Share count
26Mpeak FY2025
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UMAC, Unusual Machines Inc.
Unusual Machines' component production is the validation of newly supply chains to meet defense and federal procurement requirements.
Unusual Machines manufactures and sells drone components and drones across a diversified brand portfolio through business-to-business ("B2B") sales and a curated retail channel.
There is strong brand recognition of the Unusual Machines, Rotor Riot, and Fat Shark brands, particularly in the first person view ("FPV") and small military sub-segments of the drone market.
The business
What it sells, where the money comes from, the kind of company it is.
Revenue · FY2025
$11M
+101.2% YoY
Vital signs · TTM
Cash & investments $235M
Cash burn · annual $37M
Runway 6.3 yrs
The business in brief
read the 10-K →What this business is and what moves its needle, from its own SEC filings.
- What it is
- Revenue is Enterprise Revenue (60%) and Retail Revenue (40%).
- Situation
- Unprofitable. No meaningful revenue yet; the record is the cash on hand against the burn. Net current asset value. Current assets alone exceed every liability combined, and the surplus is most of the balance sheet: the shape Graham called a net-net.
- What moves the needle
- Whether the heavy assets earn more than they cost to keep. What decides it: the return on the capital sunk into them, how much of the capex is merely standing still versus growing, and what a downturn does to a fixed-cost base. Here the balance sheet is the defense and cyclicality the enemy. On its own account, the filing leans hardest on pricing power & competition, 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 −242%, above 15% in 0 of 4 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.
Where the money comes from
read the 10-K →Enterprise Revenue is 60% of revenue, with Retail Revenue the other meaningful line at 40%.
Revenue by product line, FY2025
- Enterprise Revenue60%$7M
- Retail Revenue40%$4M
From the segment footnote of the company's own 10-K. Shares are of total revenue; the profit bar shows each segment's share of segment operating profit, before unallocated corporate costs.
The record
Ten years of arithmetic, read across the cycle.
The record, 2022–2025
realized figures from each filing · older years to the left| 2022’22 | 2023’23 | 2024’24 | 2025’25 | TTMTTMMar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||
| $0 | $0 | $6M | $11M | $17M | RevenueRevenue |
| — | — | 112% | 213% | 162% | SG&A / revenueSG&A/rev |
| — | — | 2% | 2% | 2% | R&D / revenueR&D/rev |
| ($1M) | ($2M) | ($17M) | ($25M) | ($29M) | Operating incomeOp. inc. |
| — | — | −305.3% | −224.6% | −168.9% | Operating marginOp. mgn |
| ($1M) | ($2M) | ($32M) | ($19M) | ($6M) | Net incomeNet inc. |
| Cash flow & returns | |||||
| ($1M) | ($2M) | ($4M) | ($21M) | ($37M) | Operating cash flowOp. cash |
| $885 | $6K | $72K | $141K | $185K | DepreciationDeprec. |
| ($18K) | $1K | $26M | ($18M) | ($50M) | Working capital & otherWC & other |
| $5K | $3K | $0 | $2M | $3M | CapexCapex |
| — | — | 0.0% | 18.4% | 16.0% | Capex / revenueCapex/rev |
| ($1M) | ($2M) | ($4M) | ($21M) | ($38M) | Owner earningsOwner earn. |
| — | — | −71.8% | −190.4% | −217.8% | Owner earnings marginOE mgn |
| ($1M) | ($2M) | ($4M) | ($23M) | ($40M) | Free cash flowFCF |
| — | — | −71.8% | −207.5% | −232.8% | Free cash flow marginFCF mgn |
| — | $0 | $853K | $0 | $0 | AcquisitionsAcquis. |
| -936% | -362% | -121% | -28% | -21% | ROICROIC |
| -37% | -168% | -216% | -11% | -2% | Return on equityROE |
| −37% | −168% | −216% | −11% | −2% | Retained to equityRetained/eq |
| Balance sheet | |||||
| $3M | $895K | $4M | $142M | $235M | Cash & investmentsCash+inv |
| — | $0 | $67K | $2M | $3M | ReceivablesReceiv. |
| — | $0 | $1M | $5M | $14M | InventoryInvent. |
| $132K | $114K | — | — | $114K | Accounts payablePayables |
| — | ($114K) | $1M | $7M | $17M | Operating working capitalOper. WC |
| $3M | $1M | $6M | $160M | $315M | Current assetsCur. assets |
| $132K | $114K | $934K | $3M | $2M | Current liabilitiesCur. liab. |
| 23.8× | 8.9× | 6.5× | 61.3× | 128.2× | Current ratioCurr. ratio |
| — | $0 | $7M | $16M | $16M | GoodwillGoodwill |
