CUI Global
Market Cap
US$28.7m
Last Updated
2019/12/07 00:14 UTC
Data Sources
Company Financials +
Executive Summary
CUI Global, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, and commercialization of power and electromechanical components worldwide.
Rewards
Risk Analysis
Currently unprofitable and not forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years
+ 1 more risk
Snowflake Analysis
Adequate balance sheet with limited growth.
Share Price & News
How has CUI Global's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: CUI's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
5.9%
CUI
-0.8%
US Electronic
-0.3%
US Market
1 Year Return
-34.8%
CUI
24.2%
US Electronic
18.6%
US Market
Return vs Industry: CUI underperformed the US Electronic industry which returned 24.2% over the past year.
Return vs Market: CUI underperformed the US Market which returned 18.6% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| CUI | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | 5.9% | -0.8% | -0.3% |
| 30 Day | 57.4% | 0.5% | 2.2% |
| 90 Day | 59.7% | 9.8% | 5.6% |
| 1 Year | -34.8%-34.8% | 25.5%24.2% | 21.1%18.6% |
| 3 Year | -84.7%-84.7% | 45.3%41.3% | 45.6%36.2% |
| 5 Year | -85.5%-85.5% | 84.4%75.4% | 71.1%52.2% |
Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is CUI Global's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
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How Financially Strong Is CUI Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:CUI)?Valuation
Is CUI Global undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
0.78x
Price to Book (PB) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate CUI's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate CUI's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: CUI is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the Electronic industry average.
PE vs Market: CUI 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 CUI's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: CUI is good value based on its PB Ratio (0.8x) compared to the US Electronic industry average (2.1x).
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Future Growth
How is CUI Global forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 2 analysts?
58.6%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: CUI is forecast to remain unprofitable over the next 3 years.
Earnings vs Market: CUI is forecast to remain unprofitable over the next 3 years.
High Growth Earnings: CUI is forecast to remain unprofitable over the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: CUI's revenue (45.2% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the US market (7.4% per year).
High Growth Revenue: CUI's revenue (45.2% per year) is forecast to grow faster than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: Insufficient data to determine if CUI's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time
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Past Performance
How has CUI Global performed over the past 5 years?
-30.5%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: CUI is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: CUI is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: CUI is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of -30.5% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare CUI's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: CUI is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Electronic industry (53.7%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: CUI has a negative Return on Equity (-38.44%), as it is currently unprofitable.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Financial Health
How is CUI Global's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: CUI's short term assets ($42.4M) exceed its short term liabilities ($19.0M).
Long Term Liabilities: CUI's short term assets ($42.4M) exceed its long term liabilities ($6.7M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: CUI's debt to equity ratio (0.7%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: CUI's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 13.2% to 0.7% over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Inventory Level: CUI has a low level of unsold assets or inventory.
Debt Coverage by Assets: CUI's debt is covered by short term assets (assets are 157.7x debt).
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: CUI has less than a year of cash runway based on its current free cash flow.
Forecast Cash Runway: CUI has less than a year of cash runway if free cash flow continues to reduce at historical rates of -43.5% each year
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Dividend
What is CUI Global's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Current dividend yield vs market & industry
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate CUI's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate CUI's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if CUI's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if CUI's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of CUI's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the US market.
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Management
What is the CEO of CUI Global's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?
10.7yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Jim O'Neil (60yo)
0.2yrs
Tenure
Mr. James Francis O'Neil, III, also known as Jim, is Vice Chairman of CUI Global, Inc. since July 9, 2019 and served as its Lead Independent Director since July 9, 2019 until October 1, 2019 and serves as ...
Management Age and Tenure
10.7yrs
Average Tenure
48.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: CUI's management team is seasoned and experienced (10.7 years average tenure).
Board Age and Tenure
5.7yrs
Average Tenure
58.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: CUI's board of directors are considered experienced (5.7 years average tenure).
