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Mingteng International Corporation

MTEN
20
Manufacturing - Metal Fabrication · Industrials
Price
$1.04
+0.01 (+0.97%)
Market Cap
$7.2M
Exchange
NASDAQ Global Market
Winston Score
20
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+36.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 25K (2021) → 34K (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Mingteng International Corporation Inc. is a Chinese metal fabrication company. It makes precision metal parts and components, primarily serving industrial customers in sectors like machinery, automotive, and equipment manufacturing. The company operates in China's metal processing industry, which is highly fragmented and competitive.

Mingteng earns revenue by selling fabricated metal parts directly to manufacturers and industrial buyers. It operates mainly in China and is a small-cap company with a market capitalization near zero, reflecting its limited scale. The company's gross margin of around 18.5% is modest for metal fabrication, and its negative operating margin suggests it is currently spending more than it earns from operations. The main risk facing Mingteng is its struggle to reach profitability — with negative operating and return-on-invested-capital figures, the company must either grow revenue significantly or cut costs to become financially sustainable.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+17.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+92.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$777,695/ year

Rising (+23% vs prior year)

6.7% of revenue

1.7x the sector average (4%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

41.6%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Runway

~5 years

$2M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

$2M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Mingteng International Corporation is growing revenue at 17% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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
18.1%
Thin — 18.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-4.8%
Losing money on operations — -4.8%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-1.3%
Weak — -1.3% 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
-29.6%
Shrinking sales (-29.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/6 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-2.2%
Burning cash (-2.2%)

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
0.08
Conservative — low debt load (0.08)
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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