| $3M | $2M | $16M | $183M | $340M | Total assetsAssets |
| — | — | -145.3× | — | -79193.6× | Interest coverageInt. cov. |
| $3M | $1M | $15M | $175M | $332M | Shareholders’ equityEquity |
| — | — | 40.5% | 139.5% | 102.3% | Stock comp / revenueSBC/rev |
| Per share | |||||
| 4.1M | 3.3M | 8.3M | 26.0M | 48.1M | Shares out (diluted)Shares |
| $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.67 | $0.43 | $0.36 | Revenue / shareRev/sh |
| $-0.29 | $-0.72 | $-3.84 | $-0.74 | $-0.12 | EPS (diluted)EPS |
| $-0.29 | $-0.54 | $-0.48 | $-0.82 | $-0.78 | Owner earnings / shareOE/sh |
| $-0.29 | $-0.54 | $-0.48 | $-0.89 | $-0.83 | Free cash flow / shareFCF/sh |
| $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.08 | $0.06 | Cap. spending / shareCapex/sh |
| $0.79 | $0.43 | $1.78 | $6.72 | $6.89 | Book value / shareBVPS |
The diluted share count moved ×2.52 into 2024 — shares issued, not a split the totals corroborate — and the per-share figures carry the counts as filed.
The diluted share count moved ×3.12 into 2025 — shares issued, not a split the totals corroborate — and the per-share figures carry the counts as filed.
The diluted share count moved ×1.85 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Capital spending / share | +312.5%/yr | +312.5%/yr (3-yr) |
| Book value / share | +104.2%/yr | +104.2%/yr (3-yr) |
The record, charted
FY2022–2025Each measure over its full record; the current point and the worst year marked.
ROIC
−28%low FY2022
Owner earnings vs. net income
Owner earningsNet incomeThe accountant's number, and the cash an owner can take; the gap is the tell.
($21M)owner earningsvs.($19M)net incomelow FY2025
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 2025 the business earned ($21M) of owner earnings, the operating cash left after the $141K it takes just to hold its position. It put $2M more into growth; free cash flow, after that spending, was ($23M).
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported net income | ($19M) | ($32M) | ($2M) | ($1M) |
| Depreciation & amortizationnon-cash charge added back | +$141K | +$72K | +$6K | +$885 |
| Stock-based compensationreal costnon-cash, but a real cost | +$16M | +$2M | +$600K | — |
| Working capital & othertiming of cash in and out, other non-cash items | −$18M | +$26M | +$1K | −$18K |
| Cash from operations | ($21M) | ($4M) | ($2M) | ($1M) |
| Maintenance capital expenditurethe spending needed just to hold position and volume | −$141K | — | −$3K | −$885 |
| Owner earnings | ($21M) | ($4M) | ($2M) | ($1M) |
| Growth capital expenditurediscretionary; spent to get bigger, not to stand still | −$2M | — | — | −$4K |
| Free cash flow | ($23M) | ($4M) | ($2M) | ($1M) |
| Owner-earnings marginowner earnings ÷ revenue | -190% | -72% | — | — |
Owner earnings is the cash an owner could pull out without starving the business: operating cash less the maintenance capital it must spend to hold its position (here about $141K, roughly its depreciation, the rate its assets wear out). The other $2M of its capital spending is growth it chose, not upkeep it owed; charged only with the maintenance it must do, the business earns well more than the year's free cash flow shows. 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 $16M), owner earnings is nearer ($37M).
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
FY2025 10-K · source on SEC EDGAR →
Material weakness in financial controls
“In the past we have identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting, which have been remediated.”
The figures below are only as sound as the controls that produced them. read the note →
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 $103M + ST investments $39M − debt $0
What this means
Cash and short-term investments exceed every dollar of debt by $142M, 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.
- How long is cash tied up? 100431dLong (60+ days)DSO 51 + DIO 102589 − DPO 2209 days
What this means
Days cash is tied up between paying suppliers and collecting from customers. Lower is better; a long cycle means growth itself eats cash.
Is it a good business?
- Not enough dataIndustry peers: median -113%
What this means
The filing data didn't include the inputs for this check.
