What is METALERT INC's earnings per share (EPS)?

METALERT INC (MLRT) reported diluted earnings per share of -$0.02 for fiscal year 2024. EPS represents the portion of a company's net income allocated to each outstanding share of common stock and is widely used to evaluate profitability on a per-share basis.

METALERT INC Financials

MLRT

Trailing 12 months to June 30, 2025

Revenue $162K -26.2% YoY

Net Income -$828K +27.2% YoY

EPS (Diluted) -$0.02 +50.0% YoY

Free Cash Flow Not reported for the trailing 12 months

Source SEC Filings (10-K/10-Q) Latest period Q2 FY2025, ended Jun 30, 2025 Reported Dec 11, 2025 Currency USD FYE December

METALERT INC (MLRT) reported $162K in revenue over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2025, down 26.2% from the prior twelve months. This page shows its income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and key financial ratios. View 15 years of annual fundamentals and quarterly data, with year-over-year growth rates and compound annual growth rates (CAGR). All figures are derived from SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q reports).

Rhea AI MLRT FY2024 2026-08-15

Tiny revenue and a subscale cost structure keep MetAlert dependent on cash financing despite a FY2024 gross-margin rebound.

From FY2022 through FY2024, operating cash use stayed near -$0.5M even as revenue kept shrinking, which implies the company's cash needs are driven more by fixed overhead than by sales volume. That is why, even after gross margin rebounded to 64.2% in FY2024 from 8.6% a year earlier, the business still could not cover its operating structure.

With a current ratio of 0.1x and negative equity of -$4.4M, the balance sheet offers little internal shock absorber. In FY2024, financing cash of $436.2K nearly matched operating cash use of -$438.6K, meaning outside funding effectively kept operations moving.

The working-capital strain looks more like an inventory carry issue than a collections issue: inventory ended FY2024 at $237.4K while receivables were only $11.9K. Because inventory also exceeded annual revenue, cash appears to sit in product longer than the current sales pace can absorb.

Financial Health Signals

Financial health score not available

METALERT INC does not currently provide enough eligible data for a peer-relative financial health score, so none is published. The signals and metrics below are current.

Altman Z-Score Distress

-90.22

METALERT INC scores -90.22, below the 1.81 distress threshold. The score is driven primarily by a large market capitalization ($185K) relative to total liabilities ($5.0M). This indicates elevated financial distress risk and warrants close attention to liquidity and debt levels.

Distress-screening estimate for non-financial companies. Not computed for banks or insurers, where the Altman model does not apply.

Piotroski F-Score Partial

3/7

METALERT INC passes 3 of 7 computable financial strength tests (2 of the nine could not be computed from available data). 2 of 4 profitability signals pass, no leverage/liquidity signals pass (rising debt, declining liquidity, or share dilution), 1 of 2 efficiency signals pass.

Earnings Quality No Cash Backing

N/A

METALERT INC reported a net loss of $828K while operations used $439K of cash. With neither figure positive, the ratio between the two carries no quality signal.

Key Financial Metrics

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Earnings & Revenue

Revenue

$181K

YoY-26.9%

5Y CAGR-34.5%

10Y CAGR+2.8%

METALERT INC generated $181K in revenue in fiscal year 2024. This represents a decrease of 26.9% from the prior year.

EBITDA

-$482K

YoY+41.7%

METALERT INC's EBITDA was -$482K in fiscal year 2024, measuring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. This represents an increase of 41.7% from the prior year.

Net Income

-$828K

YoY+30.4%

METALERT INC reported -$828K in net income in fiscal year 2024. This represents an increase of 30.4% from the prior year.

EPS (Diluted)

-$0.02

METALERT INC earned -$0.02 per diluted share (EPS) in fiscal year 2024.

Cash & Balance Sheet

Cash & Debt

$54K

YoY-21.8%

5Y CAGR-15.6%

10Y CAGR+16.0%

METALERT INC held $54K in cash as of fiscal year 2024; long-term debt is not reported for that period.

Shares Outstanding

38M

METALERT INC had 38M shares outstanding in fiscal year 2024.

Free Cash Flow

Not reported for fiscal year 2024.

Dividends Per Share

Not reported for fiscal year 2024.

Margins & Returns

Gross Margin

64.2%

YoY+55.6pp

5Y CAGR-22.9pp

10Y CAGR+18.3pp

METALERT INC's gross margin was 64.2% in fiscal year 2024, indicating the percentage of revenue retained after direct costs. This is up 55.6 percentage points from the prior year.

