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ZIVO Bioscience

ZIVO
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
$4.25
+0.30 (+7.59%)
Market Cap
$16.5M
Winston Score
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Share count rising — dilution

+200.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.3M (2021) → 3.8M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

ZIVO Bioscience is a small biotech company that develops natural compounds from algae. Its main focus is on a microalgae strain called Chlorella, which it believes contains bioactive ingredients that could support immune health. The company is working on products for two main markets: animal health (like poultry and livestock feed additives) and human health supplements.

ZIVO earns revenue through licensing agreements, where it partners with larger companies that pay to use its algae-derived ingredients in their own products. It is a very small, early-stage company based in the United States with a market cap near zero, meaning it has not yet built a large commercial business. The massive negative operating margin reflects heavy spending on research with little revenue coming in, and the key risk is that the company may need to raise more cash to survive while it waits for its products to gain regulatory approval and commercial traction.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+72.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$4M/ year

Rising (+38% vs prior year)

>1,000% of revenue

202.3x the sector average (18%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

62.1%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Runway

~0 months

$113,795 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Heavy R&D investment

ZIVO Bioscience is putting 3641% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 202.3x the sector average.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
N/A
Data not available
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
N/A
Data not available
Return on the money invested
ROCE
N/A
Data not available

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-62.5%
Shrinking sales (-62.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-3790.1%
Burning cash (-3790.1%)

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
N/A
Data not available
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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