 · AU
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- Rate decisionSveriges Riksbank rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-03 · SE
- Rate decisionBank of Canada rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-09 · CA
- Rate decisionEuropean Central Bank rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-10 · EU
- Macro & political
- ElectionSE Swedish Election2026-09-14 · SE
- ElectionUS U.S. Midterms2026-11-03 · US
- ElectionFR French Legislative2027-06-01 · FR
Pre-earnings brief
Vivani Medical Inc (VANI.O) has seen a new investor, identified by investor ID 931, add a position of 1,200 shares as of March 31, 2026. This addition, detected on June 20, 2026, represents a nominal value of $0.001224 million and constitutes a negligible weight of approximately 0.0000006% of the company's equity. While the signal is classified as notable due to the change in holder composition, the absolute scale of the transaction is minimal. Concurrently, the company's internal analytical framework underwent significant revisions. The AI-driven narrative, business summary, and conclusion were all modified, with similarity scores dropping to 0.029 for the narrative and conclusion, and 0.154 for the business summary. Additionally, the key takeaways section saw a net neutral change, with seven new points added and seven removed. These updates suggest a substantial re-evaluation of the company's strategic positioning or operational outlook within the analytical model. Despite these internal shifts and the new holder activity, the broader market sentiment and news flow remain quiet. Cross-source signal data indicates zero news dispatches for Vivani Medical from June 24, 2026, through July 14, 2026. This absence of external commentary or sentiment shifts suggests that the recent changes are currently contained within the company's reporting structures and specific holder updates, rather than being driven by broader market events or public announcements. From a structural perspective, Vivani Medical continues to operate with no reported officers, no analyst coverage, and no index memberships. The company maintains a base of 11 top holders, indicating a concentrated but small shareholder base. The combination of revised internal analysis and a new, albeit tiny, institutional or individual stakeholder entry points to a period of quiet recalibration for the firm, absent any significant external catalysts or public market attention.
Signals & dispatch
Composite-score breakdown
Synthesis
Vivani Medical Inc (VANI.O) is a healthcare services and equipment company operating within the medical equipment, supplies, and distribution industry. The firm primarily engages in the sale of medical products, though specific operating segments and geographic breakdowns are not disclosed. Headquartered in the United States, the company is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Vivani Medical maintains a debt-free capital structure with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.0, supported by total equity of $15.73 million and cash and equivalents of $16.23 million against total assets of $39.39 million. The company holds a current liquidity position that is assessed as low risk, with no immediate filing-based liquidity flags detected. The market capitalization stands at $103.18 million, implying a price-to-book ratio of 6.56, which reflects a significant premium over tangible book value given the absence of intangible assets in the equity calculation.
Profitability metrics are deeply negative, with a return on equity of -169.16% and a return on assets of -67.55%, driven by an operating income of -$27.56 million and net income of -$26.61 million. The company reports zero revenue, indicating it is in a pre-commercial or early-stage development phase where costs are incurred without corresponding sales. The negative EV/EBITDA of -3.16 further underscores the lack of earnings generation. These figures are consistent with a biotech or medtech firm burning cash for research and development prior to product launch.
Segment and geographic data are not provided in the available financial snapshot, preventing a detailed analysis of revenue concentration or regional exposure. The absence of revenue data implies that no specific segment or geography currently contributes to the top line, or that such disclosures are not yet material or reported in the normalized period.
Growth trajectory cannot be assessed from historical periods as no prior annual or quarterly revenue or net income data is present in the input. The current state shows a static revenue base of zero, with the primary dynamic being the consumption of cash reserves, evidenced by an operating cash flow of -$24.32 million and capital expenditures of $1.17 million.
Risk assessment indicates low liquidity risk and low dilution risk, with no immediate flags for dilution sources such as ATM offerings or recent share issuances. The shares outstanding remain constant at 76.43 million for both basic and diluted counts, suggesting no current options or warrants are dilutive in the calculation. However, the high burn rate relative to cash reserves poses a long-term sustainability risk if revenue generation does not commence.
Recent observations include a sector classification re-analysis due to sector contamination, audited in July 2026. Analyst sentiment is moderately positive, with a mean recommendation of 2.00 (Buy), driven by four Buy ratings and no Hold or Strong Buy ratings. The mean price target is $4.62, with a median of $4.00, suggesting analysts expect significant upside from the current market price of $1.35, likely based on future product pipeline milestones rather than current financial performance.
