Negative Free Cash FlowPersistent negative free cash flow means the company is not converting profits into cash available for debt service, dividends, or investment. This structural cash conversion shortfall can limit strategic flexibility and force reliance on external funding, raising long-term liquidity and financing risk.
Severely Compressed Net MarginsA collapse in net margins undermines return on capital and the company's ability to self-fund growth or absorb cost shocks. Such margin erosion reflects cost pressure or pricing weakness that, if structural, reduces long-term profitability and makes sustaining investment and servicing debt more challenging.
Remaining Leverage/Liquidity RiskDespite deleveraging progress, the balance sheet still shows a relatively high debt burden versus equity and liquidity constraints implied by the current ratio. Ongoing elevated leverage risks reduced resilience to downturns, higher interest costs, and constrained capacity for capital allocation decisions.