MeritValue

Vystar Corp

VYSTdata completeness 75%16 fiscal years on file

Data notes: no data for concept 'investmentsAtFairValue'; no data for concept 'netInvestmentIncome'; no data for concept 'gainsOnRealEstateSales'; no data for concept 'dividendsPaid'; no data for concept 'incomeTaxExpense'

i. The business — what you’d actually own
FigureFY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$1.67M1$116,5332$525,8833$135,9694$54,8214
Net income−$2.7M5−$3.96M6−$5.24M7$759,5138−$1.53M8
Operating cash flow−$2.86M9−$515,52310−$442,66211−$99,96212−$180,39312
Capital expenditure$115,39613————
Free cash flow (derived)−$2.98M9————
Total debt$7.07M14————
Cash & equivalents$151,17515$135,59916$50,35416$7,71217$4,45417
Diluted shares12.7M12.9M12.5M13.4M19.6M

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
−$3.31
your share of equity
Profit it earned you last year
−$0.78
Free cash flow it threw off
—
Debt you’d be carrying
—

10 shares is a claim on −$3.31 of net worth that earned you −$0.78 last year.

iii. Is this a good business?
Moat signal · return on equity
— avg · 5y

Not enough data in the filings for a return-on-capital reading.

seeing a moat in the numbers →
Management signal · capital allocation
+55% shares · 5y

Share count is up 55% over 5 years — owners have been diluted. Worth asking what they got for it. Total debt has held roughly steady.

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 v0.5.0
DCF · Growth Exit 10Y
not applicable
only 2 years of FCF (need ≥3) — model not applicable
DCF · Growth Exit 5Y
not applicable
only 2 years of FCF (need ≥3) — model not applicable
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
  1. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001493152-23-036786 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  2. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001493152-24-035353 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  3. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001641172-25-003946 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  4. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001493152-26-016763 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  5. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001493152-23-036786 (NetIncomeLoss)
  6. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001493152-24-035353 (NetIncomeLoss)
  7. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001641172-25-003946 (NetIncomeLoss)
  8. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001493152-26-016763 (NetIncomeLoss)
  9. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001493152-23-036786 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  10. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001493152-24-035353 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  11. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001641172-25-003946 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  12. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001493152-26-016763 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  13. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001493152-22-014055 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  14. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001493152-22-014055 (LongTermDebtCurrent)
  15. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001493152-24-035353 (CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents)
  16. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001641172-25-003946 (CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents)
  17. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001493152-26-016763 (CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents)