Deep Value: cash covers more than 100% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $5M in cash and investments — more than its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

SOS Limited

SOS

Software - Infrastructure · Technology

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Winston Score

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

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Winston Score History

The full picture

SOS Limited is a Chinese company that has shifted its business focus several times over the years. It started in marketing services, then moved into cryptocurrency mining, and has also explored healthcare data and emergency rescue services. The company sells data-driven marketing solutions and has dabbled in blockchain-related technology, primarily serving customers in China.

SOS generates revenue through a mix of services including marketing data subscriptions and, at various points, cryptocurrency mining operations. It is based in China and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as an American Depositary Receipt (ADR). The company is very small, with a market cap near zero, and its financials show serious problems — a gross margin of just 1.5% and a deeply negative operating margin suggest it spends far more than it earns. The biggest risk facing SOS is its ability to survive as a going concern, given its poor profitability and history of frequent business pivots without a clear, stable revenue base.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

-62.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

<−1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

17.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~1 months

$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

SOS Limited 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

5.5%

Thin — 5.5% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-129.2%

Losing money on operations — -129.2%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-23.3%

Weak — -23.3% 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

-33.3%

Shrinking sales (-33.3% 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

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-329.1%

Burning cash (-329.1%)

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

0.00

Conservative — low debt load (0.00)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

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Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

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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