Share count
2Mpeak FY2023
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ASST, Strive Inc.
Strive is a structured finance company and institutional asset manager focused on disciplined capital allocation and long term value creation.
Beyond balance sheet strategy, Strive is focused on advancing innovation within the capital markets by modernizing established financing structures.
Has developed our SATA Stock, our perpetual preferred equity instrument, that incorporates an at the market ("ATM") program, creating a flexible and continuous capital formation mechanism.
The business
What it sells, where the money comes from, the kind of company it is.
Revenue · FY2024
$4M
+1217.5% YoY · 64% 3-yr CAGR
Vital signs · TTM
Cash & investments $95M
Cash burn · annual $5M
Runway 10+ yrs
The business in brief
read the 10-K →What this business is and what moves its needle, from its own SEC filings.
- Situation
- Unprofitable. No meaningful revenue yet; the record is the cash on hand against the burn.
- What moves the needle
- Operating margin has run around −621% through the cycle, the operating line deeply negative — so the lever is the path to a margin at all: revenue growth against the cost curve and the cash runway, not the level of a margin that isn't there yet. On its own account, the filing leans hardest on debt terms & refinancing, set against the numbers in what the filing emphasizes, below.
- Is it a good business?
- Return on capital has rarely cleared the cost of capital (median −104%, above 15% in 0 of 3 years). Owner earnings, the cash-based check, have been thin too. This is price-taker territory, where the balance sheet and the cycle matter more than any multiple; the rest is in the 10-K.
Every line is arithmetic on the company's filings, shown in full in the sections below.
The record
Ten years of arithmetic, read across the cycle.
The record, 2021–2024
realized figures from each filing · older years to the left| 2021’21 | 2022’22 | 2023’23 | 2024’24 | TTMTTMDec 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||
| $830K | $343K | $277K | $4M | $4M | RevenueRevenue |
| 14% | 135% | 788% | 308% | 83% | SG&A / revenueSG&A/rev |
| — | — | 7% | 12% | 10% | R&D / revenueR&D/rev |
| $15K | ($645K) | ($5M) | ($23M) | ($6M) | Operating incomeOp. inc. |
| 1.8% | −188.1% | n/m | −620.7% | −175.5% | Operating marginOp. mgn |
| $15K | ($645K) | ($5M) | ($22M) | ($6M) | Net incomeNet inc. |
| Cash flow & returns | |||||
| $23K | ($603K) | ($4M) | ($22M) | ($5M) | Operating cash flowOp. cash |
| — | — | $734 | $192K | $192K | DepreciationDeprec. |
| $8K | $42K | ($173K) | ($207K) | $90K | Working capital & otherWC & other |
| — | — | $14K | $24K | $24K | CapexCapex |
| — | — | 4.9% | 0.7% | 0.7% | Capex / revenueCapex/rev |
| — | — | ($4M) | ($22M) | ($5M) | Owner earningsOwner earn. |
| — | — | n/m | −592.3% | −134.9% | Owner earnings marginOE mgn |
| — | — | ($4M) | ($22M) | ($5M) | Free cash flowFCF |
| — | — | n/m | −592.3% | −134.9% | Free cash flow marginFCF mgn |
| — | -3070% | -28% | -104% | -1% | ROICROIC |
| 34% | -420% | -31% | -92% | -1% | Return on equityROE |
| 34% | −420% | −31% | −92% | −1% | Retained to equityRetained/eq |
| Balance sheet | |||||
| $34K | $137K | $2M | $6M | $95M | Cash & investmentsCash+inv |
| — | $5K | $0 | — | $0 | ReceivablesReceiv. |
| $9K | $215K | $150K | $431K | $578K | Accounts payablePayables |
| — | ($210K) | ($150K) | — | ($578K) | Operating working capitalOper. WC |
| $59K | $373K | $3M | $24M | $151M | Current assetsCur. assets |
| $16K | $219K | $154K | $3M | $13M | Current liabilitiesCur. liab. |
| 3.8× | 1.7× | 19.3× | 7.1× | 11.4× | Current ratioCurr. ratio |
| — | — | — | $0 | $0 | GoodwillGoodwill |
| $59K | $373K | $3M | $28M | $1.1B | Total assetsAssets |
