Universal Safety Products

UUU

Security & Protection Services · Industrials

Price

$3.55

-0.30 (-7.74%)

Market Cap

$8.5M

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange American

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Data as of Jul 25, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

Share count rising — dilution

+3.7% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.3M (2022) → 2.4M (2026)

Universal Safety Products is a small company that sells safety and security equipment. Its products include items like safety signs, barriers, personal protective equipment, and related supplies. The main customers are businesses, construction sites, and industrial facilities that need to meet workplace safety requirements.

The company makes money by selling physical safety products, earning a margin on each sale. It operates primarily in the United States and is a very small player in a fragmented industry with many larger, better-resourced competitors. The financials show the company is currently spending far more than it earns, with a deeply negative operating margin and poor returns on capital, which means the biggest risk it faces is simply staying solvent and finding a path to profitability in a competitive, low-margin distribution business.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-96.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-171.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$223,794/ year

↓ Declining (-47% vs prior year)

4.6% of revenue

In line with sector average (4%)

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

Insider Activity

38.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~13 months

$3M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

Universal Safety Products'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

-30.3%

Thin — -30.3% gross margin

Operating Margin

-418.8%

Losing money on operations — -418.8%

ROCE

-26.2%

Weak — -26.2% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY

-79.4%

Shrinking sales (-79.4% YoY)

EPS YoY

-572.7%

Earnings shrinking (-572.7% 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

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

9.8%

Modest free cash flow (9.8%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.19

Conservative — low debt load (0.19)

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

Dividend Yield

28.17%

Healthy income — 28.17% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth

N/A

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