Tel-Instrument Electronics

TIKK

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

Price

$1.50

+0.00 (+0.00%)

Market Cap

$4.9M

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−34.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 5.0M (2020) → 3.3M (2024)

Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp. makes test equipment for military and commercial aircraft. Its devices check whether a plane's navigation and communication systems are working correctly — think of them as diagnostic tools that ground crews use before a flight. The company sells mainly to the U.S. military and defense contractors, making it a small but specialized player in the aerospace and defense industry.

The company earns revenue by selling its testing hardware and related support services, primarily under contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense. It operates almost entirely in the United States and is a very small business, with a market cap under $50 million. Its moat comes from holding specific military certifications and long-standing government contracts, which are difficult for new competitors to break into. The main risk is its heavy dependence on a small number of government contracts — if those contracts are not renewed or are reduced in scope, revenue could drop sharply.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-3.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+457.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$1M/ year

↓ Declining (-36% vs prior year)

13.1% of revenue

3.3x the sector average (4%)

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

Insider Activity

53.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~4 months

$132,013 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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Tel-Instrument Electronics 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.

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Quality

Gross Margin

70.7%

Premium pricing power — 70.7% gross margin

Operating Margin

28.3%

Excellent — 28.3% operating margin

ROCE

7.4%

Weak — 7.4% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+7.8%

Steady sales growth (7.8% 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

-2980958.9%

Burning cash (-2980958.9%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.10

Conservative — low debt load (0.10)

Interest Cover

N/A

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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