| ($34K) | ($137K) | ($2M) | ($6M) | ($95M) | Net debt / (cash)Net debt |
| $43K | $154K | $16M | $23M | $715M | Shareholders’ equityEquity |
| — | — | 467.8% | 0.0% | 33.2% | Stock comp / revenueSBC/rev |
| Per share | |||||
| 2.4M | 2.6M | 2.7M | 2.2M | 61.6M | Shares out (diluted)Shares |
| $0.34 | $0.13 | $0.10 | $1.65 | $0.06 | Revenue / shareRev/sh |
| $0.01 | $-0.25 | $-1.85 | $-9.75 | $-0.10 | EPS (diluted)EPS |
| — | — | $-1.43 | $-9.77 | $-0.08 | Owner earnings / shareOE/sh |
| — | — | $-1.43 | $-9.77 | $-0.08 | Free cash flow / shareFCF/sh |
| — | — | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.00 | Cap. spending / shareCapex/sh |
| $0.02 | $0.06 | $6.03 | $10.55 | $11.60 | Book value / shareBVPS |
Share counts before 2023 are restated ×1/4 for a stock split, so per-share figures sit on one basis.
The diluted share count moved ×27.84 into TTM — shares issued, not a split the totals corroborate — and the per-share figures carry the counts as filed.
Per-share growththe realized rate an owner's share compounded
| 3-yr | 5-yr | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue / share | +69.3%/yr | +69.3%/yr (3-yr) |
| Capital spending / share | +113.0%/yr (1-yr) | +113.0%/yr (1-yr) |
| Book value / share | +742.0%/yr | +742.0%/yr (3-yr) |
The record, charted
FY2021–2024Each measure over its full record; the current point and the worst year marked. Share counts on the current split basis.
ROIC
−104%low FY2022
Net income is the accountant's number; owner earnings is the cash an owner could take out. The walk between them, off the cash-flow statement, and whether the gap is widening or holding.
In fiscal 2024 the business reported a $22M loss but ($22M) of owner earnings: $39K less than the profit line, taken out by capital spending and the timing of cash.
| FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Reported net income | ($22M) | ($5M) |
| Depreciation & amortizationnon-cash charge added back | +$192K | +$734 |
| Stock-based compensationreal costnon-cash, but a real cost | — | +$1M |
| Working capital & othertiming of cash in and out, other non-cash items | −$207K | −$173K |
| Cash from operations | ($22M) | ($4M) |
| Maintenance capital expenditurethe spending needed just to hold position and volume | −$24K | −$734 |
| Owner earnings | ($22M) | ($4M) |
| Growth capital expenditurediscretionary; spent to get bigger, not to stand still | — | −$13K |
| Free cash flow | ($22M) | ($4M) |
| Owner-earnings marginowner earnings ÷ revenue | -592% | -1375% |
Owner earnings is the cash an owner could pull out without starving the business: operating cash less the capital it must spend to hold its position . The cash-flow statement also adds stock comp back as non-cash, but it is a real cost paid in shares; counted as the expense it is (less $0), owner earnings is nearer ($22M).
Maintenance capex is estimated as depreciation where a growing business invests above it; free cash flow is the figure the scorecard's free-cash margin reads.
Quality & stewardship
Returns, the balance sheet, capital allocation, and pay.
Owner’s Scorecard
FY2024 10-K · source on SEC EDGAR →
Will it survive?
- No meaningful interest burdenLittle or no interest expense reported
What this means
Little or no interest expense reported, the business isn't leaning on lenders to operate.
- Net cash, debt-freeCash $67M − debt $0
What this means
Cash and short-term investments exceed every dollar of debt by $67M, on net the company owes nothing, and can act from strength when others can't. Net debt is the leverage figure that matters: the cash is already set against the debt. Strategic or illiquid investments aren't counted here.
- Not enough data
What this means
The filing data didn't include the inputs for this check.
Is it a good business?
