A company still losing money with growing sales, with elevated risk. Institutions are adding.
Going well
Sales up 74% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Sales up 13% last year
Watch out for
Owes more than it owns (negative equity)
Losing money
Bills due within a year exceed short-term assets
Money moves
No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 31% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (35 bought, 10 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$5.58+1.6% that day
Company value
$76M
Share price times all shares
Price vs sales
0.05x
No profit over the last year, so this compares value with sales instead
Cash vs value
115%
A big cushion: cash is a large part of what the company is worth
Debt vs value
681%
Owes more than the whole company is worth
From VATE's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26
$421.6M+74% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $1.5B, up 52% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 12% a year.
What the price assumes
Your guesses, our math
Move the sliders to your own view of VATE. Starting points are the company's recent numbers (it isn't profitable yet, so the margin starts at a 10% guess).
Sales in 5 years$5.6B
Profit in 5 years$563M
Price these guesses point to$588.96+10455% vs $5.58 todayAbout +154% a year, before dividends
What today's price needs: with a 10% margin and a 15x P/E, sales could shrink about 49% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.
Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.
1/6Weak
MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.Owes more than it owns
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-4.9%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.1 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$146.6M
MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+2.3% in 3 years
MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.16.0%
Revenue
$1.2B
+12.5% vs prior year
5-year growth
+11.7%/yr
revenue, per year
Total debt
$518.6M
Current ratio
0.44x
short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: return on equity 15%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
Reported Aug 6
Revenue
$421.6M
+74.2% YoY
EPS
$0.71
vs -$1.67
Op. margin
8.2%
+6.2 pts
Gross margin
18.9%
+0.1 pts
Free cash flow
-$24.7M
Share count
+6.2%
vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trend
No trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
This week
0
Normal week
1.7
vs normal
0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+30.6%
Institutions added 30.6% to their holdings. 35 bought, 10 sold.
Shares held by institutions3.1M
Sep '24Jun '26
Safety check
From SEC filings
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+19.9%
Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positive
Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
Owes more than it owns
Shares outstandingLatest reported
14M
Why high risk
Losing money
Share count growing 19.9% a year (dilution)
Owes more than it owns (negative equity)
Bills due within a year exceed short-term assets
3 offering filings in 6 months (may sell new shares)
Earnings reports
Last 12
Next reportAround Nov 11 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
Results filedAug 6
Results filedMay 14
Results filedMar 26
Results filedNov 12, 2025
Results filedAug 5, 2025
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days