Yahoo Finance We're Hopeful That OneSoft Solutions (CVE:OSS) Will Use Its Cash Wisely
Even when a business is losing money, it's possible for shareholders to make money if they buy a good business at the right price. For example, although Amazon.com made losses for many years after listing, if you had bought and held the shares since 1999, you would have made a fortune. But the harsh reality is that very many loss making companies burn through all their cash and go bankrupt.
Given this risk, we thought we'd take a look at whether OneSoft Solutions (CVE:OSS) shareholders should be worried about its cash burn. In this article, we define cash burn as its annual (negative) free cash flow, which is the amount of money a company spends each year to fund its growth. We'll start by comparing its cash burn with its cash reserves in order to calculate its cash runway.
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Does OneSoft Solutions Have A Long Cash Runway?
You can calculate a company's cash runway by dividing the amount of cash it has by the rate at which it is spending that cash. When OneSoft Solutions last reported its balance sheet in September 2021, it had zero debt and cash worth CA$6.5m. Looking at the last year, the company burnt through CA$2.3m. So it had a cash runway of about 2.8 years from September 2021. That's decent, giving the company a couple years to develop its business. The image below shows how its cash balance has been changing over the last few years.
How Well Is OneSoft Solutions Growing?
It was fairly positive to see that OneSoft Solutions reduced its cash burn by 32% during the last year. And operating revenue was up by 13% too. On balance, we'd say the company is improving over time. Of course, we've only taken a quick look at the stock's growth metrics, here. This graph of historic earnings and revenue shows how OneSoft Solutions is building its business over time.
How Hard Would It Be For OneSoft Solutions To Raise More Cash For Growth?
There's no doubt OneSoft Solutions seems to be in a fairly good position, when it comes to managing its cash burn, but even if it's only hypothetical, it's always worth asking how easily it could raise more money to fund growth. Generally speaking, a listed business can raise new cash through issuing shares or taking on debt. Many companies end up issuing new shares to fund future growth. We can compare a company's cash burn to its market capitalisation to get a sense for how many new shares a company would have to issue to fund one year's operations.
Since it has a market capitalisation of CA$69m, OneSoft Solutions' CA$2.3m in cash burn equates to about 3.3% of its market value. That's a low proportion, so we figure the company would be able to raise more cash to fund growth, with a little dilution, or even to simply borrow some money.
Is OneSoft Solutions' Cash Burn A Worry?
As you can probably tell by now, we're not too worried about OneSoft Solutions' cash burn. In particular, we think its cash runway stands out as evidence that the company is well on top of its spending. Its revenue growth wasn't quite as good, but was still rather encouraging! Looking at all the measures in this article, together, we're not worried about its rate of cash burn; the company seems well on top of its medium-term spending needs. On another note, OneSoft Solutions has 5 warning signs (and 1 which is a bit unpleasant) we think you should know about.
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