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Astro Communications

ASTO
15
Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials
Winston Score
15
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jan 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Data not available
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

Astro Communications, Inc. is a small industrial company that makes electrical components and communication-related equipment. Its products are used in specialized applications, likely serving government, defense, or industrial customers. The company operates in the electrical equipment and parts industry, which supplies hardware used in power, signal, or data transmission systems.

Astro Communications earns revenue primarily through product sales rather than recurring subscriptions, which is typical for hardware-focused industrials. With a market cap near zero, it is a micro-cap company with a limited operating footprint. Its 65.5% gross margin is relatively high for a hardware business, suggesting some pricing power or proprietary product design, but a negative operating margin and negative return on invested capital mean the company is currently spending more than it earns. The main risk is that the business has not yet reached profitability, and without consistent revenue growth or cost discipline, it may need to raise additional capital to continue operating.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-29.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-115.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~15 months

$1M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

Astro Communications'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.

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
59.0%
Premium pricing power — 59.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-32.2%
Losing money on operations — -32.2%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-11.8%
Weak — -11.8% 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
-6.9%
Shrinking sales (-6.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-2.8%
Burning cash (-2.8%)

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
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
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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