Operating Margin

Not shown for fiscal year 2024: the reported ratio is below -100.0% of revenue, so it does not read as a share of revenue.

Net Margin

Not shown for fiscal year 2024: the reported ratio is below -100.0% of revenue, so it does not read as a share of revenue.

Return on Equity

Not reported for fiscal year 2024.

Capital Allocation

R&D Spending

YoY-100.0%

METALERT INC reported no research and development spending in fiscal year 2024. This represents a decrease of 100.0% from the prior year.

Share Buybacks

Not reported for fiscal year 2024.

Capital Expenditures

Not reported for fiscal year 2024.

MLRT Income Statement

Figures in USD, abbreviated K (thousand), M (million), B (billion), T (trillion). Negative values carry a minus sign and red type.

MLRT quarterly income statement

Metric	TTM	FY24	FY23	FY22	FY21	FY20	FY19	FY18	FY17	FY16	FY15	FY14	FY13	FY12	FY11	FY10
Revenue	$162K	$181K-26.9%	$248K-25.8%	$335K-43.2%	$589K-44.4%	$1.1M-29.4%	$1.5M+118.4%	$687K+27.6%	$538K-23.5%	$704K+56.6%	$449K+224.8%	$138K-7.8%	$150K-59.1%	$367K-44.7%	$664K+56.1%	$425K
Cost of Revenue	$78K	$65K-71.4%	$227K+19.6%	$190K-43.2%	$334K-44.2%	$599K+209.6%	$193K-9.2%	$213K+1.5%	$210K-39.4%	$346K+15.5%	$300K+300.9%	$75K-13.7%	$87K-70.2%	$291K-48.2%	$562K+154.0%	$221K
Gross Profit	$83K	$117K+443.7%	$21K-85.2%	$145K-43.3%	$255K-44.5%	$460K-64.8%	$1.3M+175.8%	$474K+44.3%	$329K-8.0%	$357K+139.4%	$149K+135.0%	$63K+0.4%	$63K-16.5%	$76K-25.3%	$101K-50.2%	$204K
R&D Expenses	N/A	$0-100.0%	$19K-0.5%	$19K0.0%	$19K+1379.0%	$1K-67.0%	$4K-84.6%	$25K-48.8%	$49K+1257.4%	$4K	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5K-50.0%	$10K-85.3%	$68K
SG&A Expenses	$233K	$255K+3.8%	$246K+8.7%	$226K-7.8%	$245K+32.3%	$185K-21.5%	$236K-39.9%	$393K+15.9%	$339K+26.4%	$268K+17.9%	$227K-15.2%	$268K+70.4%	$158K-16.7%	$189K-32.9%	$282K-9.1%	$310K
Operating Income	-$527K	-$557K+36.4%	-$877K+36.0%	-$1.4M-51.5%	-$905K-44.2%	-$627K-434.8%	$187K+118.4%	-$1.0M+1.2%	-$1.0M-11.8%	-$923K+28.5%	-$1.3M-31.3%	-$982K	N/A	-$1.2M+16.5%	-$1.5M	N/A
Interest Expense	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$214K+185.5%	$75K+11.8%	$67K+276.3%	$18K+118.9%	$8K+129.5%	-$28K	$0-100.0%	$91K+14715.3%	-$621
Income Tax	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0	$0	N/A	N/A
Net Income	-$828K	-$828K+30.4%	-$1.2M+20.8%	-$1.5M-25.2%	-$1.2M-225.9%	-$368K+37.2%	-$586K+66.7%	-$1.8M-38.8%	-$1.3M-3.8%	-$1.2M+4.6%	-$1.3M	N/A	N/A	-$1.2M+17.0%	-$1.5M+12.7%	-$1.7M
EPS (Diluted)	-$0.02	-$0.02	-$0.05	-$0.21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Metric	Q2'25	Q1'25	Q4'24	Q3'24	Q2'24	Q1'24	Q4'23	Q3'23
Revenue	$32K-21.5%	$41K+10.3%	$37K-28.9%	$52K+17.8%	$44K-8.6%	$48K+17.7%	$41K-52.1%	$86K
Cost of Revenue	$11K-50.5%	$22K+84.3%	$12K-62.9%	$33K+119.1%	$15K+191.1%	$5K-92.4%	$68K-21.1%	$86K
Gross Profit	$21K+13.9%	$18K-25.9%	$25K+28.5%	$19K-33.9%	$29K-32.3%	$43K+263.0%	-$26K-34501.3%	$77
SG&A Expenses	$50K-7.5%	$54K-24.3%	$71K+23.6%	$58K+7.6%	$54K-25.7%	$72K+7.9%	$67K+2.7%	$65K
Operating Income	-$94K+32.6%	-$140K+12.9%	-$160K-19.7%	-$134K-52.7%	-$88K+50.2%	-$176K+33.2%	-$264K-4.0%	-$253K
Net Income	-$169K+28.1%	-$235K-4.4%	-$225K-14.0%	-$198K-28.6%	-$154K+38.7%	-$251K+17.1%	-$303K+29.5%	-$430K
EPS (Diluted)	$0.00+100.0%	-$0.01	$0.00+100.0%	-$0.01	$0.00+100.0%	-$0.010.0%	-$0.01+50.0%	-$0.02

