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Inuvo

INUV
24
Software - Application · Technology
Price
$0.73
+0.01 (+0.79%)
Market Cap
$12.0M
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange Arca
Winston Score
24
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+24.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 11.8M (2021) → 14.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Inuvo is a small digital advertising technology company. It builds software that helps businesses show ads to the right people online. Its main product is an artificial intelligence platform called IntentKey, which tries to figure out what consumers are interested in without using personal data like cookies. Its customers are mainly advertisers and advertising agencies looking to reach audiences across websites and apps.

Inuvo makes money by charging advertisers when their ads are served or clicked through its platform. The company operates primarily in the United States and is very small, with a market cap under $100 million. Its potential edge is that IntentKey is designed to work in a world where traditional tracking cookies are being phased out, which could be an advantage as privacy rules tighten. However, Inuvo is currently losing money and faces intense competition from much larger ad tech companies, so its ability to scale revenue fast enough to reach profitability is the central challenge it faces.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-66.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-170.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

23.7%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~1 months

$886,471 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Inuvo 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
44.2%
Healthy — 44.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-40.4%
Losing money on operations — -40.4%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-52.6%
Weak — -52.6% 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
-46.6%
Shrinking sales (-46.6% 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
-7.2%
Burning cash (-7.2%)

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
1.24
Elevated debt (1.24)
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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