Conducts research and development of graphene and related nanomaterials. 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 16% 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: 518.9× for every dollar of annual revenue.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 9% 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 below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
Valuation: The stock trades at a price that looks expensive next to its earnings; that can cap future returns.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 91% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
It met or beat analyst expectations in 8 of the last 8 quarters — consistency is a promise kept.
A loss of $7.1M against $120K in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.
The stock sits at $0.49. Under exchange rules, stocks that stay below $1 for too long risk being removed from the market.
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, ZTEK sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: ZTEK’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: the revenue breakdown.