Hudson Technologies

HDSN

Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials

Price

$6.17

-0.14 (-2.22%)

Market Cap

$259.6M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−7.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 46.6M (2021) → 43.0M (2025)

Hudson Technologies, Inc. a refrigerant services company, provides solutions to recurring problems within the refrigeration industry primarily in the United States. The company's products and services include refrigerant and industrial gas sales; refrigerant management services consisting primarily of reclamation of refrigerants, re-usable cylinder refurbishment, and hydrostatic testing services; and RefrigerantSide services comprising system decontamination to remove moisture, oils, and other c

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-87.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

21.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~4 months

$19M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Hudson Technologies 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.

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

19.7%

Thin — 19.7% gross margin

Operating Margin

2.4%

Thin — 2.4% operating margin

ROCE

0.6%

Weak — 0.6% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+10.7%

Steady sales growth (10.7% YoY)

EPS YoY

-17.0%

Earnings shrinking (-17.0% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

-212%

Weak — only -212% of profit becomes cash

FCF Margin

-13.9%

Burning cash (-13.9%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.01

Conservative — low debt load (0.01)

Interest Cover

21.40x

Comfortably covers interest (21.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

19.4x

Fair value — P/E 19.4

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+3.7

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (19.4 → 15.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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