Insider Trading
Insider Buying: CUI insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Executive Officer Vice Chairman & CEO |
| Shares | 4,881 |
| Max Price | US$1.00 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Executive Officer Vice Chairman & CEO |
| Shares | 20,000 |
| Max Price | US$1.00 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Executive Officer Vice Chairman & CEO |
| Shares | 50,000 |
| Max Price | US$1.08 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Executive Officer Vice Chairman & CEO |
| Shares | 50,000 |
| Max Price | US$0.98 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Member of the Board of Directors Independent Director |
| Shares | 28,169 |
| Max Price | US$0.75 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Executive Officer Vice Chairman & CEO |
| Shares | 20,000 |
| Max Price | US$0.79 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Financial Officer CFO & COO of Energy Division |
| Shares | 10,000 |
| Max Price | US$0.75 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chairman of the Board Executive Chairman |
| Shares | 15,000 |
| Max Price | US$0.74 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chairman of the Board Executive Chairman |
| Shares | 10,000 |
| Max Price | US$0.97 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Financial Officer CFO & COO of Energy Division |
| Shares | 5,000 |
| Max Price | US$0.90 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chairman of the Board Executive Chairman |
| Shares | 15,000 |
| Max Price | US$1.33 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chairman of the Board Executive Chairman |
| Shares | 5,000 |
| Max Price | US$1.55 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Financial Officer CFO & COO of Energy Division |
| Shares | 5,000 |
| Max Price | US$1.52 |
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 2%.
Management Team
Jim O'Neil (60yo)
Vice Chairman & CEO
- Tenure: 0.2yrs
William Clough (68yo)
Executive Chairman
- Tenure: 5.8yrs
- Compensation: US$1.15m
Matt McKenzie (39yo)
Corporate Secretary
- Tenure: 0yrs
- Compensation: US$566.05k
Daniel Ford (40yo)
CFO & COO of Energy Division
- Tenure: 11.6yrs
- Compensation: US$645.03k
Larry Rightmyer
Director of Administrative Services
- Tenure: 0yrs
Mark Adams
Senior Vice President
- Tenure: 0yrs
Terry Williams
Project Director and Lead Engineer of GASPT2 Device
- Tenure: 9.8yrs
Nicholas Clough (39yo)
President & Chief Sales Officer of Orbital Gas Systems - North America
- Tenure: 0yrs
Paul White (57yo)
President of Orbital Gas Systems
- Tenure: 5.7yrs
- Compensation: US$412.72k
Board Members
Jim O'Neil (60yo)
Vice Chairman & CEO
- Tenure: 0.2yrs
Corey Lambrecht (49yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 12.4yrs
- Compensation: US$100.00k
William Clough (68yo)
Executive Chairman
- Tenure: 5.8yrs
- Compensation: US$1.15m
Steve Cochennet (63yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 2yrs
- Compensation: US$100.00k
Sean Rooney (48yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 11.9yrs
- Compensation: US$100.00k
Paul White (57yo)
President of Orbital Gas Systems
- Tenure: 5.7yrs
- Compensation: US$412.72k
Sarah Tucker
Independent Director
- Tenure: 0.2yrs
Company Information
CUI Global, Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: CUI Global, Inc.
- Ticker: CUI
- Exchange: NasdaqCM
- Founded: 1998
- Industry: Electronic Equipment and Instruments
- Sector: Tech
- Market Cap: US$28.736m
- Shares outstanding: 28.74m
- Website: https://www.cuiglobal.com
Number of Employees
Location
- CUI Global, Inc.
- 20050 SW 112th Avenue
- Tualatin
- Oregon
- 97062
- United States
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUI | NasdaqCM (Nasdaq Capital Market) | Yes | Common Stock | US | USD | Mar 2000 |
| CIJ | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Stock | DE | EUR | Mar 2000 |
Biography
CUI Global, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, and commercialization of power and electromechanical components worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Power a ...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2019/12/07 00:14 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2019/12/06 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2019/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2018/12/31 |
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