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LanzaTech Global

LNZA
23
Waste Management · Industrials
Price
$5.57
+0.03 (+0.54%)
Market Cap
$12.2M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
23
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+1137.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 188K (2021) → 2.3M (2025)

LanzaTech is a clean technology company that turns waste gases — like the carbon-rich fumes from steel mills and landfills — into useful products such as ethanol, jet fuel, and chemicals. Its main customers are industrial companies, airlines, and consumer goods brands looking to reduce their carbon footprint. The company uses a proprietary gas fermentation process, meaning it feeds gases to specially engineered microbes that convert them into valuable materials instead of letting those gases pollute the atmosphere.

LanzaTech makes money by licensing its technology to partners, collecting fees from operating plants, and selling products made at its own facilities. It operates globally, with projects in the United States, Europe, China, and India, though it remains a small company that is not yet profitable. The biggest risk is that scaling up from a handful of demonstration plants to full commercial operations requires significant capital and time, and the company continues to burn cash while waiting for that growth to materialize.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+26.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+81.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$53M/ year

Declining (-31% vs prior year)

95.2% of revenue

23.8x the sector average (4%)

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

Insider Activity

49.4%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~6 months

$20M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

LanzaTech Global grew revenue 27% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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
23.2%
Thin — 23.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
-81.6%
Losing money on operations — -81.6%
ROCE
-15.2%
Weak — -15.2% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+19.6%
Fast-growing sales (19.6% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
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
-91.8%
Burning cash (-91.8%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.34
Conservative — low debt load (0.34)
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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