Vivani Medical Inc (VANI.O) has seen a new investor, identified by investor ID 931, add a position of 1,200 shares as of March 31, 2026. This addition, detected on June 20, 2026, represents a nominal value of $0.001224 million and constitutes a negligible weight of approximately 0.0000006% of the company's equity. While the signal is classified as notable due to the change in holder composition, the absolute scale of the transaction is minimal. Concurrently, the company's internal analytical framework underwent significant revisions. The AI-driven narrative, business summary, and conclusion were all modified, with similarity scores dropping to 0.029 for the narrative and conclusion, and 0.154 for the business summary. Additionally, the key takeaways section saw a net neutral change, with seven new points added and seven removed. These updates suggest a substantial re-evaluation of the company's strategic positioning or operational outlook within the analytical model. Despite these internal shifts and the new holder activity, the broader market sentiment and news flow remain quiet. Cross-source signal data indicates zero news dispatches for Vivani Medical from June 24, 2026, through July 14, 2026. This absence of external commentary or sentiment shifts suggests that the recent changes are currently contained within the company's reporting structures and specific holder updates, rather than being driven by broader market events or public announcements. From a structural perspective, Vivani Medical continues to operate with no reported officers, no analyst coverage, and no index memberships. The company maintains a base of 11 top holders, indicating a concentrated but small shareholder base. The combination of revised internal analysis and a new, albeit tiny, institutional or individual stakeholder entry points to a period of quiet recalibration for the firm, absent any significant external catalysts or public market attention.
- Vivani Medical reports zero revenue and significant net losses of -$26.61 million, indicating a pre-commercial stage.
- The company is debt-free with $16.23 million in cash, but operating cash flow of -$24.32 million suggests a high burn rate.
- Valuation multiples are skewed by negative earnings, with a P/B of 6.56 reflecting market expectations of future growth.
- Analysts maintain a Buy consensus with a mean price target of $4.62, implying substantial upside potential.
- Dilution risk is currently low with no additional shares outstanding in the diluted count.
Bull / Bear case
Generated · model-assistedIn focus — financials by report
Operating income −4,0% YoY; Net income −7,6% YoY.
- ▍Operating income −4,0% YoY
- ▍Net income −7,6% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −7,2% YoY
Operating income −5,4% YoY; Net income −9,6% YoY.
- ▍Operating income −5,4% YoY
- ▍Net income −9,6% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −8,6% YoY
Operating income −6,6% YoY; Net income −8,1% YoY.
- ▍Operating income −6,6% YoY
- ▍Net income −8,1% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −21,4% YoY
Operating income −31,4% YoY; Net income −33,4% YoY.
- ▍Operating income −31,4% YoY
- ▍Net income −33,4% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −34,4% YoY
Operating income -$6.6M.
- ▍Operating income -$6.6M
Operating income -$6.5M.
- ▍Operating income -$6.5M
Operating income -$6.3M.
- ▍Operating income -$6.3M
Operating income −11,7% YoY; Net income −13,3% YoY.
- ▍Operating income −11,7% YoY
- ▍Net income −13,3% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −15,7% YoY
Operating income +8,5% YoY; Net income +8,4% YoY.
- ▍Operating income +8,5% YoY
- ▍Net income +8,4% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow +9,6% YoY
Operating income −87,7% YoY; Net income −84,7% YoY.
- ▍Operating income −87,7% YoY
- ▍Net income −84,7% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −89,0% YoY
Valuation TTM
Revenue by segment
Business relationships
Supply chain
Peer comparison
Market position
Stress test
Predictor forecast
| Metric | Our forecast | Guidance | Consensus |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPS | —no estimate | —no estimate | -0,34 |
| Revenue | —no estimate | —no estimate | 0 USD |
| Operating income | —no estimate | —no estimate | -28,6M USD |
Options
Short squeeze
Earnings-call key lines
Consensus distribution
sell-side coverageEstimate revisions
consensus EPS · 26-week trendSell-side observations
Themes
ESG
Risk factors
- No immediate filing-based liquidity or dilution flags were detected.