- Owner-earnings margin -190%Consumes cashOwner earnings ($21M) = operating cash ($21M) − maintenance capex $141KIndustry peers: median -318%
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 -190% of revenue this year. Treating stock comp as the real expense it is (less $16M of SBC) leaves ($37M).
- Are earnings backed by cash? ($21M)Loss, and burning cashNet income ($19M) · cash from operations ($21M)
In the filing’s words The filing discloses a material weakness in its financial controls — the reported numbers here, and the record built on them, are only as reliable as the controls that produced them.
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? 14.60×ExpandingCapex $2M ÷ depreciation $141K
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 · $11M
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× · 61.32×
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 $-0.37/share (latest year $-0.40), the averaged base the calculator's gate runs on, and book value is $3.66/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, 2022–2025
Whether the record’s returns held, and what the capital reinvested earned.
- Profitable years 0 of 4
What this means
Lost money in 4 year(s), look at what happened there before trusting the average.
- Worst year 2024 · −305.3% op. margin
What this means
Operations went underwater in 2024, 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.
In its own filing Raised, but not as a competitor
The filing raises AI among its risks, but in other terms (security, regulation, energy or the like), not as a competitor to its product.
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$315M
- Cash & short-term investments$235M
- Receivables$3M
- Inventory$14M
- Other current assets$63M
Current liabilities$2M
- Accounts payable$114K
- Other current liabilities$2M
Current ratio128.23×all current assets ÷ what's due · Graham looked for 2×
Quick ratio122.60×stricter: inventory excluded
Cash ratio95.78×strictest: cash alone against what's due
Working capital$313Mthe cushion left after near-term bills
Cash runway5.9 yrsthe business is consuming cash; this is how long the cash on hand lasts at that rate
Revenue, latest quarter vs. a year ago+296.4%the freshest read on whether the business is still growing
Current ratio, recent quarters5.5× → 128.2×
Deeper floors
Tangible book value$314Mequity stripped of goodwill & intangibles
Net current asset value$307MGraham's net-net: current assets less all liabilities
Debt incl. operating leases$3M$3M of it operating leases
Deferred revenue$673Kcustomer cash collected before delivery; operating float
From the company's latest filing.
Acquisitions & goodwill
from the balance sheet & the 4-year cash-flow recordGoodwill grows only when a company acquires and falls only when it concedes it overpaid. The size of that bet, the cash put into buying rather than building, and how much has already been written off.
Goodwill & intangibles$18M10% of all assets; the premium carried on the balance sheet for businesses acquired
Against book equity9%goodwill is this share of book equity; the rest is the company’s own retained and paid-in capital
Cash spent acquiring$946Kover 4 years buying other businesses, against $2M of capital spent building
$10M written down across 1 year (2024): goodwill the company has already conceded it overpaid for, charged against earnings. A write-down costs no cash (the cash went out when the deal was signed), but it is management marking its own past judgment to market.
Goodwill, acquired intangibles and equity from the latest balance sheet; acquisition spend and write-downs summed across the 4-year record, from the company's own filings.
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 ownership7.5%
The stake all directors and executive officers hold together, per the 2025 proxy: skin in the game, the first thing Munger reads.
- Stock-based compensation$16M
The slice of the business handed to employees in shares this year, 139% 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 Revenue recognition, Credit & receivables, Inventory, Acquisitions 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, Communications Equipment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BKSYBlackSky Technology Inc. | $107M | — | -95.8% | -36% | -64% |
| ONDSOndas Inc. | $51M | 43% | -618.3% | -139% | -543% |
| ENVXEnovix Corporation | $32M | 19% | -1051.7% | -113% | -666% |
| SESSES AI Corporation | $21M | 54% | -393.4% | -35% | -292% |
| SLDPSolid Power Inc. | $18M | — | -537.1% | -21% | -435% |
| SATLSatellogic Inc. | $18M | — | -405.6% | -194% | -318% |
| QUIKQuickLogic Corporation | $14M | 52% | -97.1% | -156% | -64% |
| UMACUnusual Machines Inc. | $11M | — | -224.6% | -242% | -190% |
| Group median | — | — | -399.5% | -126% | -305% |
The price
What a price has to assume.
What the price implies
reverse-DCFUnusual Machines 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
Enter a price to run it.
Owner earnings it must reach—
Margin the price demands—
Owner-earnings margin today−233%
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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, "Unusual Machines Inc. (UMAC), the owner's record," https://ownerscorecard.com/c/UMAC, data as of 2026-07-09.
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