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Trans-Lux Corporation

TNLX
Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Price
$0.01
-0.00 (-0.00%)
Market Cap
$134,963
Winston Score
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Share count rising — dilution

+18.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 11.4M (2019) → 13.5M (2023)

Trans-Lux Corporation makes large electronic display screens and scoreboards. Their products show information like scores, news, stock prices, and advertisements in public spaces. Customers include sports arenas, financial institutions, retailers, and transit systems across North America.

The company earns money by selling display hardware and providing related services like installation and maintenance. Trans-Lux is a small company with a market cap near zero, meaning it is very tiny compared to most publicly traded businesses. It faces stiff competition from much larger display manufacturers, and its negative operating margin shows it is currently spending more than it earns. The key risk is whether the company can grow revenue fast enough to cover its costs, especially as digital display technology becomes cheaper and more competitors enter the market.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-35.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-11.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

54.8%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~2 months

$76,000 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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Trans-Lux Corporation 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
9.4%
Thin — 9.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
-26.5%
Losing money on operations — -26.5%
ROCE
N/A
Data not available

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Growth

Sales YoY
-26.2%
Shrinking sales (-26.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
0.2%
Thin free cash flow (0.2%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
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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