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CVD Equipment
(NASDAQ:CVV)
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Rating:58Neutral
Price Target:
$8.00
▲(71.31% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:06/12/26
The score is held back primarily by weak operating results and negative cash generation despite a very strong, low-debt balance sheet. Technicals are supportive and the earnings call showed meaningful liquidity improvement and cost actions, but profitability and demand/order visibility remain the key near-term risks, and valuation signals are constrained by negative earnings.
Positive Factors
Low leverage / strong balance sheet
The company’s essentially debt-free balance sheet and meaningful equity base provide durable financial flexibility. This reduces bankruptcy and refinancing risk, supports strategic optionality (capex, M&A, restructuring), and creates a multi-quarter runway to execute transformation without immediate financing.
Negative Factors
Severe revenue deterioration
A dramatic decline in system sales highlights structural weakness in equipment demand and order conversion. Capital-equipment cycles can remain depressed for multiple quarters, making a sustained return to profitable scale uncertain without visible, durable pickup in orders or new addressable-market wins.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Low leverage / strong balance sheet
The company’s essentially debt-free balance sheet and meaningful equity base provide durable financial flexibility. This reduces bankruptcy and refinancing risk, supports strategic optionality (capex, M&A, restructuring), and creates a multi-quarter runway to execute transformation without immediate financing.
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CVD Equipment (CVV) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$55.04M
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)37.15K
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)0.92
Revenue Growth-36.20%
EPS Growth-4349.51%
CountryUS
Employees85
SectorIndustrials
Sector Strength72
IndustryIndustrial - Machinery
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-0.52
Shares Outstanding6,940,509
10 Day Avg. Volume21,589
30 Day Avg. Volume37,145
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.75
Price to Book (P/B)0.86
Price to Sales (P/S)0.82
P/FCF Ratio-5.70
Enterprise Value/Market Cap0.74
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.11
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit8.61
Enterprise Value/Ebitda-13.37
Forecast
1Y Price TargetN/A
Price Target UpsideN/A
Rating ConsensusN/A
Number of Analyst Covering0
EPS Forecast (FY)N/A
Revenue Forecast (FY)N/A
CVD Equipment Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
CVD Equipment Corporation, along with its affiliated entities, specializes in the engineering, manufacturing, and distribution of sophisticated process equipment and comprehensive solutions. These offerings are instrumental in the creation and fab...
How the Company Makes Money
CVD Equipment primarily makes money by selling capital equipment and engineered systems for thin-film deposition and high-temperature materials processing. Its core revenue stream is the sale of custom and standard CVD and related processing tools...
CVD Equipment Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:May 14, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Aug 17, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Negative
The call highlighted a meaningful strategic positive (the SDC divestiture) that materially strengthened liquidity (net proceeds $14.8M, pro forma cash ~$23M) and a clear cost-reduction plan (expected $1.8M annual savings). However, the continuing CVD Equipment business is experiencing severe near-term weakness: revenue plunged 70.9% YoY, gross margin compressed to 8%, operating losses widened, and order flow remains soft and influenced by external headwinds and customer concentration. While the balance sheet improvement provides runway to execute the transformation and evaluate strategic alternatives, the operational trends are substantially negative in the near term.Positive Updates
SDC Divestiture Strengthened Balance Sheet
Sold SDC to Atlas Copco for approximately $16.9M (subject to adjustments); net cash proceeds received in April 2026 were $14.8M (after transaction costs and employee-related liabilities). Immediately following the sale the company had approximately $23M in cash and no long-term debt. An additional $900k was placed in escrow and net proceeds have been invested in short-term treasury securities.
Negative Updates
Sharp Revenue Decline
Continuing CVD Equipment revenue for Q1 2026 was $1.8M, down 70.9% year-over-year from $6.3M and down 30.9% sequentially from $2.7M in Q4 2025, reflecting a material reduction in system sales.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
SDC Divestiture Strengthened Balance Sheet
Sold SDC to Atlas Copco for approximately $16.9M (subject to adjustments); net cash proceeds received in April 2026 were $14.8M (after transaction costs and employee-related liabilities). Immediately following the sale the company had approximately $23M in cash and no long-term debt. An additional $900k was placed in escrow and net proceeds have been invested in short-term treasury securities.
