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Focus Universal

FCUV
21
Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Price
$5.20
-3.01 (-36.66%)
Market Cap
$1.0M
Exchange
NASDAQ Global Market
Winston Score
21
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 9, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

Share count rising — dilution

+18.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 156K (2021) → 186K (2025)

Focus Universal Inc. is a small technology company that develops hardware and software tools for the Internet of Things (IoT) — a term for everyday devices connected to the internet. Its main product is a universal smart device platform designed to let different machines and sensors communicate with each other more easily. The company targets industrial and commercial customers who want to connect and monitor equipment remotely.

Focus Universal makes money by selling hardware devices and licensing its technology to other businesses. It operates primarily in the United States and is a very small company, with a market cap near zero and deeply negative profit margins, meaning it spends far more than it earns. The company faces significant financial risk, as its operating losses are extreme relative to its revenue, and it will likely need to raise additional capital to continue operating — making its long-term survival uncertain without meaningful revenue growth.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-74.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-17.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$919,965/ year

Declining (-33% vs prior year)

360.7% of revenue

24.0x the sector average (15%)

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

Insider Activity

55.3%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~16 months

$6M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

Focus Universal's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
17.8%
Thin — 17.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
-2650.9%
Losing money on operations — -2650.9%
ROCE
-17.3%
Weak — -17.3% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-72.4%
Shrinking sales (-72.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-4606.9%
Burning cash (-4606.9%)

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)
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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