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We have been a developer and manufacturer of advanced optical instruments since 1982, and we operate primarily in two key market segments: medical devices and advanced defense/aerospace products. Within our proprietary optical and imaging technology, our unique custom designs, expert manufacturing capabilities, and advanced engineering and development capabilities have generated traditional end…
$4.34
$0.11 (-2.47%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
The business is unprofitable at the operating level (-29.08% margin). The thesis depends entirely on whether and when it reaches sustainable profitability.
Revenue declined 0.1% YoY. Margins deteriorated 14.8pp alongside, both lines moving the wrong way.
ROIC dropped from -15.65% to -32.86%, capital efficiency is deteriorating. Negative free cash flow of -$4M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$29M
Net Income (TTM)
-$5M
▼ -95.8% YoY
Op. Margin
-16.44%
▼ -14.8pp YoY
ROIC
-24.07%
▼ -17.2pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (FY)
-$4M
▼ -27.7% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
-$1M
▼ -32.2% YoY
Net Debt
-$6M
Net Cash Position
Cash & Equiv.
$11M
5Y CAGR: +14.0%
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Precision Optics Corporation (POCI)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Precision Optics Corporation scores 35/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard, weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full . This is analysis, not investment advice.
Precision Optics Corporation scores 35 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 6 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a -16.4% operating margin and a -24.1% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh POCI's valuation and scores 35/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.