- Not enough dataIndustry peers: median -16%
What this means
The filing data didn't include the inputs for this check.
- Owner-earnings margin -592%Consumes cashOwner earnings ($22M) = operating cash ($22M) − maintenance capex $24KIndustry peers: median 14%
What this means
What an owner could take out without starving the business: operating cash less the maintenance capital it must spend to hold its position — Buffett's owner earnings. That's -592% of revenue this year. Treating stock comp as the real expense it is (less $0 of SBC) leaves ($22M).
- Are earnings backed by cash? ($22M)Loss, and burning cashNet income ($22M) · cash from operations ($22M)
In the filing’s words And the filing leans heavily on adjusted, non-GAAP earnings — steering you off the GAAP figure just where the cash is not backing it. Read the reconciliation in the notes before taking the adjusted number.
What this means
The company reported a net loss, so a conversion ratio isn't meaningful. What matters then is whether operations still threw off cash, here, they did not.
How is the cash used?
- Not enough data
What this means
The filing data didn't include the inputs for this check.
- Investing or harvesting? 0.13×HarvestingCapex $24K ÷ depreciation $192K
What this means
Descriptive, not a grade. Above ~1× means investing faster than assets wear out (growth, or, sustained for years, today's earnings carrying less depreciation than tomorrow's will). Below means spending less than it's wearing out (efficiency, or a melting asset base). The ratio won't tell you which; the filings will.
Graham’s defensive tests · 1 of 2 met
Graham’s numerical criteria for the defensive investor (The Intelligent Investor, ch. 14), run on the filings. A floor of safety, not a buy signal; many fine modern businesses fail his strictest liquidity rules by design.
- Adequate size MissRevenue ≥ $2B · $4M
What this means
Big enough to weather a storm. Graham's 1972 floor was ~$100M of sales (≈ $700M today); we use a $2B revenue line as a conservative modern stand-in.
- Strong liquidity PassCurrent ratio ≥ 2× · 6.66×
What this means
Current assets at least twice current liabilities, near-term bills covered without touching the business. Strict by design: many cash-rich modern firms run leaner and miss it, holding their cushion in longer-dated securities.
- Moderate price —P/E ≤ 15 and P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5 · decided by the price
What this means
Graham's valuation gate, the wall he kept between a sound business and a sound investment. Three-year average earnings are $-0.15/share (latest year $-0.35), the averaged base the calculator's gate runs on, and book value is $-0.07/share. Enter a price in “What the price implies” just below for the P/E, P/B, and whether it clears. But this is the rule Buffett outgrew: there's no hard P/E law, and a wonderful business can deserve a far richer multiple if the thesis holds, treat it as the bargain-hunter's floor, not a verdict on the price.
Durability & moat, 2021–2024
Whether the record’s returns held, and what the capital reinvested earned.
- Profitable years 1 of 4
What this means
Lost money in 3 year(s), look at what happened there before trusting the average.
- Operating margin −93% → −1200% (2-yr avg ends)
What this means
Through the cycle the operating margin slipped — about −93% early to −1200% lately, median −621% — competition or costs are biting in.
- Worst year 2023 · −1780.0% op. margin
What this means
Operations went underwater in 2023, understand why before trusting the good years.
Does AI threaten the moat?
Low contestabilityThe moat is physical, regulated or balance-sheet-funded, the kind AI cuts costs within but does not contest.
AI is unlikely to contest a moat that is physical, regulated or balance-sheet-funded; here it reads more as a cost tool than a threat.
Read from the filing's own risk factors, paired with the industry's structure under its SIC code; the durability is read above, the price below.
All figures as filed; the source filing is linked above.
Current Position
as of the latest quarter, Mar 31, 2026Can the business pay what it owes this year, off the freshest balance sheet: the quality of the assets, the debt actually coming due, and what a low ratio means here.
