Hestia Insight (OTCPK:HSTA) - Share price, News & Analysis

HSTA fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	0/6

HSTA Stock Overview

Hestia Insight Inc. provides strategic consulting and capital market advisory services for micro, small, and medium sized companies in the healthcare, biotech, and fintech sectors.

Risk Analysis

Earnings have declined by 17.1% per year over past 5 years

Shares are highly illiquid

Makes less than USD$1m in revenue ($19K)

Does not have a meaningful market cap ($84M)

Hestia Insight Competitors

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Hestia Insight
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$2.99
52 Week High	US$6.96
52 Week Low	US$2.14
Beta	0.75
1 Month Change	-0.33%
3 Month Change	-14.57%
1 Year Change	-42.50%
3 Year Change	-81.31%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-99.40%

Shareholder Returns

	HSTA	US Professional Services	US Market
7D	-0.3%	-3.1%	-2.5%
1Y	-42.5%	-16.0%	-10.4%

Return vs Industry: HSTA underperformed the US Professional Services industry which returned -16% over the past year.

Return vs Market: HSTA underperformed the US Market which returned -10.4% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is HSTA's price volatile compared to industry and market?
HSTA volatility
HSTA Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Professional Services Industry Average Movement	7.0%
Market Average Movement	7.8%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	16.7%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	2.8%

Stable Share Price: Insufficient data to determine HSTA's volatility over the past 3 months.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine HSTA's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
n/a	3	Edward Lee	https://www.hestiainsight.com

Hestia Insight Inc. provides strategic consulting and capital market advisory services for micro, small, and medium sized companies in the healthcare, biotech, and fintech sectors. It also offers healthcare management and patient services, as well as develops healthcare technologies and analysis for neurological and psychiatric disorders. In addition, the company provides medical supply sales support and management, and sales and marketing guidance and services.

Hestia Insight Fundamentals Summary

How do Hestia Insight's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
HSTA fundamental statistics
Market Cap	US$83.54m
Earnings (TTM)	-US$19.40m
Revenue (TTM)	US$18.50k

4,530x

P/S Ratio

-4.3x

P/E Ratio

Is HSTA overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report
HSTA income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$18.50k
Cost of Revenue	US$1.48k
Gross Profit	US$17.02k
Other Expenses	US$19.42m
Earnings	-US$19.40m

Last Reported Earnings

Feb 28, 2022

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-0.69
Gross Margin	92.01%
Net Profit Margin	-104,857.19%
Debt/Equity Ratio	0%

How did HSTA perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Valuation

Is Hestia Insight undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
PE vs Industry
PE vs Market
PEG Ratio
PB vs Industry

105.06x

Price to Book (PB) ratio

Share Price vs. Fair Value

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate HSTA's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate HSTA's fair value for valuation analysis.

Price To Earnings Ratio

PE vs Industry: HSTA is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US Professional Services industry average.

PE vs Market: HSTA is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US market.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate HSTA's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.

Price to Book Ratio

PB vs Industry: HSTA is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (105.1x) compared to the US Professional Services industry average (2.7x).

Future Growth

How is Hestia Insight forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?

Future Growth Score

0/6

Future Growth Score 0/6

Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE

22.3%

Forecasted Commercial Services industry annual growth in earnings

In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as Hestia Insight has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.

This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.

Past Performance

How has Hestia Insight performed over the past 5 years?

Past Performance Score

0/6

Past Performance Score 0/6

Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE

-17.1%

Historical annual earnings growth

Earnings and Revenue History

Quality Earnings: HSTA is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: HSTA is currently unprofitable.

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: HSTA is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 17.1% per year.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare HSTA's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable

Earnings vs Industry: HSTA is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Professional Services industry (32.6%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: HSTA has a negative Return on Equity (-2439.52%), as it is currently unprofitable.

Financial Health

How is Hestia Insight's financial position?

Financial Health Score

6/6

Financial Health Score 6/6

Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Debt Coverage
Interest Coverage

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: HSTA's short term assets ($788.2K) exceed its short term liabilities ($50.5K).

Long Term Liabilities: HSTA's short term assets ($788.2K) exceed its long term liabilities ($5.0K).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: HSTA is debt free.

Reducing Debt: HSTA had no debt 5 years ago.

Debt Coverage: HSTA has no debt, therefore it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.

Interest Coverage: HSTA has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.

Balance Sheet

Dividend

What is Hestia Insight current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?

Dividend Score

0/6

Dividend Score 0/6

Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage

Dividend Yield vs Market

Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate HSTA's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

High Dividend: Unable to evaluate HSTA's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

Stability and Growth of Payments

Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if HSTA's dividends per share have been stable in the past.

Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if HSTA's dividend payments have been increasing.

Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.

Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as HSTA has not reported any payouts.

Next Steps

Explore strong dividend paying companies in the Commercial Services industry.

Management

How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?

US$50k

CEO Compensation

CEO

Edward Lee (68 yo)

no data

Tenure

US$50,000

Compensation

Mr. Edward C. Lee is Founder of Hestia Investments Inc and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer. He serves as Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Tre...

CEO Compensation Analysis

Compensation vs Market: Edward's total compensation ($USD50.00K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD770.21K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Edward's compensation with company performance.

Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Recent Insider Transactions

Ownership Breakdown

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2022/05/15 00:00
End of Day Share Price	2022/05/11 00:00
Earnings	2022/02/28
Annual Earnings	2021/11/30