Stock

Vuzix

VUZI

Consumer Electronics · Technology

Also trades as: 0LRL.L GBP 0.02 (-4.89%)

Price

$2.06

-0.19 (-8.44%)

Market Cap

$173.9M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

1/30

Growth

Good

12/20

Cash Flow

Weak

0/10

Stability

Good

5/10

Valuation

Data not available

0/10

Ownership

Good

10/15

Dividends

Not counted

n/a

28 of 95 counted points = Winston Score 29. Pillars marked n/a do not apply to this company and are left out of the total.

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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.

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Growth Profile

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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

15.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~8 months

$18M 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

-96.5%

Weak — -96.5% 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

0.02

Conservative — low debt load (0.02)

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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