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Wolfspeed

WOLF
15
Semiconductors · Technology
Price
$29.89
-1.29 (-4.14%)
Market Cap
$1.55B
Winston Score
15
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+25.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 37.5M (2021) → 47.2M (2025)

Wolfspeed makes a special type of semiconductor chip called silicon carbide (SiC). These chips handle electricity more efficiently than regular silicon chips, which makes them useful in electric vehicles, EV charging stations, and industrial power equipment. Wolfspeed is one of the largest dedicated makers of silicon carbide chips in the world.

The company sells its chips and the raw silicon carbide material directly to manufacturers, so it earns money through product sales rather than subscriptions or software. Wolfspeed operates mainly in the United States, with a large new factory in North Carolina and another in New York, and it sells to customers globally. The company is currently spending heavily to build out this manufacturing capacity, which explains its deeply negative margins — the key risk is whether demand for SiC chips, especially from automakers, grows fast enough to fill those factories and cover the enormous costs before the company runs out of financial runway.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-19.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+94.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$175M/ year

Declining (-13% vs prior year)

23.1% of revenue

1.5x the sector average (15%)

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

Insider Activity

88.5%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~4 years

$1.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$1.2B cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Wolfspeed'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
-18.0%
Thin — -18.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
-67.4%
Losing money on operations — -67.4%
ROCE
-3.7%
Weak — -3.7% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-10.0%
Shrinking sales (-10.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
-6125.0%
Earnings shrinking (-6125.0% 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
-94.9%
Burning cash (-94.9%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.69
Elevated debt (1.69)
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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