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The biggest line carries real weight, but it doesn’t decide everything on its own.
The company is still in the product-building phase: its spending runs above its sales. That only changes once the product starts selling at scale.
An average decline of 17% a year over the last 4 years — the most striking risk in this picture. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
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: 0.2× for every dollar of annual revenue.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 19% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 7% below today's price.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 97% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Sales run at $185.3M a year. A small number, but proof the product has real buyers.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 61 buys and 49 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
A loss of $57.7M against $185.3M in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.
This stock swings about 3.8 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 less than a year. After that, the company needs to find new money.
On our five-subject report card, BZFD sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: BZFD is a high-risk stock — not yet profitable, and its future rides on its product catching on.