Not reported in any period shown, so not listed: R&D Expenses, Interest Expense, Income Tax.

MLRT Balance Sheet

Figures in USD, abbreviated K (thousand), M (million), B (billion), T (trillion). Negative values carry a minus sign and red type.

MLRT quarterly balance sheet

Metric	FY24	FY23	FY22	FY21	FY20	FY19	FY18	FY17	FY16	FY15	FY14	FY13	FY12	FY11	FY10
Total Assets	$534K-12.5%	$610K+272.6%	$164K-59.1%	$400K+34.2%	$298K-4.5%	$312K+16.3%	$268K-23.2%	$350K-25.5%	$469K+52.0%	$309K+8.7%	$284K+53.4%	$185K+2.3%	$181K-74.1%	$698K+33.6%	$522K
Current Assets	$310K-4.0%	$323K+218.4%	$101K-67.1%	$308K+6.0%	$290K+4.1%	$279K+43.9%	$194K-8.8%	$213K-25.1%	$284K+75.2%	$162K+1.7%	$159K+67.3%	$95K+105.1%	$46K-87.6%	$373K+156.9%	$145K
Cash & Equivalents	$54K-21.8%	$68K+702.0%	$9K-93.8%	$138K+79.9%	$77K-38.6%	$125K+79.2%	$70K+4704.4%	$1K-98.5%	$95K+1112.9%	$8K-35.3%	$12K-81.2%	$65K+111.3%	$31K-66.6%	$92K+37.8%	$66K
Inventory	$237K+2.4%	$232K+230.6%	$70K-28.6%	$98K-13.9%	$114K+215.4%	$36K+60.4%	$23K-61.0%	$58K-47.9%	$111K+92.5%	$58K-42.6%	$100K+13002.6%	$766-50.8%	$2K-98.9%	$145K+319.3%	$35K
Accounts Receivable	$12K-31.8%	$17K+24.7%	$14K+1.6%	$14K-66.1%	$40K-15.3%	$48K-51.0%	$98K+4.8%	$93K+64.2%	$57K+38.4%	$41K+31.6%	$31K+1545.6%	$2K-68.8%	$6K-95.3%	$130K+333.3%	$30K
Total Liabilities	$5.0M+10.5%	$4.5M+29.7%	$3.5M0.0%	$3.5M+2.2%	$3.4M-13.0%	$3.9M+5.2%	$3.7M+45.3%	$2.6M+31.4%	$1.9M+30.7%	$1.5M+9.9%	$1.4M-8.4%	$1.5M+108.4%	$710K+26.1%	$563K+17.2%	$481K
Current Liabilities	$4.6M+5.0%	$4.4M+31.1%	$3.3M+6.3%	$3.1M-1.5%	$3.2M-18.6%	$3.9M+5.2%	$3.7M+96.9%	$1.9M+24.4%	$1.5M+17.7%	$1.3M-4.9%	$1.4M+63.1%	$831K+17.0%	$710K+26.1%	$563K+17.2%	$481K
Long-Term Debt	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$670K+56.2%	$429K+114.5%	$200K	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total Equity	-$4.4M-14.1%	-$3.9M-17.7%	-$3.3M-7.7%	-$3.1M0.0%	-$3.1M+14.5%	-$3.6M-4.3%	-$3.4M-56.2%	-$2.2M-49.5%	-$1.5M-25.1%	-$1.2M-10.2%	-$1.1M+17.3%	-$1.3M-144.8%	-$529K-491.9%	$135K+223.2%	$42K
Retained Earnings	-$29.6M-2.9%	-$28.7M-4.3%	-$27.6M-5.8%	-$26.1M-7.8%	-$24.2M-2.6%	-$23.6M-3.2%	-$22.8M-8.7%	-$21.0M-6.4%	-$19.7M-6.6%	-$18.5M-7.4%	-$17.2M-11.7%	-$15.4M-10.8%	-$13.9M-9.6%	-$12.7M-13.0%	-$11.2M

