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C-Bond Systems

CBNT
29
Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials
Winston Score
29
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

C-Bond Systems is a small Texas-based company that makes chemical solutions designed to strengthen glass. Its main product, C-Bond, is a liquid applied to glass surfaces — like car windshields or building windows — to make them harder to break and more resistant to shattering. The company sells to auto glass installers, window tint shops, and commercial glazing contractors.

The company earns revenue by selling its chemical products directly and through distribution partners, primarily in the United States. It is a very small company with a market cap near zero, meaning it has minimal financial scale and limited resources compared to larger specialty chemical firms. The operating margin figures look unusual given the deeply negative return on invested capital, which signals the company is burning through more value than it creates — the central risk here is whether it can grow revenue fast enough to become sustainably profitable before running out of cash.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-18.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-200.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

21.6%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~0 months

$21,673 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

C-Bond Systems 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
42.1%
Healthy — 42.1% gross margin
Operating Margin
-55.0%
Losing money on operations — -55.0%
ROCE
N/A
Data not available

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Growth

Sales YoY
+36.3%
Fast-growing sales (36.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
-282.6%
Earnings shrinking (-282.6% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

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
-48.4%
Burning cash (-48.4%)

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)
0.1x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.1

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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