Benchmarks vs cohort
Corporate actions / M&A
FX exposure
Comparable transactions
Derivatives & instruments
Derivative transactions
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · RSUs → Common StockAcquired 100 000grant · 2026-07-28
- Chief Operations Officer · Common Stock Option → Common StockAcquired 160 000 @ $1,31grant · 2026-07-28
- Chief Financial Officer · Common Stock Option → Common StockAcquired 75 000 @ $1,31grant · 2026-07-28
- Chief Financial Officer · RSUs → Common StockAcquired 37 500grant · 2026-07-28
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common Stock Option → Common StockAcquired 200 000 @ $1,31grant · 2026-07-28
- Chief Operations Officer · RSUs → Common StockAcquired 80 000grant · 2026-07-28
- Chief Business Officer · RSUs → Common StockAcquired 35 000grant · 2026-07-28
- Chief Business Officer · Common Stock Option → Common StockAcquired 70 000 @ $1,31grant · 2026-07-28
- Chief Medical Officer · Common Stock Option → Common StockAcquired 80 000 @ $1,31grant · 2026-07-28
- Chief Medical Officer · RSUs → Common StockAcquired 40 000grant · 2026-07-28
- Director · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockAcquired 7 965 @ $1,30grant · 2026-07-27
- Director · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockAcquired 36 000 @ $1,22grant · 2026-06-24
- Director · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockAcquired 36 516 @ $1,22grant · 2026-06-24
- Director · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockAcquired 36 516 @ $1,22grant · 2026-06-24
- Director · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockAcquired 36 516 @ $1,22grant · 2026-06-24
- Director, 10% owner · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockAcquired 36 516 @ $1,22grant · 2026-06-24
- Director · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockAcquired 47 212 @ $1,23grant · 2026-01-01
- Director, 10% owner · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockAcquired 72 392 @ $1,23grant · 2026-01-01
Actions
Ask Handelsavisen
- Market data
- Market data cache
- Issuer disclosures
- Public news
- Earnings transcripts
- Consensus estimates
- ESG data
- Reference data
- Debt To Equity(short_term_debt + long_term_debt) / total_equity
- Market Priceinput from market-data provider (delayed close or quote-shim mid)
- Enterprise Valuemarket_cap - net_cash
- Return On Equitynet_income / total_equity
- Dilution Ratio(shares_outstanding_diluted - shares_outstanding_basic) / shares_outstanding_basic
- Price To Tangible Bookmarket_price / (tangible_book_value / shares_outstanding_diluted)
- Vivani Medical, Inc. Market data — financials · 2026-07-14
- sector_fix_batch (sector_fix_batch) on VANI.O · 2026-07-14
- Vivani Medical Inc Market data — analyst estimates · 2026-07-14
- Vivani Medical Inc HA canonical relationships · 2026-07-14
Ownership & reference
Top holders
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,00 %$2M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2024-06-300,00 %$0M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Brokerage Firms · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
Insider activity
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 793 650 @ $1,26$1 000K · 2026-07-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 1 587 301 @ $1,26$2,0M · 2026-06-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 1 587 301 @ $1,26$2,0M · 2026-05-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 1 587 301 @ $1,26$2,0M · 2026-04-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 1 310 680 @ $1,03$1,4M · 2026-03-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 264 551 @ $1,26$333K · 2026-03-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 1 601 941 @ $1,03$1,6M · 2026-02-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 264 551 @ $1,26$333K · 2026-02-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 1 351 351 @ $1,48$2,0M · 2026-01-27
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 264 551 @ $1,26$333K · 2026-01-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 1 473 214 @ $1,12$1,6M · 2026-01-15
- Director · Common StockBought 20 000 @ $1,23$25K · 2025-12-29
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 264 551 @ $1,26$333K · 2025-12-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 1 473 214 @ $1,12$1,6M · 2025-12-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 264 550 @ $1,26$333K · 2025-11-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 1 473 214 @ $1,12$1,6M · 2025-11-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 3 703 703 @ $1,62$6,0M · 2025-10-27
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 1 473 214 @ $1,12$1,6M · 2025-10-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 264 550 @ $1,26$333K · 2025-10-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 1 473 215 @ $1,12$1,7M · 2025-09-15
- Director, 10% owner · Common StockBought 595 238 @ $1,26$750K · 2025-09-15
Short positioning
Geographic breakdown
Intel & risk
no material change vs prior analysis (walked 17 fields; 4 schema-expansion field(s) excluded)
- Narrative— → —medium
- Business summary— → —medium
- Conclusion— → —medium
- Key takeaways— → —medium
Evidence & claims
From filings & derived data- Total liabilities (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -1.2%Derived (calculated)
- R&D expense (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 15.1%Derived (calculated)
- Total assets (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -5.2%Derived (calculated)
- EPS (diluted) (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 0.0%Derived (calculated)
- Return on equity (FY 2025-12-31): 169.2%Derived (calculated)
- Return on assets (FY 2025-12-31): 67.5%Derived (calculated)
- Current ratio (FY 2025-12-31): 2.71xDerived (calculated)
- Debt-to-equity (FY 2025-12-31): 1.50xDerived (calculated)
- Capex (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 111.0%Derived (calculated)
- EPS (basic) (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 0.0%Derived (calculated)
- Cash & equivalents (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -11.6%Derived (calculated)
- Shareholders' equity (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -10.7%Derived (calculated)
- Net income (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 13.3%Derived (calculated)
- Operating cash flow (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -17.0%Derived (calculated)
- Operating income (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -11.7%Derived (calculated)
- Capex (annual): USD 1.17MSEC XBRL filing
- Shareholders' equity (annual): USD 15.73MSEC XBRL filing
- Current liabilities (annual): USD 6.6MSEC XBRL filing
- Total operating expenses (annual): USD 27.56MSEC XBRL filing
- Net income (annual): USD 26.61MSEC XBRL filing
- Operating income (annual): USD -27.56MSEC XBRL filing
- R&D expense (annual): USD 18.13MSEC XBRL filing
- EPS (basic) (annual): USD-PER-SHARES -0SEC XBRL filing
- EPS (diluted) (annual): USD-PER-SHARES -0SEC XBRL filing