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StealthGas

GASS
57
Marine Shipping · Industrials
Price
$8.53
-0.16 (-1.84%)
Market Cap
$317.2M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
57
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−5.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 37.9M (2021) → 35.9M (2025)

StealthGas Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne transportation services to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) producers and users internationally. It also provides crude oil and natural gas. The company's carriers carry various petroleum gas products in liquefied form, including propane, butane, butadiene, isopropane, propylene, and vinyl chloride monomer; and refined petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, and jet fuel, as well as edible oils and chemicals. As of D

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-9.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-7.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

33.1%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$99M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

StealthGas's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
34.4%
Modest — 34.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
25.8%
Excellent — 25.8% operating margin
ROCE
1.5%
Weak — 1.5% 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
+3.5%
Slow sales growth (3.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
-12.9%
Earnings shrinking (-12.9% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
140%
Turns 140% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
48.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (48.7%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.00
Conservative — low debt load (0.00)
Interest Cover
24.30x
Comfortably covers interest (24.3x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
5.0x
Attractive valuation — P/E 5.0

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

P/E vs Forward
+0.5
GROWING
Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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