Via Transportation, Inc.

VIAdata completeness 88%3 fiscal years on file

Data notes: no data for concept 'totalDebt'; no data for concept 'interestExpense'

The thesis, from the filings

Via Transportation, Inc. earns about -15% on equity, but has diluted owners by 171% over 3 years — worth asking whether the growth reaches owners. 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

Figure	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025
Revenue	$248.9M¹	$337.6M¹	$434.3M¹
Net income	−$116.7M²	−$90.3M²	−$96.4M²
Operating cash flow	−$92.6M³	−$70M³	−$30.9M³
Capital expenditure	$2.52M⁴	$1.08M⁴	$1.66M⁴
Free cash flow (derived)	−$95.1M³	−$71M³	−$32.5M³
Total debt	—	—	—
Cash & equivalents	$73.6M⁵	$77.9M⁶	$370.9M⁶
Diluted shares	12.2M	12.5M	32.9M

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

Net assets behind them

$190.51

your share of equity

Profit it earned you last year

−$29.25

Free cash flow it threw off

−$9.87

Debt you’d be carrying

—

10 shares is a claim on $190.51 of net worth that earned you −$29.25 and generated −$9.87 of cash last year.

iii. Is this a good business?

Moat signal · return on equity

-15% avg · 3y

FY23 —FY24 —FY25 -15%

It earned an average -15% on equity over 3 years. Compare that to what it costs to fund the business.

seeing a moat in the numbers →

Management signal · capital allocation

+171% shares · 3y

Share count is up 171% over 3 years — owners have been diluted. Worth asking what they got for it.

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

3y-median FCF non-positive — growth-exit DCF not applicable (see EPV)

DCF · Growth Exit 5Y

not applicable

3y-median FCF non-positive — growth-exit DCF not applicable (see EPV)

Earnings Power Value

not applicable

normalized (5y-median) earnings non-positive — EPV undefined

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

10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001603015-26-000008 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001603015-26-000008 (NetIncomeLoss)
10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001603015-26-000008 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001603015-26-000008 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001603015-26-000008 (CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents)
10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001603015-26-000008 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)