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AquaBounty Technologies

AQB
Agricultural Farm Products · Consumer Defensive
Price
$1.31
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$6.7M
Exchange
NASDAQ Capital Market
Winston Score
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We couldn’t gather enough financial data to score this stock reliably.

Share count rising — dilution

+11.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 3.5M (2021) → 3.9M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

AquaBounty Technologies is a biotechnology company focused on fish farming, specifically raising Atlantic salmon. Its main product is a genetically engineered salmon called AquAdvantage Salmon, which grows about twice as fast as conventional farmed salmon. The company sells its fish to food retailers and distributors, targeting the broader seafood market in North America.

AquaBounty makes money by raising and selling salmon directly, operating land-based fish farms in Indiana and Canada. The company is very small, with minimal revenue and consistent operating losses since it was founded. Its main competitive angle is the speed advantage of its engineered fish, which could lower production costs over time — but the business faces serious risks, including consumer resistance to genetically modified seafood, regulatory hurdles, high operating costs, and the ongoing challenge of scaling up production enough to become financially sustainable.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

+63.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

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

Insider Activity

0.5%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~2 months

$1.9B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

AquaBounty Technologies 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

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
N/A
Data not available
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
N/A
Data not available
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-0.0%
Weak — -0.0% 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
N/A
Data not available
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
N/A
Data not available

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
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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