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Luda Technology Group Limited

LUD
9
Steel · Basic Materials
Price
$4.28
-0.01 (-0.24%)
Market Cap
$97.1M
Winston Score
9
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Based on the IPO prospectus (annual filing). This score will refine automatically once the company reports its first quarters.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

Luda Technology Group Limited is a Chinese company that sells steel products. It supplies materials like steel pipes and related metal goods to construction companies, manufacturers, and industrial buyers in China. The steel industry is highly competitive and tied closely to China's construction and infrastructure activity.

Luda makes money by buying and reselling steel products, earning a margin on each sale. The company is small, with a market cap of around $100 million, and operates mainly within China. Its gross margin of roughly 18% is thin, which is typical for steel distribution, and its negative operating margin means it is currently spending more than it earns from operations. The biggest risk facing Luda is China's slowing property and construction sector, which has reduced demand for steel and put pressure on prices across the industry — making it difficult for small distributors like Luda to grow revenue or return to profitability.

Share count broadly stable

0.0% over 3y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 22.5M (2021) → 22.5M (2024)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
17.7%
no trend
Thin — 17.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-2.8%
no trend
Losing money on operations — -2.8%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-4.0%
no trend
Weak — -4.0% 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
-25.3%
no trend
Shrinking sales (-25.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
no trend
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
N/A
no trend
Data not available

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
-307%
no trend
Weak — only -307% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-6.5%
no trend
Burning cash (-6.5%)

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
0.08
no trend
Conservative — low debt load (0.08)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
no trend
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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