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AppTech Payments

APCX
24
Software - Infrastructure · Technology
Winston Score
24
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

AppTech Payments Corp. is a small financial technology company that builds software to help businesses accept digital payments. Its products include mobile payment tools and messaging-based commerce platforms aimed at small and mid-sized businesses. The company operates in the crowded payments software industry, competing against much larger players like Square and Stripe.

AppTech earns revenue through software licenses and transaction-based fees when businesses use its payment tools. It is a very small company based in the United States, with a market cap that rounds to essentially zero, meaning it has minimal scale compared to industry peers. The deeply negative operating margin shows the company is spending far more than it earns, which is the central risk — it must find a way to grow revenue significantly or it may struggle to survive as an independent business.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+484.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+60.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

18.2%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~0 months

$110,000 cash & investments

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

AppTech Payments grew revenue 484% 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

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
0.0%
Thin — 0.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-52.9%
Losing money on operations — -52.9%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-160.6%
Weak — -160.6% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+570.6%
Fast-growing sales (+570.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-98.9%
Burning cash (-98.9%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
13.24
Heavy debt load (13.24)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
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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