Metric	Q2'25	Q1'25	Q4'24	Q3'24	Q2'24	Q1'24	Q4'23	Q3'23
Total Assets	$448K-11.1%	$504K-5.7%	$534K+3.8%	$515K-2.3%	$527K-15.2%	$621K+1.8%	$610K-18.0%	$744K
Current Assets	$252K-13.9%	$293K-5.3%	$310K+9.2%	$284K+1.3%	$280K-20.6%	$353K+9.3%	$323K-25.1%	$431K
Cash & Equivalents	$7K-82.7%	$41K-24.0%	$54K+82.5%	$29K-0.9%	$30K-65.6%	$86K+25.8%	$68K-35.6%	$106K
Inventory	$222K-1.3%	$224K-5.5%	$237K+5.3%	$225K-0.6%	$227K-4.2%	$237K+2.1%	$232K-9.7%	$257K
Accounts Receivable	$17K-20.3%	$21K+79.4%	$12K-51.1%	$24K+40.9%	$17K-31.2%	$25K+43.8%	$17K-72.0%	$62K
Total Liabilities	$5.2M+1.1%	$5.2M+3.4%	$5.0M+4.7%	$4.8M+3.8%	$4.6M+1.3%	$4.5M+0.3%	$4.5M+4.9%	$4.3M
Current Liabilities	$4.9M+0.7%	$4.8M+5.0%	$4.6M-0.7%	$4.6M+3.9%	$4.4M+1.4%	$4.4M+0.4%	$4.4M+5.1%	$4.2M
Total Equity	-$4.8M-2.5%	-$4.6M-4.5%	-$4.4M-4.9%	-$4.2M-4.6%	-$4.1M-3.9%	-$3.9M-0.1%	-$3.9M-9.7%	-$3.6M
Retained Earnings	-$30.0M-0.6%	-$29.8M-0.8%	-$29.6M-0.8%	-$29.3M-0.7%	-$29.2M-0.5%	-$29.0M-0.9%	-$28.7M-1.1%	-$28.4M

Not reported in any period shown, so not listed: Goodwill, Long-Term Debt.

MLRT Cash Flow Statement

Figures in USD, abbreviated K (thousand), M (million), B (billion), T (trillion). Negative values carry a minus sign and red type.

MLRT quarterly cash flow statement

Metric	TTM	FY24	FY23	FY22	FY21	FY20	FY19	FY18	FY17	FY16	FY15	FY14	FY13	FY12	FY11	FY10
Operating Cash Flow	-$362K	-$439K-5.1%	-$417K+17.7%	-$507K-1.9%	-$498K+10.6%	-$557K-294.9%	-$141K+66.1%	-$416K+34.1%	-$632K-72.9%	-$366K+45.1%	-$666K-25.3%	-$532K-53.9%	-$345K-36.0%	-$254K+61.9%	-$666K+21.0%	-$843K
Capital Expenditures	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$100K	N/A	N/A	$14K+83.2%	$8K-55.3%	$17K+261.8%	$5K+53.1%	$3K+174.0%	-$1K-92.1%	$15K-78.6%	$68K-56.8%	$157K
Free Cash Flow	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-$598K	N/A	N/A	-$431K+32.7%	-$640K-67.1%	-$383K+42.9%	-$671K-25.4%	-$535K-54.3%	-$347K-29.1%	-$269K+63.4%	-$734K+26.6%	-$1.0M
Investing Cash Flow	-$11K	-$13K-129.6%	$42K+1382.0%	-$3K+96.7%	-$99K-167.6%	$146K+241.8%	$43K+400.2%	-$14K-83.2%	-$8K+62.8%	-$21K+20.3%	-$26K-733.5%	-$3K-174.0%	-$1K+92.1%	-$15K+78.6%	-$68K+56.8%	-$157K
Financing Cash Flow	$350K	$436K+0.3%	$435K+14.3%	$380K-42.2%	$658K+81.7%	$362K+135.9%	$154K-69.2%	$499K-8.6%	$546K+15.2%	$474K-31.1%	$688K+42.7%	$482K+26.7%	$381K+83.4%	$208K-72.7%	$759K+24.1%	$612K

