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authID

AUID
18
Software - Infrastructure · Technology
Price
$0.90
+0.02 (+2.52%)
Market Cap
$11.7M
Exchange
NASDAQ Capital Market
Winston Score
18
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+387.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.7M (2021) → 13.0M (2025)

authID Inc. is a small software company that helps businesses confirm who their customers really are. It uses biometric technology — like facial recognition — to verify a person's identity when they log in or sign up for a service. Its main customers are companies in financial services, fintech, and other industries that need to make sure users are who they claim to be.

The company earns money through a subscription-based model, charging businesses recurring fees to use its identity verification platform. authID operates primarily in the United States but serves customers in other markets as well. Its software sits in a growing field called identity-as-a-service, where it competes against larger, better-funded rivals like Jumio and Socure. The biggest challenge authID faces is scaling its revenue fast enough to cover its heavy operating losses — its costs far exceed what it currently earns, making the path to profitability the central question for the business going forward.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+62.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+30.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$8M/ year

Rising (+23% vs prior year)

376.8% of revenue

25.1x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~1 months

$1M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Strong grower

authID is growing revenue at 62% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
97.6%
Premium pricing power — 97.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
-933.2%
Losing money on operations — -933.2%
ROCE
-86.2%
Weak — -86.2% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+117.0%
Fast-growing sales (117.0% 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
-586.7%
Burning cash (-586.7%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
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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