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Covista Communications

CVST
33
Telecommunications Services · Communication Services
Winston Score
33
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Covista Communications is a small telecommunications company based in the United States. It provides phone and internet services, primarily to business customers and wholesale carriers. The company resells and manages voice and data services, acting as a regional provider in a crowded telecom market.

Covista earns money by charging customers monthly fees for its communication services, which gives it a relatively steady, recurring revenue base. It operates mainly in the northeastern United States and is a very small player compared to giants like AT&T or Verizon. The company's 45% gross margin is decent for a telecom reseller, but its tiny scale makes it vulnerable to pricing pressure from larger competitors who can undercut costs — and its biggest challenge is growing its customer base fast enough to remain relevant as the industry consolidates around a handful of dominant providers.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-43.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-94.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

13.8%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~8 months

$9M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Covista Communications 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
41.6%
Healthy — 41.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
-2.0%
Losing money on operations — -2.0%
ROCE
-1.5%
Weak — -1.5% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-33.8%
Shrinking sales (-33.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
—
Data not available
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-4.3%
Burning cash (-4.3%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.04
Conservative — low debt load (0.04)
Interest Cover
6.97x
Adequate interest coverage (7.0x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
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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