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American Commerce Solutions

AACS
22
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
$0.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$115,781
Winston Score
22
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+245.5% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 335.1M (2012) → 1.16B (2016)

American Commerce Solutions is a small industrial company that provides payment processing technology and related services, primarily focused on the petroleum and convenience store industry. Its core products include point-of-sale systems, fuel dispensing payment terminals, and transaction management software sold to gas stations, fuel retailers, and convenience store operators across the United States.

The company earns revenue through a mix of hardware sales, software licenses, and service contracts with its retail fuel customers. It operates almost entirely within the United States and, given its near-zero market capitalization, is a very small player in a fragmented market dominated by larger competitors like Gilbarco Veeder-Root and Dover. The company is currently unprofitable at the operating level, and its main challenge is scaling revenue fast enough to cover its fixed costs while competing against well-funded rivals with broader product lines and stronger customer relationships.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-10.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-187.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

82.7%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~7 months

$36,370 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

American Commerce Solutions has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin
49.1%
Healthy — 49.1% gross margin
Operating Margin
-23.6%
Losing money on operations — -23.6%
ROCE
-4.8%
Weak — -4.8% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-6.8%
Shrinking sales (-6.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
3.6%
Thin free cash flow (3.6%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.64
Moderate — manageable debt (0.64)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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