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Helix Wind

HLXW
13
Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials
Price
$0.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$265,200
Winston Score
13
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Based on the IPO prospectus (annual filing). This score will refine automatically once the company reports its first quarters.

Share count rising — dilution

+1102720.7% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 159K (2006) → 1.75B (2010)

Helix Wind is a small company that makes small wind turbines designed to generate electricity in urban and suburban areas. Its turbines use a vertical-axis design, meaning the blades spin around a vertical pole rather than like a traditional windmill. The company targets customers who want to generate their own power on rooftops, small properties, or off-grid locations.

Helix Wind earns money by selling its wind turbine hardware directly to customers and through distribution partners, primarily in North America. The company is very small, with a market cap near zero, and has not yet reached consistent profitability, as shown by its deeply negative operating margin. The key risk is that the small wind turbine market remains niche and competitive, and the company will need to significantly grow revenue and control costs before it can operate as a sustainable business.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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R&D Spend

$278,068/ year

Declining (-79% vs prior year)

264.9% of revenue

66.2x the sector average (4%)

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

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

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Quality

Gross Margin
29.7%
no trend
Modest — 29.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
-3028.1%
no trend
Losing money on operations — -3028.1%
ROCE
N/A
no trend
Data not available

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Growth

Sales YoY
-91.5%
no trend
Shrinking sales (-91.5% 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
-20%
no trend
Weak — only -20% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
-1591.1%
no trend
Burning cash (-1591.1%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
no trend
Data not available
Interest Cover
N/A
no trend
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.0x
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.0

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

P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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