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Is SolarMax Technology going out of business?

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SolarMax Technology, Inc. (SMXT) Fundamentals

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SolarMax Technology, Inc. (SMXT) scores 26 out of 100 on fundamentals, Distressed / Caution, based on SEC filing data.

Quality score 26/100
Rating Distressed / Caution
Sector Industrial/Cyclical
Market cap $11.0M
Last close $2.33
Revenue growth (YoY) 309.5%
FCF margin (TTM) -4.1%
Dividend yield 0.0%

Leading signal: Debt / Equity: Negative equity (balance sheet deficit; monitor solvency)

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Survival - Fragile
10-15 mo of estimated runway from 2026-03-31, based on $4.3M of cash and short-term investments against $4.1M of annual burn. A disclosed filing event caps this reading; Event Risk carries the detail.
Business quality - Poor
-5.1% operating margin and -4.1% FCF margin produce a poor Business Quality assessment.
Trajectory - Accelerating
Revenue, operating margin and cash margin improved together. Revenue improved 309.5%; operating margin improved 58.6pp; FCF margin improved 69.4pp. The TTM window includes a mixed-basis Q4 estimate.
Valuation - Extreme expectations
-18.6% normalized FCF yield supports an extreme expectations Valuation assessment on the ttm basis.
Event risk - Critical event risk
Going-Concern Warning is the decisive filing event; one adverse event family is active. It appears across 2 scanned filings. Favorable events are shown separately and do not offset adverse risk.

What the rules read

  • Debt / Equity: Negative equity (balance sheet deficit; monitor solvency)
  • Interest coverage: -3.9x
  • Filing event risk: Going-Concern Warning (-8 pts)
  • FCF margin: -4.12%
  • Shares dilution YoY: 26.49% (YoY)
  • ROE quality: 46.77%
  • Asset Efficiency: 0.93x
  • Net income trend: 76.34% (Loss narrowing)
  • Revenue CAGR (3Y): 26.71%
  • Revenue growth YoY: 114.08% (Industrial YoY) - Growth from a low base; sustainability uncertain.
  • Return on Assets: -5.02%
  • Asset Growth Velocity: 175.17% YoY (Aggressive buildout)

Read from filings through 2026-08-21.

Price as of 2026-09-11.

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