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LENSAR

LNSR
42
Medical - Equipment & Services · Healthcare
Price
$8.68
+0.24 (+2.84%)
Market Cap
$106.6M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
42
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+27.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 9.4M (2021) → 12.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

LENSAR makes laser systems used by eye surgeons to perform cataract surgery. Its main product is the LENSAR Laser System, which helps doctors break up and remove cloudy lenses inside the eye with more precision than traditional manual tools. The company sells to ophthalmology clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, and hospitals, primarily in the United States.

LENSAR makes money by placing its laser systems at surgical facilities and then charging per procedure through a consumables and service model, which creates recurring revenue over time. The company is small, with a market cap around $100 million, and operates mainly in the U.S. cataract surgery market. Its installed base of systems creates some switching costs, but the company faces stiff competition from larger medical device makers like Alcon and Johnson & Johnson Vision, and its negative operating margins mean it must grow procedure volumes significantly to reach profitability.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+18.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+193.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$6M/ year

Rising (+5% vs prior year)

9.6% of revenue

Below sector average (18%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

29.1%ownership

Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Runway

~10 months

$14M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

LENSAR 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
59.3%
Premium pricing power — 59.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
12.9%
Healthy — 12.9% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-32.0%
Weak — -32.0% 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
+3.3%
Slow sales growth (+3.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
-35%
Weak — only -35% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-20.3%
Burning cash (-20.3%)

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
0.03
Conservative — low debt load (0.03)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
6.8x
Attractive valuation — P/E 6.8

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-0.5
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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