Tempus AI, Inc. TEM
Promising (early) Health Tech sector · Tempus AI — precision-medicine data and diagnostics; fast-growing but not yet profitable.
Tempus AI, Inc. (TEM) is a Health Tech company, graded Promising (early) on FrontierLab's evidence-based quality rubric (data as of 2026-08-21). Revenue grew 50.4% year-over-year at a 64% gross margin. Gross-profits-to-assets is 0.39; Rule of 40 is 30.6. Net share issuance 5.2% YoY (heavy issuance). 5 risk flags are noted below. Analyst mix: 13 buy / 8 hold / 2 sell.
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Key quality signals
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 50.4% |
|---|---|
| Gross margin | 64% |
| Gross profits / assets | 0.39 |
| Rule of 40 | 30.6 |
| Net margin | -19.8% |
| Cash runway (months) | 41.2 |
| PEG | — |
| Price / sales | 8.2 |
Quality checklist
Each line is one quality test behind the grade — ✓ passed · ~ borderline · ✗ failed. Hover a metric in the tables below for what it means.
- ✓ Revenue growth — 50.4% (pass ≥ 20%)
- ✓ Capital efficiency
- ✓ Gross margin — 64% (pass ≥ 60% · Health Tech)
- ✓ Gross-margin trend — 3.3 (pass ≥ 2)
- ✓ Share dilution — 5.2%
- ✗ Competitive moat — None
- ✓ Market size (TAM) — Large
Grade history
- 2026-08-07 — Promising (early) (from Insufficient)
- 2026-07-31 — Insufficient (from Promising (early))
- 2026-06-10 — Promising (early) (first graded)
Every grade change since FrontierLab began tracking this name — the receipts behind the current grade.
How have Early-stage-graded names performed?
The forward returns of all Early-stage-graded names since each grade was recorded — the bucket this name currently sits in, not a forecast of this individual stock.
| Window | Forward record vs the S&P | Median |
|---|---|---|
| ~1 month | 69% of Early-stage-graded names beat the S&P over 21 sessions (95% CI 51–82%, N=32). | Median excess vs the S&P was +3.9%. |
| ~3 months | building — 13 more sessions needed | |
| ~6 months | building — 76 more sessions needed | |
How have this name's flags scored?
| Flag | N | Mean excess vs S&P |
|---|---|---|
| Burning cash — operating margin is negative. | 35 | +7.4% |
| Heavy share dilution (>5%/yr) — your slice shrinks. | sample still too small to report (need ≥ 8) | |
| Hyper-expansion — assets up ~46% in a year; aggressive expanders have historically lagged. | sample still too small to report (need ≥ 8) | |
| Parabolic one-day spike (+24%) in the last month — extreme single-day moves tend to mean-revert. | sample still too small to report (need ≥ 8) | |
| Volume 3.1× normal alongside the move — attention-crowded names tend to reverse over the following weeks. | sample still too small to report (need ≥ 8) | |
These per-flag figures are observational — a flag firing is not a randomized assignment, so any edge can reflect what kind of names trip a flag, not the flag itself. Descriptive, not causal.
Scope: these are forward returns vs the S&P among names still covered at each horizon's end, within the curated universe — not a survivorship-clean whole-market backtest. Names later dropped from coverage are counted as attrition (not hidden), and single-session moves beyond ±300% are treated as split/data artifacts and excluded. How this is measured → · Full track record →
How it compares
Coarse same-sector, same-stage context — not a percentile or rank. GP/A is graded on its absolute level, not position.
Fundamentals
| Market cap | $11.68B |
|---|---|
| Stage | Early |
| Share issuance (YoY) | 5.2% · heavy issuance |
| Moat | None |
| TAM | LARGE |
| P/E (trailing) | — |
| EPS (trailing) | $-1.44 |
| Burn multiple | 0.2 |
| Gross-margin trend (pts) | 3.3 |
| Cash / assets | 0.34 |
| Accruals (%) | -0.9% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — |
| Statements as of | Q2 FY2026 · filed 2026-07-30 |
Momentum context — describes the past, not a signal
Low reached Jul 29, 2026 · high reached Oct 8, 2025 — by daily close.
| Price | $66.65 (as of 2026-08-20) |
|---|---|
| Last session move | — |
| % off 52-wk high | -36.1% |
| RSI (14) | 71 |
| Relative volume | 3.1× |
Risk flags
Insider activity (90 days)
| Cluster buyers | 0 |
|---|---|
| Sellers | 3 |
Insider selling is routine diversification, not a bearish signal.
Analyst mix
| Strong buy | 6 |
|---|---|
| Buy | 7 |
| Hold | 8 |
| Sell | 1 |
| Strong sell | 1 |
▼ Analyst view softening — net -2 buy ratings, coverage 24→23 analysts over ~4 weeks (per aggregated analyst ratings)
Ratings are context, not a price target. "Momentum" = how the mix changed over recent weeks, not a forecast.
From the headlines
Tempus AI gains on Moderna vaccine validation; mixed market backdrop.
- Why Is Tempus AI Stock Gaining Thursday?
- Tempus AI Just Had Their Entire Strategy Validated By Moderna's Vaccine Advance
AI take — daily, AI-generated
AI leans positive
Exceptional 50% growth and strong unit economics (0.39 GP/A) are compelling, but rising dilution and lack of profitability visibility create execution risk despite the Moderna validation tailwind.
Generated by an AI model from the day's news — an opinion for context only. Not financial advice, not a recommendation, and not a price target.
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Data as of 2026-08-21 08:12 (end-of-day). How grades are computed →