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Unusual Machines

UMAC
28
Consumer Electronics · Technology
Price
$16.93
+0.29 (+1.74%)
Market Cap
$570.5M
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
28
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+249.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 7.4M (2021) → 26.0M (2025)

Unusual Machines makes small drones and drone parts. The company sells ready-to-fly drones as well as individual components like motors and propellers, targeting hobbyists, commercial operators, and government customers. It operates in the fast-growing but crowded consumer and commercial drone market in the United States, and has positioned itself as a domestic alternative to Chinese-made drones, particularly those from market leader DJI.

The company earns revenue by selling hardware — drones and components — through its own website and retail channels. Unusual Machines is a small company, with a market cap around $1 billion but limited sales so far, and its deep operating losses show it is still in an early, investment-heavy stage. Its biggest potential growth driver is U.S. government policy restricting Chinese drones, which could push buyers toward domestic suppliers like Unusual Machines — but the company must scale up revenue quickly before it runs out of cash.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+296.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+204.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$202,585/ year

Rising (+124% vs prior year)

1.8% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

12.2%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~3 years

$223M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$223M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

Unusual Machines grew revenue 296% 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
32.8%
Modest — 32.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
-89663.2%
Losing money on operations — -89663.2%
ROCE
-2167.1%
Weak — -2167.1% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+146.9%
Fast-growing sales (146.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-232.8%
Burning cash (-232.8%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.01
Conservative — low debt load (0.01)
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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