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The Pegasus Companies, Incorporated

PEGX
23
Broadcasting · Communication Services
Price
$68.26
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$1.8M
Winston Score
23
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+17.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 111K (2001) → 130K (2005)

Pegasus Companies is a small broadcasting and media company that operates radio and television stations, primarily serving local audiences in smaller and mid-sized markets across the United States. The company focuses on local broadcast content, including news, entertainment, and community programming, delivered through traditional over-the-air signals.

Pegasus generates revenue mainly through advertising sales to local and regional businesses that want to reach audiences in its broadcast markets. The company is very small, with a market cap that rounds to essentially zero, and it faces intense competition from larger broadcast groups, streaming platforms, and digital advertising channels that pull ad dollars away from traditional media. The deeply negative gross and operating margins signal that the company is currently spending far more than it earns, making financial stabilization and finding a sustainable revenue base the central challenge the business must address to survive.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+159.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-25.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (12%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

13.9%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~2 months

$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

The Pegasus Companies, Incorporated grew revenue 159% 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
-6.8%
Thin — -6.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
-1620.5%
Losing money on operations — -1620.5%
ROCE
-5.8%
Weak — -5.8% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+82.1%
Fast-growing sales (82.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
-109.2%
Earnings shrinking (-109.2% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-1608.5%
Burning cash (-1608.5%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.07
Conservative — low debt load (0.07)
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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