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W-SCOPE Corporation

WSPCF
19
Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials
Price
$9.76
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$588.8M
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
19
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+5.7% over 5y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 51.9M (2021) → 54.9M (2026)

W-SCOPE Corporation is a Japanese company that makes separators — thin sheets of material that sit inside lithium-ion batteries and keep the positive and negative sides from touching. These separators are a critical safety and performance component used in batteries for electric vehicles and consumer electronics. W-SCOPE is one of a small number of companies globally that produces these specialized films.

The company sells its separators to battery manufacturers, primarily in South Korea and Asia, and generates revenue through direct product sales. W-SCOPE has manufacturing operations in Japan and South Korea, giving it geographic reach in the heart of the global battery supply chain. However, the company is currently losing money at both the gross and operating level, which reflects heavy capital investment and weak pricing conditions in the separator market. The key risk is that oversupply in the battery materials industry has pressured prices sharply, and a sustained recovery in profitability depends on whether EV demand growth can absorb that excess capacity.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+169.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+3.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$669M/ year

18.4% of revenue

4.6x the sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

12.8%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$35.2B cash & investments

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

W-SCOPE Corporation grew revenue 170% 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
-35.9%
Thin — -35.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
-62.8%
Losing money on operations — -62.8%
ROCE
-1.2%
Weak — -1.2% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-77.9%
Shrinking sales (-77.9% 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
0.0%
Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.20
Conservative — low debt load (0.20)
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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