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Frequency Electronics

FEIM
16
Communication Equipment · Technology
Price
$61.69
-3.85 (-5.87%)
Market Cap
$608.9M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
16
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Apr 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Data not available
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+5.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 9.3M (2022) → 9.8M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Frequency Electronics makes highly precise timing and frequency control products — things like atomic clocks, oscillators, and signal generators. Its main customers are defense agencies, satellite manufacturers, and aerospace companies. The company is a niche specialist in building equipment that keeps satellites, missiles, and military systems synchronized to extremely accurate time standards.

Most of its revenue comes from long-term government and defense contracts, with the U.S. military and space programs being its largest sources of business. The company operates primarily in the United States and is relatively small, with a market cap around $600 million. Its moat comes from the specialized engineering knowledge required to build space-qualified precision timing hardware, which has very few competitors. However, the company is currently unprofitable at the operating level, and its growth depends heavily on continued defense and space spending — meaning budget cuts or contract delays from the U.S. government represent a meaningful risk to its financial performance.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-23.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-247.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$6M/ year

Flat (-1% vs prior year)

9.5% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

11.8%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$3M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Frequency Electronics'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
1.0%
Thin — 1.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-41.2%
Losing money on operations — -41.2%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-5.3%
Weak — -5.3% 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
-9.4%
Shrinking sales (-9.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-103.8%
Earnings shrinking (-103.8% 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
5.7%
Thin free cash flow (5.7%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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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/A
Data not available
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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