On the stock market since 2002, it operates in the world of raw materials. It has 10 employees. Now — the numbers.
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.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
No real growth (-1% a year). 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. For now, time is on the company’s side.
angles, checked one by one.
The 2 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.
The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.
Cost Efficiency: As sales grow, profit fails to keep the same pace.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 13% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
Over the last 3 years, sales grew about 27% a year on average.
Sales run at $784K a year. A small number, but proof the product has real buyers.
There is $12.1M in the vault; even if every debt were paid off, $11.3M would remain.
A loss of $2.3M against $784K in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.
The stock sits at $0.24. Under exchange rules, stocks that stay below $1 for too long risk being removed from the market.
On our five-subject report card, LQMT sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: LQMT is a high-risk stock — not yet profitable, and its future rides on its product catching on.