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Elutia

ELUT
38
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
$0.82
+0.02 (+2.06%)
Market Cap
$36.2M
Exchange
NASDAQ Capital Market
Winston Score
38
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 13, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

Share count rising — dilution

+339.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 10.4M (2021) → 45.9M (2025)

Elutia Inc is a small biotechnology company that makes medical implants designed to reduce infection and improve healing after surgery. Its core products are biologic matrices — thin tissue-based materials that can be embedded with drugs like antibiotics — used during surgical procedures such as cardiac device implants and soft tissue repair. The company sells primarily to hospitals and surgeons in the United States.

Elutia earns revenue by selling these specialty surgical products directly to healthcare providers. It is a small-cap company with a market cap near zero, meaning it is very early-stage and not yet profitable — its operating margin of roughly -159% shows it spends far more than it earns. The company's potential moat lies in its proprietary drug-eluting biologic technology, which is difficult to replicate, but its biggest risk is running out of cash before it can scale sales enough to reach profitability.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-48.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-70.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$4M/ year

Rising (+10% vs prior year)

33.9% of revenue

1.9x the sector average (18%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

20.1%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~10 months

$28M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Heavy R&D investment

Elutia is putting 34% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 1.9x the sector average.

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Quality

Gross Margin
57.9%
Premium pricing power — 57.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
-184.4%
Losing money on operations — -184.4%
ROCE
-24.9%
Weak — -24.9% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-32.6%
Shrinking sales (-32.6% 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
-88%
Weak — only -88% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
-286.9%
Burning cash (-286.9%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.02
Conservative — low debt load (0.02)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.7x
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.7

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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