Latest Ratios: P/E Ratio -1.6x · EV/EBITDA N/A · ROE -233.2%. (2005–2025 historical series)
Price-based multiples — how expensive the stock is relative to earnings, sales, book value, and cash flow
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $17M | $11M | $3M | $891750 | $49M | $60M | $145M | $15M | $23M | $6M | — |
| Enterprise Value | $16M | $9M | $2M | $4M | $47M | $68M | $164M | $33M | $36M | $16M | — |
| P/E Ratio → | -1.58 | — | — | — | — | — | 89.52 | — | — | — | — |
| P/S Ratio | 221.10 | 136.82 | 68.89 | 1.95 | 39.72 | 98.31 | 2173.75 | 24.09 | 26.67 | 9.34 | — |
| P/B Ratio | 3.74 | 3.15 | 0.85 | — | 10.59 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| P/FCF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| P/OCF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
P/E links to full P/E history page with 30-year chart
Enterprise-value multiples — capital-structure-neutral measures of total business value
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Revenue | — | 119.61 | 42.44 | 8.88 | 38.58 | 111.79 | 2462.71 | 50.94 | 42.23 | 25.21 | — |
| EV / EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EV / EBIT | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32.01 | 8.17 | — | — | — |
| EV / FCF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Margins and return-on-capital ratios measuring operating efficiency
Full margin charts and quarterly trend are on the Earnings History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | -155.7% | -155.7% | -254.2% | -312.9% | -64.5% | -213.0% | -162.1% | 23.1% | -17.8% | -338.3% | -234.4% |
| Operating Margin | -10256.7% | -10256.7% | -20378.5% | -3413.6% | -1394.8% | -1446.3% | -3684.8% | -509.6% | -761.8% | -2203.1% | -1409.5% |
| Net Profit Margin | -10202.5% | -10202.5% | -21794.3% | -3724.9% | -1615.5% | -987.2% | 2428.1% | -762.6% | -1859.5% | -2890.2% | -2223.4% |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE | -233.2% | -233.2% | -985.3% | -1116.1% | -2255.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ROA | -116.2% | -116.2% | -129.9% | -133.4% | -125.3% | -59.3% | 24.9% | -81.6% | -227.9% | -191.4% | -255.9% |
| ROIC | -275.5% | -275.5% | -326.3% | -485.3% | -299.6% | -298.7% | — | — | — | — | -920.4% |
| ROCE | -175.1% | -175.1% | -283.8% | -210.6% | -145.2% | -219.3% | — | — | — | — | -2300.1% |
Solvency and debt-coverage ratios — lower is generally safer
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / Equity | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.61 | — | 2.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Debt / EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net Debt / Equity | — | -0.40 | -0.33 | — | -0.31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Debt / FCF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interest Coverage | -149.65 | -149.65 | -12.71 | -6.85 | -6.30 | -4.51 | 1.46 | 0.45 | -1.18 | -1.70 | -3.92 |
Net cash position: cash ($3M) exceeds total debt ($1M)
Short-term solvency ratios and asset-utilisation metrics
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 1.53 | 1.53 | 1.63 | 0.27 | 2.50 | 2.25 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.23 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.29 | 1.29 | 1.43 | 0.19 | 2.38 | 2.05 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.09 |
| Cash Ratio | 1.26 | 1.26 | 1.39 | 0.18 | 2.31 | 1.95 | 0.02 | — | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Asset Turnover | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.15 |
| Inventory Turnover | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 4.23 | 3.27 | 3.21 | 0.33 | 0.92 | 1.54 | 2.71 | 2.27 |
| Days Sales Outstanding | — | — | — | — | 0.53 | 29.58 | 30.35 | — | 69.90 | 3.78 | 114.72 |
Earnings, FCF, buyback, and dividend yields — total returns to shareholders
Full dividend history and growth charts are on the Dividend History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Payout Ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings Yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1% | — | — | — | — |
| FCF Yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Buyback Yield | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| Total Shareholder Yield | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| Shares Outstanding | — | $3M | $882547 | $10250 | $1490 | $239 | $181 | $1538 | $23 | $6 | $0 |
Existential liquidity and dilution
According to recent market data, ASTI trades at a price-to-sales multiple of 221.10, a figure that appears detached from the company's negligible TTM revenue of $76,773 and suggests that investors are pricing the equity as a speculative technology option rather than a functioning industrial solar enterprise.
The extreme P/S ratio indicates that the market is assigning value to the company's intellectual property and manufacturing infrastructure rather than its current commercial output. This valuation level warrants caution, as it implies an expectation of future breakthroughs that remain unproven by the company's historical financial performance.
Based on reported figures, ASTI's ROIC has remained deeply negative, fluctuating between -58.2% and -192.0% over the last ten quarters, which suggests that the company is consistently destroying shareholder value rather than compounding returns through its specialized CIGS manufacturing operations.
The inability to generate positive returns on capital is a structural issue driven by the massive fixed-cost base of the Thornton facility relative to minimal production volume. Investors should monitor whether any future scale-up can bridge this gap, though current trends indicate a continued decay in capital efficiency.
As reported in financial statements, the company's cash conversion cycle remains highly erratic, with DIO figures frequently exceeding 500 days, which indicates that inventory is not moving through the production process at a rate sufficient to support a viable commercial business model.
The extreme length of the cash conversion cycle reflects a lack of operational throughput and suggests that the company's manufacturing assets are severely underutilized. This inefficiency implies that working capital management is currently secondary to the more pressing challenge of achieving basic commercial viability.
Based on the company's quarterly filings, the current ratio of 6.99 in 2026Q1 appears to be a temporary artifact of recent capital raises rather than a sign of operational health, as the firm continues to burn cash to sustain its ongoing manufacturing and research activities.
While the current ratio suggests a buffer, the underlying cash burn rate indicates that this liquidity is likely to be exhausted rapidly without further dilutive financing. The reliance on external capital to maintain basic liquidity levels highlights the company's vulnerability to shifts in investor sentiment and capital market access.
Analysts frequently misapply standard solar industry metrics like cost-per-watt to ASTI, which obscures the reality that the company operates as a distressed materials science laboratory rather than a mass-market energy provider, necessitating a focus on cash runway and burn rate instead of traditional valuation multiples.
Using standard solar valuation frameworks ignores the fact that ASTI's business model is not currently driven by utility-scale energy economics. Investors should instead prioritize liquidity-based metrics to assess the firm's survival, as traditional profitability ratios are currently meaningless given the company's pre-commercial revenue profile.
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