Designs and develops specialized optical systems. Manufactures precision lenses and optical components. Now — the numbers.
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.
Average growth of 16% a year over the last 4 years. 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: 2.5× for every dollar of annual revenue.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 69% 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.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
Price Momentum: The stock has lagged the market in recent months; investor interest is weak right now.
The stock trades 43% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Sales run at $19.1M a year. A small number, but proof the product has real buyers.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 14 buys and 4 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
A loss of $5.8M against $19.1M 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, POCI sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: POCI 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.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: earnings execution, the revenue breakdown.