Current assets$151M
- Cash & short-term investments$95M
- Other current assets$56M
Current liabilities$13M
- Accounts payable$578K
- Other current liabilities$13M
Current ratio11.44×all current assets ÷ what's due · Graham looked for 2×
Quick ratio11.44×stricter: inventory excluded
Cash ratio7.21×strictest: cash alone against what's due
Working capital$138Mthe cushion left after near-term bills
Cash runway19.3 yrsthe business is consuming cash; this is how long the cash on hand lasts at that rate
Revenue, latest quarter vs. a year ago+94.0%the freshest read on whether the business is still growing
Current ratio, recent quarters6.1× → 11.4×
Deeper floors
Tangible book value$700Mequity stripped of goodwill & intangibles
Net current asset value$125MGraham's net-net: current assets less all liabilities
Debt incl. operating leases$3M$3M of it operating leases
Deferred revenue$447customer cash collected before delivery; operating float
From the company's latest filing.
Management, ownership & pay
read the proxy →From the proxy: how much of the business the people running it own, and how they are paid.
- Insider ownership2.1%
The stake all directors and executive officers hold together, per the 2026 proxy: skin in the game, the first thing Munger reads.
- Stock-based compensation$0
The slice of the business handed to employees in shares this year, 0% of revenue. Buffett's oldest accounting fight: this is compensation, compensation is an expense, real whether or not the headline earnings admit it. One trap: the cash-flow statement adds SBC back, so the operating cash, and the owner earnings drawn from it, are flattered by exactly this amount; counted as the cost it is, what an owner keeps is lower.
What an owner would ask, FY2025
read the 10-K →- Which reported numbers are a judgment call?Management names Stock compensation as critical estimates
each rests partly on management's judgment; the filing's note sets out the assumptionsverify →
The questions the record and the charts do not answer on their own; each carries the figure and the place to look.
Peers, Capital Markets & Asset Management
The same industry, side by side on owner economics. Each figure is a through-cycle median, so a peak or trough year can’t distort it; the group median at the foot is the line to read each against.
| Company | Revenue | Gross margin | Op. margin | ROIC | Owner earn. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PWPPerella Weinberg Partners | $751M | — | -7.6% | — | 15% |
| DAVEDave Inc. | $554M | — | -4.2% | -12% | 13% |
| WDWalker & Dunlop | $320M | — | 143.4% | 14% | 149% |
| GEMIGemini Space Station Inc. | $180M | — | -192.5% | -95% | -123% |
| GPGIGPGI Inc. | $60M | 53% | 30.4% | -3% | 27% |
| GREELGreenidge Generation Holdings Inc. | $59M | — | -16.2% | -193% | — |
| FWDIForward Industries Inc. | $18M | 20% | -3.9% | -21% | -1% |
| ASSTStrive Inc. | $4M | — | -404.4% | -104% | -592% |
| Group median | — | — | -5.9% | -21% | 13% |
The price
What a price has to assume.
What the price implies
reverse-DCFStrive Inc. is profitable, but owner earnings are negative this year because capital spending currently outruns operating cash, a build-out, so the owner-earnings reverse-DCF has no positive base to grow. We read the price from both ends instead: type a price to see the steady-state profitability it demands, then set the mature margin you would believe and weigh the two against each other. Nothing leaves your browser unless you enter it in your notebook.
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The assumptions
Revenue, delivered53%/yr’21→’24
Enter a price to run it.
Owner earnings it must reach—
Margin the price demands—
Owner-earnings margin today−135%
A dated snapshot of the price you typed, the assumptions you set, and what the page showed for them. A snapshot is never edited after it is saved. Your notebook is yours alone — the commitment states what is stored and what we will never do.
Two reads of one future. From your price: the owner earnings the company must reach, valued at a mature multiple and discounted back at your rate, expressed as the margin it implies on revenue grown at your rate. From your belief: the mature margin you would credit, set on the dial above. When the margin the price demands runs above the one you would believe, you are paying for a future taken on faith. For a deep cyclical at a trough, normalized through-cycle earnings are the better lens; this mode is for the genuinely unprofitable, and for the profitable business whose capital spending currently outruns its cash.
Cite: Owner Scorecard, "Strive Inc. (ASST), the owner's record," https://ownerscorecard.com/c/ASST, data as of 2026-07-09.
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