8 loss years were recorded (limit 2), and average operating margin was negative (must be zero or higher), and margins varied 217.8% around their average (limit 35%).
- 8y median
- -246.5%
- Worst year
- -83146.5%
- Latest · LTM
- -30.3%
# SKYX Platforms (SKYX.US) Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/SKYX Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:31:56.127Z. Financial observations: FY2019–FY2026. Listing currency: USD. Reporting currency: USD. ## Verdict Not a wonderful business Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: fail; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no. Share price: $1.01 per share; close as of 2026-10-15. ## Checklist ### understandable: fail - 3 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational) - more than 2 net loss years - negative average operating margin - operating margin variation exceeds 0.35 - Financial history: 8 years - Years with declining revenue: 3 - Years with a net loss: 8 - Operating margin variation: 2.18× Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations. - FY2019: -4.29× - FY2020: -34.78× - FY2021: -120.35× - FY2022: -831.47× - FY2023: -0.64× - FY2024: -0.37× - FY2025: -0.32× - LTM to Jun 2026: -0.30× ### moat: fail - Years with nonpositive invested capital use equity plus debt and leases; positive earnings with no positive capital are shown above 100%. - ROIC median below threshold - ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed) - ROIC, median of available years: -86.6% - ROIC, second-lowest year: -173.6% - Typical minus recent gross margin: -1.7 pp - Typical gross margin (annual median): 28.5% - Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 30.3% - Years with nonpositive capital: 3 - Capital spending / revenue: 2.3% - ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: -106.0% Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations. - FY2019: 0.0% - FY2020: 0.0% - FY2021: -57.5% - FY2022: -86.6% - FY2023: -141.7% - FY2024: -173.6% - FY2025: -268.8% ### economics: fail - owner earnings cash conversion below threshold - incremental invested capital return below threshold - Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No - Owner earnings, five-year total: -$135M - Net income, five-year total: -$142M - Return on incremental invested capital: 0.0% - Working capital / revenue, annual change: 4.8 pp Chart: Owner earnings · five years; fiscal year observations. - FY2021: -$5.8M - FY2022: -$27M - FY2023: -$39M - FY2024: -$33M - FY2025: -$31M ### management: fail - potential debt-funded buybacks (informational) - buybacks unrelated to price (informational) - ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 0.0% vs -173.6% - Per-share earnings: -0.14 to -0.36 (three-year endpoint medians) - per-share value declined or ends nonpositive - Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes - Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 11.0% - Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 11.0% - Per-share value change: -$0.22 - Per-share value, starting three-year median: -$0.14 - Per-share value, ending three-year median: -$0.36 - Buyback history: 0 years - Debt-funded buybacks: Yes - ROIC, first three-year median: 0.0% - ROIC, last three-year median: -173.6% Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations. - FY2019: -$0.29 - FY2020: -$0.14 - FY2021: -$0.09 - FY2022: -$0.34 - FY2023: -$0.45 - FY2024: -$0.36 - FY2025: -$0.31 ### accounting: pass - Sloan accruals: -34.9% - Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 0.73× - Restructuring years, last five: 0 - Earnings backed by cash: Yes - Accounting red flags: 0 Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations. - FY2019: -258.8% - FY2020: -165.1% - FY2021: -9.2% - FY2022: -30.6% - FY2023: -35.0% - FY2024: -26.6% - FY2025: -34.9% ## Holders - [David Katz](https://gigainvestors.com/MAVFX): tracked 13F investor; follow the investor page for holding quarter and amounts. ## Price story Down 92% since Mar 2022 · sales +4.6% Story as of 2026-10-16T09:59:35.356Z; price observation 2026-10-15. - 2025-11-13: Skyx aims for 50,000-unit deployment by year-end 2025 as B2B segment gains traction ([seekingalpha.com](https://seekingalpha.com/news/4521038-skyx-aims-for-50000-unit-deployment-by-year-end-2025-as-b2b-segment-gains-traction?utm_source=feed_news_all&utm_medium=referral&feed_item_type=news)) ### Sales · FY2025–2026 sales +4.6%; source https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598981/000149315226012927/form10-k.htm; observed 2026-03-26. - FY2019: $3.8M - FY2020: $258K - FY2021: $43K - FY2022: $32K - FY2023: $59M - FY2024: $86M - FY2025: $92M - FY2026: $96M ### Gross margin · FY2025 gross margin 30.3%; source https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598981/000149315226012927/form10-k.htm; observed 2026-03-26. - FY2019: 4.0% - FY2022: 40.9% - FY2023: 30.7% - FY2024: 28.5% - FY2025: 30.3% ## Owner memo Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z. ### How it makes money Operates in electrical equipment & parts; annual sales are USD 92 million. - Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598981/000149315226012927/form10-k.htm (filed 2026-03-26); FY2025: revenue 92009949; grossProfit 27836079; margin = grossProfit / revenue. ### Why customers stay Margins ranged from 28.5% to 30.7% during 2023–25; it lost 86.6% on its capital. