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Vystar Corporation

VYST
14
Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials
Winston Score
14
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Vystar Corporation is a small materials company that makes a modified form of natural rubber called Vytex Natural Rubber Latex. This material has lower levels of allergy-causing proteins than regular latex, which makes it useful for products like gloves, condoms, mattresses, and medical devices. The company licenses its technology to manufacturers rather than making finished products itself.

Vystar earns money primarily through licensing fees paid by companies that use its Vytex technology in their own products. It is a very small company based in the United States, and its financials show it is not yet profitable, with deeply negative margins suggesting costs far exceed revenue. The main risk is that the company has struggled to scale its licensing business, and until more manufacturers adopt Vytex at meaningful volumes, it will likely continue to burn through cash rather than generate sustainable income.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

-51.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+52.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

1.9%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~1 months

$9,907 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Vystar 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
69.5%
Premium pricing power — 69.5% gross margin
Operating Margin
-4503.8%
Losing money on operations — -4503.8%
ROCE
N/A
Data not available

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Growth

Sales YoY
-56.5%
Shrinking sales (-56.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
-225.1%
Earnings shrinking (-225.1% 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
-280.3%
Burning cash (-280.3%)

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

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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
no trend
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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