Manufactures specialty metal products for various applications. Distributes wood products to home centers and retailers. Now — the numbers.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
An average decline of 8% 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 79% of them.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
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 above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Clearly below the class average.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
The stock trades 45% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 56 buys and 27 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
A loss of $4.1M against $41.3M in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.
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, JCTC sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: JCTC’s sales are going backwards, and it closed last year at a loss. The road back runs through both.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: earnings execution, the revenue breakdown.