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That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
The company is still in the product-building phase: its spending runs far above its sales. That only changes once the product starts selling at scale.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 6.4× for every dollar of annual revenue.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 10% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 8% below today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 79% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Sales run at $250.3M a year. A small number, but proof the product has real buyers.
It met or beat analyst expectations in 7 of the last 8 quarters — consistency is a promise kept.
A loss of $470.4M against $250.3M in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.
This stock swings about 2.1 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.
At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts about 1.2 years. After that, the company needs to find new money.
On our five-subject report card, AI sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: AI is a high-risk stock — not yet profitable, and its future rides on its product catching on.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.