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Cavitation Technologies

CVAT
20
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
$0.04
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$12.4M
Winston Score
20
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Data not available
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+45.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 197.2M (2021) → 286.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Cavitation Technologies, Inc. is a small industrial company that builds machines using a process called hydrodynamic cavitation — essentially using high-speed fluid pressure to mix, clean, or process liquids more efficiently. Its core products are flow-through devices used in industries like food and beverage processing, water treatment, and oil refining. The company sells its technology to industrial customers who want to reduce energy use or improve the quality of their liquid-based processes.

The company earns revenue primarily through equipment sales and licensing agreements, which explains its 100% gross margin on certain deals. It operates mainly in the United States but has pursued international partnerships to expand its reach. Cavitation Technologies is very small, with a market cap near zero, meaning it carries significant financial risk — the deeply negative operating margin signals it spends far more than it earns. The key challenge ahead is scaling commercial adoption of its technology fast enough to reach sustainable profitability before running out of resources.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-97.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+12.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$95,000/ year

Rising (+56% vs prior year)

46.8% of revenue

11.7x the sector average (4%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

3.6%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~1 months

$45,000 cash & investments

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Heavy R&D investment

Cavitation Technologies is putting 47% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 11.7x the sector average.

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
100.0%
Premium pricing power — 100.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-7700.0%
Losing money on operations — -7700.0%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
N/A
Data not available

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-98.7%
Shrinking sales (-98.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-335.3%
Earnings shrinking (-335.3% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-6445.5%
Burning cash (-6445.5%)

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
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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