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Cygnus eTransaction Group

CYGT
40
Advertising Agencies · Communication Services
Price
$0.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$12,675
Winston Score
40
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Based on the IPO prospectus (annual filing). This score will refine automatically once the company reports its first quarters.

Share count rising — dilution

+3.3% over 1y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 39.0M (2005) → 40.3M (2006)

Cygnus eTransaction Group, Inc. is a small company that provides digital advertising and electronic transaction services. It helps businesses run online marketing campaigns and process digital transactions, serving small and mid-sized businesses as its main customers. The company operates in the broader digital advertising and e-commerce services industry.

The company earns revenue through service fees tied to advertising placements and transaction processing, likely on a per-use or contract basis given its agency-style model. With a market cap near zero, Cygnus is a micro-cap operator with a very limited public profile and minimal disclosed geographic footprint. Its 52% gross margin suggests some pricing power in its niche, but the razor-thin 3.6% operating margin points to high overhead relative to revenue, and the main risk is that larger, well-funded competitors in digital advertising — such as Google or Meta — can easily crowd out small players like this one.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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R&D Spend

$228,145/ year

Declining (-28% vs prior year)

6.2% of revenue

Below sector average (12%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

100.0%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

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Quality

Gross Margin
52.4%
no trend
Healthy — 52.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
3.6%
no trend
Thin — 3.6% operating margin
ROCE
23.6%
no trend
Exceptional — 23.6% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-13.6%
no trend
Shrinking sales (-13.6% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
no trend
Data not available
EPS Consistency
N/A
no trend
Data not available

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
589%
no trend
Turns 589% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
9.0%
no trend
Modest free cash flow (9.0%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
no trend
Data not available
Interest Cover
1.94x
no trend
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.9x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.2x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.2

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

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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