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Vuzix

VUZI
29
Consumer Electronics · Technology
Also trades as: 0LRL.L
Price
$2.94
-0.05 (-1.67%)
Market Cap
$244.5M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
29
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+26.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 61.1M (2021) → 77.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Vuzix makes smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) headsets — wearable devices that display digital information in front of the user's eyes. Its products are sold mainly to businesses in industries like healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, and defense, where workers need hands-free access to data. The company is one of the few publicly traded pure-play AR glasses makers in the United States.

Vuzix earns money by selling its hardware devices and related software, with some additional revenue from engineering services and waveguide components it licenses or supplies to other companies. It operates primarily in North America and Europe, but remains a small company with a market cap around $200 million. The deeply negative margins show it is spending far more than it earns, which is the central risk — Vuzix must grow enterprise adoption of AR glasses fast enough to reach profitability before it needs to raise more cash from investors.

Growth Profile

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

Revenue Growth

-14.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+10.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$13M/ year

Rising (+29% vs prior year)

201.0% of revenue

13.4x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

14.9%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~8 months

$17M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Heavy R&D investment

Vuzix is putting 201% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 13.4x the sector average.

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
-58.0%
Thin — -58.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-696.3%
Losing money on operations — -696.3%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-140.6%
Weak — -140.6% 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
+6.8%
Slow sales growth (+6.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-421.4%
Burning cash (-421.4%)

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
0.04
Conservative — low debt load (0.04)
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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