Gevo

GEVO

Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials

Price

$1.63

+0.04 (+2.52%)

Market Cap

$396.8M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+19.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 195.8M (2021) → 234.0M (2025)

Gevo, Inc. operates as a renewable fuels company. It operates through four segments: Gevo, Agri-Energy, Renewable Natural Gas, and Net-Zero. The company commercializes gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel fuel to achieve zero carbon emissions, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions with sustainable alternatives. Its products also include renewable gasoline and diesel, isooctane, isobutanol, sustainable aviation fuel, renewable natural gas, isobutylene, ethanol, and animal feed and protein. Gevo, Inc. has

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+47.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+2.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$5M/ year

↓ Declining (-81% vs prior year)

2.8% of revenue

In line with sector average (3%)

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

Insider Activity

5.0%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~8 months

$79M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Strong grower

Gevo is growing revenue at 48% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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

52.9%

Healthy — 52.9% gross margin

Operating Margin

-11.4%

Losing money on operations — -11.4%

ROCE

-0.8%

Weak — -0.8% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY

+314.9%

Fast-growing sales (314.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

-25.0%

Burning cash (-25.0%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.37

Conservative — low debt load (0.37)

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

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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