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-26); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 30.7%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-26); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 28.5%. - Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598981/000149315226012927/form10-k.htm (filed 2026-03-26); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 30.3%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-26); 7-year return on capital observations [[2019,0],[2020,0],[2021,-0.5754871558188983],[2022,-0.8664948819735652],[2023,-1.4165505438200918],[2024,-1.7358167747543576],[2025,-2.688014063028135]]; median -0.8664948819735652. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity. ### Where the cash goes Paid dividends in 7 of 7 years. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-26); Dividend observations: [[2019,130205],[2020,130206],[2021,129456],[2022,38055],[2023,5551],[2024,212667],[2025,1020616]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement. ### Are managers owners Insiders own 30.4% of the company. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-05); SKYX.US SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 30.364 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-05. ### What the price says The price is 1.2 times annual sales; cash earnings are negative. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-26); Closing price 1.01 USD; reporting-to-trading FX 1; FY2025 annual sales per share 0.8460134648344806; price multiple 1.1938344269705008. FY2025 cash earnings/share -0.2873834671204928. Closing-price date 2026-10-15. ## Monthly share-price history (USD per share) - 2022-02: $10.50 per share - 2022-03: $12.85 per share - 2022-04: $12.00 per share - 2022-05: $3.76 per share - 2022-06: $2.00 per share - 2022-07: $5.99 per share - 2022-08: $3.11 per share - 2022-09: $3.69 per share - 2022-10: $3.38 per share - 2022-11: $2.40 per share - 2022-12: $2.52 per share - 2023-01: $3.20 per share - 2023-02: $3.18 per share - 2023-03: $3.46 per share - 2023-04: $3.81 per share - 2023-05: $3.15 per share - 2023-06: $2.66 per share - 2023-07: $2.12 per share - 2023-08: $1.75 per share - 2023-09: $1.42 per share - 2023-10: $1.59 per share - 2023-11: $1.55 per share - 2023-12: $1.60 per share - 2024-01: $1.50 per share - 2024-02: $1.29 per share - 2024-03: $1.31 per share - 2024-04: $1.03 per share - 2024-05: $0.91 per share - 2024-06: $0.95 per share - 2024-07: $1.08 per share - 2024-08: $0.86 per share - 2024-09: $0.85 per share - 2024-10: $1.27 per share - 2024-11: $1.05 per share - 2024-12: $1.16 per share - 2025-01: $1.65 per share - 2025-02: $1.41 per share - 2025-03: $1.14 per share - 2025-04: $1.32 per share - 2025-05: $1.29 per share - 2025-06: $1.05 per share - 2025-07: $1.00 per share - 2025-08: $1.16 per share - 2025-09: $1.12 per share - 2025-10: $1.76 per share - 2025-11: $2.15 per share - 2025-12: $2.17 per share - 2026-01: $2.50 per share - 2026-02: $1.93 per share - 2026-03: $1.12 per share - 2026-04: $1.08 per share - 2026-05: $1.13 per share - 2026-06: $1.11 per share - 2026-07: $1.09 per share - 2026-08: $1.34 per share - 2026-09: $1.15 per share - 2026-10: $1.01 per share ## Annual estimated value (USD per share) Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates ## Sources [Original 10-K filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598981/000149315226012927/form10-k.htm); period 2025-12-31, filed 2026-03-26. 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SKYX · US
Not a wonderful business
4 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.
8 loss years were recorded (limit 2), and average operating margin was negative (must be zero or higher), and margins varied 217.8% around their average (limit 35%).
Capital return excluding acquisitions: median -86.6% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year -173.6% (minimum 10%).
Owners received -135.5 million over five years (must be positive), and new investment earned 0% (minimum 12%).
Per-share value fell from -0.14 to -0.36, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).
Profits were backed by cash: accruals were -34.9% of assets (limit 10%).
Profit record · fail 7 loss years in 7 (at most 2), mean operating margin -14174.4%, three-year average owner earnings per share -0.35 USD. 7 loss years in the last 10; at most 2 allowed. Mean operating margin over the last ten years is negative. Three-year average owner earnings per share is not positive.