Metric	Q2'25	Q1'25	Q4'24	Q3'24	Q2'24	Q1'24	Q4'23	Q3'23
Operating Cash Flow	-$79K+18.7%	-$97K+5.2%	-$102K-23.0%	-$83K+10.0%	-$92K+42.4%	-$160K-31.4%	-$122K+12.4%	-$139K
Capital Expenditures	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2K	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Free Cash Flow	N/A	N/A	N/A	-$85K	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Investing Cash Flow	$0+100.0%	-$984+87.2%	-$8K-309.1%	-$2K	$0+100.0%	-$3K	$0	N/A
Financing Cash Flow	$45K-46.8%	$85K-36.5%	$134K+58.2%	$85K+136.0%	$36K-80.1%	$181K+115.1%	$84K-46.8%	$158K

Not reported in any period shown, so not listed: Dividends Paid, Share Buybacks.

MLRT Financial Ratios

Margins and returns are percentages; the remaining ratios are unitless multiples.

MLRT quarterly financial ratios

Metric	FY24	FY23	FY22	FY21	FY20	FY19	FY18	FY17	FY16	FY15	FY14	FY13	FY12	FY11	FY10
Gross Margin	64.2%+55.6pp	8.6%-34.7pp	43.3%0.0pp	43.3%-0.2pp	43.5%-43.6pp	87.1%+18.1pp	69.0%+8.0pp	61.0%+10.3pp	50.8%+17.6pp	33.2%-12.7pp	45.9%+3.7pp	42.2%+21.6pp	20.6%+5.4pp	15.3%-32.6pp	47.9%
Operating Margin	-307.2%	-353.1%	-409.6%	-153.5%	-59.2%-71.7pp	12.5%	-148.3%	-191.6%	-131.2%	-287.1%	-710.1%	N/A	-331.9%	-219.9%	N/A
Net Margin	-456.4%	-479.3%	-449.2%	-203.7%	-34.8%+4.3pp	-39.1%	-255.9%	-235.2%	-173.4%	-284.9%	N/A	N/A	-331.6%	-220.9%	-395.0%
Return on Equity	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-1086.5%+2933.8pp	-4020.3%
Return on Assets	-155.1%+40.0pp	-195.0%+722.8pp	-917.8%-617.9pp	-299.9%-176.3pp	-123.6%+64.2pp	-187.8%+467.1pp	-654.9%-292.6pp	-362.3%-102.3pp	-260.0%+154.5pp	-414.5%	N/A	N/A	-672.7%-462.6pp	-210.0%+111.4pp	-321.4%
Current Ratio	0.070.0x	0.070.0x	0.03-0.1x	0.100.0x	0.090.0x	0.070.0x	0.05-0.1x	0.11-0.1x	0.19+0.1x	0.130.0x	0.120.0x	0.110.0x	0.07-0.6x	0.66+0.4x	0.30
Debt-to-Equity	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.17-7.3x	11.51
FCF Margin	N/A	N/A	N/A	-101.4%	N/A	N/A	-62.7%	-118.9%	-54.4%	-149.3%	-386.6%	-231.1%	-73.2%	-110.6%	-235.2%

Metric	Q2'25	Q1'25	Q4'24	Q3'24	Q2'24	Q1'24	Q4'23	Q3'23
Gross Margin	65.4%+20.3pp	45.1%-22.0pp	67.2%+30.0pp	37.1%-29.1pp	66.2%-23.2pp	89.4%+153.9pp	-64.5%-64.6pp	0.1%
Operating Margin	-293.7%	-342.3%	-433.1%	-257.1%	-198.3%	-364.3%	-641.9%	-295.5%
Net Margin	-528.4%	-577.3%	-609.8%	-380.2%	-348.4%	-519.8%	-737.7%	-501.0%
Return on Assets	-37.8%+9.0pp	-46.7%-4.5pp	-42.2%-3.8pp	-38.4%-9.2pp	-29.2%+11.2pp	-40.4%+9.2pp	-49.6%+8.1pp	-57.7%
Current Ratio	0.050.0x	0.060.0x	0.070.0x	0.060.0x	0.060.0x	0.080.0x	0.070.0x	0.10
FCF Margin	N/A	N/A	N/A	-163.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Not reported in any period shown, so not listed: Return on Equity, Debt-to-Equity.

