On the stock market since 1999, it operates in the world of heavy industry. It has 85 employees. Now — the numbers.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. For now, time is on the company’s side.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit indicators sit around the sector average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
The price isn’t cheap next to earnings — that’s why this grade sits in the middle.
Clearly below the class average.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
The stock trades 53% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
There is $8.7M in the vault; even if every debt were paid off, $8.6M would remain.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 25 buys and 2 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
A loss of $1.6M against $25.8M in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.
The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 47/100.
On our five-subject report card, CVV sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: CVV is a small company that closed last year at a loss. The road back to profit runs through spending discipline.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.