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Company Guidance
Management framed guidance around their transformation and balance‑sheet actions: Q1 2026 continuing‑operations revenue was $1.8M (down 70.9% YoY from $6.3M and down 30.9% sequentially from $2.7M), orders were $1.8M, backlog $4.7M, gross profit $147k (8% margin; benefited ~$317k from a contract modification), operating loss $1.8M and net loss from continuing operations $1.7M ($0.25 per share) versus $229k ($0.03) a year earlier. They closed the SDC sale for ~ $16.9M (net cash proceeds $14.8M, $900k in escrow), had $8.2M cash at March 31 and roughly $23M immediately post‑close with no long‑term debt, invested proceeds in short‑term treasuries, reported Q1 net cash used in operations of $0.9M, working capital of $12.8M, $556k proceeds from equipment sales (paid off $181k equipment loan), and expect workforce reductions to cut ~ $1.8M of annual operating costs in 2026; a return to sustained profitability, they said, depends on improved equipment order flow, disciplined cost control, execution of the transformation plan and controlled capital expenditures.CVD Equipment Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
32
Negative
Balance Sheet
78
Positive
Cash Flow
35
Negative
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Mar 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 19.31M | 25.79M | 26.88M | 24.11M | 25.81M | 16.45M |
| Gross Profit | 4.74M | 7.29M | 6.33M | 5.07M | 6.63M | 3.08M |
| EBITDA | -3.05M | -886.00K | -1.17M | -3.38M | 655.00K | 5.78M |
| Net Income | -3.61M | -1.58M | -1.90M | -4.18M | -224.00K | 4.75M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 26.21M | 27.51M | 31.69M | 35.02M | 37.91M | 35.52M |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 8.20M | 8.73M | 12.60M | 14.03M | 14.37M | 16.65M |
| Total Debt | 0.00 | 181.00K | 268.00K | 349.00K | 426.00K | 1.77M |
| Total Liabilities | 2.93M | 2.78M | 6.32M | 8.82M | 8.51M | 6.34M |
| Stockholders Equity | 23.28M | 24.73M | 25.37M | 26.20M | 29.40M | 29.19M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | -2.28M | -3.73M | -1.59M | -624.00K | -524.00K | -4.51M |
| Operating Cash Flow | -2.27M | -3.68M | -1.49M | -206.00K | 194.00K | -4.27M |
| Investing Cash Flow | 492.00K | -99.00K | 144.00K | -133.00K | -708.00K | 22.84M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -247.00K | -87.00K | -82.00K | -1.00K | -1.77M | -9.62M |
CVD Equipment Technical Analysis
Positive
4.67
Price Trends
6.78
Positive
5.53
Positive
4.64
Positive
Market Momentum
0.42
Negative
63.36
Neutral
66.93
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For CVV, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 4.67 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 7.24, below the 50-day MA of 6.78, and above the 200-day MA of 4.64, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 0.42 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 63.36 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 66.93 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for CVV.
CVD Equipment Risk Analysis
CVD Equipment disclosed 32 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. CVD Equipment reported the most risks in the "Production" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
CVD Equipment Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (63)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
64 Neutral | $101.57M | 20.34 | 7.92% | ― | 9.07% | ― | |
63 Neutral | $10.79B | 15.43 | 7.44% | 2.01% | 2.89% | -14.66% | |
61 Neutral | $14.32M | 1.97 | 21.29% | ― | 14.06% | -76.57% | |
58 Neutral | $55.04M | -15.49 | -14.58% | ― | -36.20% | -4349.51% | |
42 Neutral | $10.25M | -0.70 | -82.18% | ― | -10.85% | 5.17% | |
| ― | $23.63M | -0.04 | 227.38% | ― | 595.90% | 80.30% | |
44 Neutral | $49.82M | -1.35 | -4407.08% | ― | 40.40% | -99.95% |
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