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Tantech Holdings

TANH
12
Household & Personal Products · Consumer Defensive
Price
$0.40
-0.02 (-5.04%)
pre-market:$0.34-15.21%
Market Cap
$5.7M
Exchange
NASDAQ Capital Market
Winston Score
12
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 13, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

Share count rising — dilution

+1232.7% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 173K (2021) → 2.3M (2025)

Tantech Holdings Ltd is a Chinese company that makes products from bamboo charcoal. Its main products include bamboo charcoal-based household items like air purifiers, deodorizers, and cleaning products, as well as industrial charcoal used as fuel. The company sells to consumers and businesses primarily in China, with some export activity.

Tantech earns revenue by selling these bamboo charcoal products directly to retailers and distributors. It is a small company, with a market cap near zero, and it operates almost entirely in China's consumer and industrial markets. The company has struggled with profitability, as shown by its negative operating margin of roughly -32%, meaning it spends significantly more than it earns. The biggest risk Tantech faces is sustaining its business while consistently losing money, and it would need to either cut costs sharply or find new revenue streams — such as expanding into electric vehicle charcoal-related materials — to return to financial health.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-16.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-22.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$78,570/ year

Rising (+102% vs prior year)

0.2% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

0.5%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~8 years

$77M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$77M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Tantech Holdings'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
16.3%
Thin — 16.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
-86.7%
Losing money on operations — -86.7%
ROCE
-13.6%
Weak — -13.6% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-10.7%
Shrinking sales (-10.7% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-15.4%
Burning cash (-15.4%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.03
Conservative — low debt load (0.03)
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
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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