Reported as filed but not readable as a share of revenue in the periods where the ratio runs further from zero than a revenue base allows; no change figure is given where either compared period is one of those: Operating Margin, Net Margin, FCF Margin.

Note: Shareholder equity is negative (-$4.4M), which causes debt-to-equity and return on equity ratios to appear negative or not meaningful. This can occur from accumulated losses or large share buyback programs.

Note: The current ratio is below 1.0 (0.07), indicating current liabilities exceed current assets, which may suggest potential short-term liquidity concerns.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is METALERT INC's annual revenue?

METALERT INC (MLRT) reported $181K in total revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a -26.9% change compared to the previous fiscal year. Revenue measures the total income earned from the company's primary business operations before any expenses are deducted.

How fast is METALERT INC's revenue growing?

METALERT INC (MLRT) revenue declined by 26.9% year-over-year, from $248K to $181K in fiscal year 2024.

Is METALERT INC profitable?

No, METALERT INC (MLRT) reported a net income of -$828K in fiscal year 2024.

What is METALERT INC's EBITDA?

METALERT INC (MLRT) had EBITDA of -$482K in fiscal year 2024, measuring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

What is METALERT INC's gross margin?

METALERT INC (MLRT) had a gross margin of 64.2% in fiscal year 2024, indicating the percentage of revenue retained after direct costs of goods sold.

What is METALERT INC's operating cash flow?

METALERT INC (MLRT) recorded an outflow of $439K in operating cash flow during fiscal year 2024, representing cash used by core business activities.

What are METALERT INC's total assets?

METALERT INC (MLRT) had $534K in total assets as of fiscal year 2024, including both current and long-term assets.

How many shares does METALERT INC have outstanding?

METALERT INC (MLRT) had 38M shares outstanding as of fiscal year 2024.

What is METALERT INC's current ratio?

METALERT INC (MLRT) had a current ratio of 0.07 as of fiscal year 2024, which is below 1.0, which may suggest potential liquidity concerns.

What is METALERT INC's return on assets (ROA)?

METALERT INC (MLRT) had a return on assets of -155.1% for fiscal year 2024, measuring how efficiently the company uses its assets to generate profit.

How does METALERT INC's liquidity compare with its operating cash outflow?

At the end of fiscal year 2024, METALERT INC (MLRT) held $54K in cash, cash equivalents and investments, and reported an operating cash outflow of $439K over that year. Dividing the one by the other, the reported balance equals about 1 month of the outflow reported that year. This is arithmetic over figures already filed, not a projection: it assumes nothing about future spending, financing or operations.

Why is METALERT INC's debt-to-equity ratio negative or not reported?

METALERT INC (MLRT) has negative shareholder equity of -$4.4M as of fiscal year 2024, so no debt-to-equity ratio is reported: dividing debt by equity that is not positive produces a number that cannot be read as leverage. This can occur when accumulated losses exceed invested capital, or after large share buyback programs. Other solvency metrics like the current ratio or interest coverage may be more informative.

What is METALERT INC's Altman Z-Score?

METALERT INC (MLRT) has an Altman Z-Score of -90.22, placing it in the Distress Zone (elevated bankruptcy risk). The Z-Score combines five financial ratios (working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market capitalization, and revenue relative to total assets) to predict the likelihood of bankruptcy. Scores above 2.99 indicate financial safety while scores below 1.81 suggest financial distress. Learn more in our complete guide to financial health indicators.

What is METALERT INC's Piotroski F-Score?

METALERT INC (MLRT) has a Piotroski F-Score of 3 out of 7 computable signals; 2 of the nine could not be computed from available data, so the full-scale strength rating is not shown. The F-Score evaluates nine binary signals across profitability (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, earnings quality), leverage (decreasing debt, improving liquidity, no share dilution), and operating efficiency (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Scores of 7 to 9 indicate strong and improving fundamentals. Learn more in our complete guide to financial health indicators.

Are METALERT INC's earnings high quality?

METALERT INC (MLRT) reported a net loss of $828K while operations used $439K of cash. With neither figure positive, the ratio between the two carries no quality signal. This ratio compares operating cash flow to net income. A ratio above 1.0x means the company generates more cash than its reported earnings, indicating sustainable, cash-backed profits. Ratios below 1.0x suggest earnings rely on accounting accruals rather than actual cash generation. Learn more in our complete guide to financial health indicators.