Electrovaya Inc.

ELVAdata completeness 75%2 fiscal years on file

Data notes: no data for concept 'capex'; no data for concept 'totalDebt'; no data for concept 'epsDiluted'; no data for concept 'incomeTaxExpense'; no data for concept 'pretaxIncome'

The thesis, from the filings

Electrovaya Inc. earns about -21% on equity, and has bought back 100% of its shares over 2 years. The cash-flow models don't apply cleanly here — the ledger says why below.Whether it’s worth owning at today’s price is the last question — and yours to answer, below.

i. The business — what you’d actually own
FigureFY 2022FY 2023
Revenue$16.3M1$44.1M1
Net income−$9.21M2−$1.48M2
Operating cash flow−$8,8253−$4,8563
Capital expenditure
Free cash flow (derived)
Total debt
Cash & equivalents$600,0004$1M4
Diluted shares29.34B33.8M

Superscripts are receipts. Each links to the SEC filing the number came from (full list at the bottom).

ii. Your slice — ownership made literal
If you owned
shares
Net assets behind them
$2.11
your share of equity
Profit it earned you last year
−$0.44
Free cash flow it threw off
Debt you’d be carrying

10 shares is a claim on $2.11 of net worth that earned you −$0.44 last year.

iii. Is this a good business?
Moat signal · return on equity
-21% avg · 2y
FY22 FY23 -21%

It earned an average -21% on equity over 2 years. Compare that to what it costs to fund the business.

seeing a moat in the numbers →
Management signal · capital allocation
−100% shares · 2y

Share count is down 100% over 2 years — management has been buying back stock, quietly handing owners a bigger slice.

reading capital allocation →

Signals, not verdicts — read from the filings above. Numbers don’t prove a moat; they show its footprint. You decide.

iv. What it’s worth — engine v0.1.0
DCF · Growth Exit 10Y
not applicable
only 0 years of FCF (need ≥3) — model not applicable
DCF · Growth Exit 5Y
not applicable
only 0 years of FCF (need ≥3) — model not applicable
Earnings Power Value
not applicable
only 2 years of net income (need ≥3)
Graham Number
not applicable
diluted EPS missing or non-positive — Graham Number undefined

Different models answer different questions — which to trust when →

Sources — the receipts
  1. 40-F · period ending 2022-09-30 · accession 0001654954-24-000631 (Revenue)
  2. 40-F · period ending 2022-09-30 · accession 0001654954-24-000631 (ProfitLoss)
  3. 40-F · period ending 2022-09-30 · accession 0001654954-24-000631 (CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities)
  4. 40-F · period ending 2022-09-30 · accession 0001654954-24-000631 (CashAndCashEquivalents)