Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.

Healthcare

NASDAQ:PLRX · NASDAQ Global Select

Market Cap $70.59M Beta 1.21 P/E (TTM) -0.6
$1.13 -0.88%

-$0.01 today

52W Low $1.09High $1.95

Vol 0.21M · Avg 0.52M

EPS (TTM)-$1.83
Biotechnology

Management

Put operating results in leadership context

Review returns on capital, executive background, insider transactions, and growth quality to judge whether management is compounding value well.

Return Metrics

ROE, ROIC & ROA over time

Management

ROE

-82.4%

avg 297.0%

ROIC

-71.4%

avg -96.6%

ROA

-66.3%

avg -67.2%

Analysis

ROA is currently the strongest return metric at -66.3% versus its period average of -67.2%. 0 of 3 return metrics are above their quality threshold, which helps indicate how efficiently the company turns capital and assets into profit.

Management

Key executives, compensation & ownership

Management
NameTitleCompensationTenureAgeShares OwnedOwnership %

Bernard Coulie

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director$938,901.0060$440,000.000.71%

Keith Lamont Cummings

Chief Financial Officer$820,201.0049$124,000.000.20%

Minnie Kuo

Chief Operating Officer$774,470.0045$0.00<0.01%

Rik Derynck

Scientific Founder & Member of Scientific Advisory Board

Dean Sheppard

Scientific Founder & Member of Scientific Advisory Board

Hal Chapman

Scientific Founder & Member of Scientific Advisory Board

Tim Machajewski

Senior VP & Head of Research

Monica Sandberg

Vice President, Regulatory & Compliance

Christopher S. Keenan

Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

Delphine Imbert

Chief Technical Officer

Lily Cheung

Chief Human Resources Officer53$123,000.000.20%

Insider Trading

SEC Form 4 transactions — last 12 months

Management

Buys

0

$0.00

Sells

4

$163,619.84

Net Sentiment

$163,619.84

Net selling

Most Active

Cummings Keith Lamont

1 transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
Jan 20, 2026

Cummings Keith Lamont

Direct

Sell24.0K$1.28$30,722.56
Jan 20, 2026

Cheung Lily

Direct

Sell7.5K$1.28$9,643.52
Jan 20, 2026

Coulie Bernard

Direct

Sell89.4K$1.28$114,400.00
Jan 20, 2026

Kuo Minnie

Direct

Sell6.9K$1.28$8,853.76

Analysis

Insiders reported 0 buys worth $0.00 and 4 sells worth $163,619.84 over the last 12 months. That adds up to net selling of $163,619.84. Cummings Keith Lamont was the most active insider with 1 transactions.

Growth Analysis

Historical CAGR & forward analyst estimates

Metric 10yr5yr3yr Fwd Est.
EPSN/AN/AN/A
N/A2 analysts
RevenueN/AN/AN/A
+34.3% (9yr)3 analysts
Net IncomeN/AN/AN/A
N/A3 analysts
EBITN/AN/AN/A
N/A3 analysts

Analysis

Forward estimates point to Revenue at +34.3% (9yr), giving you a quick read on expected growth from here.

Who manages PLRX?

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. (PLRX) lists 11 active executives. The top listed executive is Bernard Coulie, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director.

Are PLRX insiders buying or selling?

Recent insider activity shows net selling of $24.72M.

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