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Vuzix

VUZI
31
Consumer Electronics · Technology
Also trades as: 0LRL.L
Price
$2.65
+0.01 (+0.19%)
Market Cap
$220.0M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
31
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 12, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

Share count rising — dilution

+26.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 61.1M (2021) → 77.6M (2025)

Vuzix makes smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) headsets — wearable devices that display digital information in front of the user's eyes. Its products are sold mainly to businesses in industries like healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, and defense, where workers need hands-free access to data. The company is one of the few publicly traded pure-play AR glasses makers in the United States.

Vuzix earns money by selling its hardware devices and related software, with some additional revenue from engineering services and waveguide components it licenses or supplies to other companies. It operates primarily in North America and Europe, but remains a small company with a market cap around $200 million. The deeply negative margins show it is spending far more than it earns, which is the central risk — Vuzix must grow enterprise adoption of AR glasses fast enough to reach profitability before it needs to raise more cash from investors.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-12.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+18.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$13M/ year

Rising (+29% vs prior year)

201.0% of revenue

13.4x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

14.9%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~9 months

$20M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Heavy R&D investment

Vuzix is putting 201% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 13.4x the sector average.

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Quality

Gross Margin
-56.6%
Thin — -56.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
-517.9%
Losing money on operations — -517.9%
ROCE
-20.9%
Weak — -20.9% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+14.2%
Fast-growing sales (+14.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-389.8%
Burning cash (-389.8%)

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
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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