PTA Holdings

PTAH

Integrated Freight & Logistics · Industrials

Price

$0.00

+0.00 (+0.00%)

Market Cap

$90,345

Winston Score

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

+230.4% over 2y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 615.1M (2012) → 2.03B (2014)

PTA Holdings, Inc. is a small logistics and freight company operating in the transportation and supply chain industry. It helps move goods from one place to another, connecting businesses that need to ship products with carriers and freight networks. The company serves commercial customers across various industries that rely on third-party logistics providers to manage their shipping needs.

PTA Holdings earns revenue by acting as a middleman between shippers and carriers, taking a margin on each freight transaction it arranges or manages. The company appears to operate at a small scale, with a market cap near zero, and its financials show a gross margin of only 7.7% and a negative operating margin, meaning it currently spends more than it earns. The freight brokerage space is highly competitive, with large players like C.H. Robinson and Echo Global Logistics dominating, which makes it difficult for smaller operators to build pricing power — the main risk facing this business.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

9.6%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

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Quality

Gross Margin

7.7%

no trend

Thin — 7.7% gross margin

Operating Margin

-6.2%

no trend

Losing money on operations — -6.2%

ROCE

-13.9%

no trend

Weak — -13.9% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY

-45.7%

no trend

Shrinking sales (-45.7% 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

N/A

no trend

Data not available

FCF Margin

-11.5%

no trend

Burning cash (-11.5%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

9.96

no trend

Heavy debt load (9.96)

Interest Cover

N/A

no trend

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

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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