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Electronic Sensor Technology

ESNR
Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Price
$0.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$32,384
Winston Score
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Share count rising — dilution

+148.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 53.5M (2004) → 132.9M (2008)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Electronic Sensor Technology makes electronic nose devices — machines that can detect and identify smells and chemical vapors. Their main product is the zNose, a portable instrument that analyzes airborne chemicals almost instantly. Customers include researchers, food and beverage companies, pharmaceutical labs, and security agencies that need to identify substances quickly and accurately.

The company sells hardware units and related software, generating revenue from direct equipment sales rather than subscriptions. It operates primarily in the United States and is a very small company, with a market cap near zero and significant operating losses. The zNose technology holds some niche advantages because fast, portable vapor analysis is a specialized field with few direct competitors. However, the company's deep operating losses and tiny scale mean it faces serious financial sustainability risk, and its long-term survival depends on either growing sales meaningfully or securing outside funding.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-64.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-28.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$658,111/ year

Declining (-12% vs prior year)

38.2% of revenue

2.5x the sector average (15%)

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

Insider Activity

2.2%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~2 months

$280,418 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Electronic Sensor Technology 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.

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
33.1%
Modest — 33.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-265.1%
Losing money on operations — -265.1%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
N/A
Data not available

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-33.7%
Shrinking sales (-33.7% 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
-119.1%
Burning cash (-119.1%)

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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