Elite Express Holding

ETS

Trucking · Industrials

Price

$0.97

+0.12 (+14.00%)

Market Cap

$16.5M

Exchange

NASDAQ Capital Market

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

−10.3% over 2y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 16.7M (2023) → 15.0M (2025)

Elite Express Holding Inc. is a small trucking and logistics company that moves freight for businesses. It operates in the transportation industry, providing cargo delivery and related services to commercial customers. The company is a minor player in the highly competitive U.S. trucking sector.

The company earns revenue by charging fees to ship goods for its customers. With a market cap near zero and deeply negative operating margins, the business is currently losing significantly more money than it brings in. The trucking industry is tough — fuel costs, driver shortages, and competition from larger carriers like J.B. Hunt and Werner all pressure smaller operators. The main risk for Elite Express is its financial fragility: a gross margin of only 7.5% and a negative return on invested capital suggest the company struggles to cover its basic costs, making its path to profitability the central challenge it faces.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

<−1,000% 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

77.0%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~5 months

$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Elite Express Holding 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

11.1%

Thin — 11.1% gross margin

Operating Margin

-381.8%

Losing money on operations — -381.8%

ROCE

-15.0%

Weak — -15.0% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY

+12.9%

Fast-growing sales (12.9% 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

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Data not available

FCF Margin

-244.9%

Burning cash (-244.9%)

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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