TOMZ - TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. Stock Price, Fair Value and News

0.57USD-0.02 (-3.39%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD0.57-0.02

Market Closed

-3.39%

TOMZ Stock Price

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TOMZ Valuation

Market Cap

11.4M

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

-2.04

Price/Sales (Trailing)

1.55

EV/EBITDA

-2.98

Price/Free Cashflow

-3.08

TOMZ Price/Sales (Trailing)

TOMZ Profitability

Operating Margin

58.32%

EBT Margin

-46.26%

Return on Equity

-66.75%

Return on Assets

-41.77%

Free Cashflow Yield

-32.5%

TOMZ Fundamentals

TOMZ Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

7.4M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-45.66%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

3.92%

TOMZ Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

-5.6M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

-18.14%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-277.74%

Breaking Down TOMZ Revenue

Last 7 days

-6.6%

Last 30 days

-12.3%

Last 90 days

-25%

Trailing 12 Months

-21.9%

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TOMZ Financial Health

Current Ratio

4.84

TOMZ Investor Care

Shares Dilution (1Y)

0.97%

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	7.6M	8.9M	8.6M	7.4M
2022	8.0M	8.0M	7.5M	8.3M
2021	20.0M	11.5M	9.4M	7.8M
2020	12.1M	20.5M	23.2M	25.0M
2019	5.5M	5.9M	5.6M	6.3M
2018	5.2M	5.1M	6.0M	5.6M
2017	5.0M	6.1M	6.1M	5.0M
2016	5.2M	4.7M	4.8M	5.6M
2015	2.7M	3.0M	3.5M	4.2M
2014	1.4M	1.6M	1.8M	2.2M
2013	598.9K	553.2K	586.6K	1.2M
2012	144.0K	352.0K	571.2K	573.3K
2011	320.0K	282.8K	245.6K	208.4K
2010	0	0	0	357.2K

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Aug 22, 2023	shane dr. halden stuart	bought	3,003	1.2	2,503	ceo
Aug 18, 2023	shane dr. halden stuart	bought	3,210	1.07	3,000	ceo
Jan 26, 2023	lim boh soon	acquired	17,000	0.85	20,000	-
Jan 26, 2023	anderson kelly	acquired	17,000	0.85	20,000	-
Jan 26, 2023	johnsen walter c	acquired	17,000	0.85	20,000	-
Jul 16, 2022	shane dr. halden stuart	acquired	25,000	0.8	31,250	chief executive officer
Jan 20, 2022	johnsen walter c	acquired	19,665	1.14	17,250	-
Jan 20, 2022	lim boh soon	acquired	19,665	1.14	17,250	-
Jan 20, 2022	anderson kelly	acquired	19,665	1.14	17,250	-
Sep 03, 2021	shane dr. halden stuart	bought	42,824	2.02	21,200	chief executive officer

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
May 01, 2024	CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC.	sold off	-	-	-	-%
Apr 25, 2024	Allworth Financial LP	unchanged	-	-114	234	-%
Apr 19, 2024	Spinnaker Investment Group, LLC	added	37.25	-826	10,019	-%
Apr 12, 2024	Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC	unchanged	-	-5,426	13,596	-%
Mar 11, 2024	VANGUARD GROUP INC	added	0.22	67,487	561,032	-%
Feb 29, 2024	Scarborough Advisors, LLC	unchanged	-	11,207	94,688	0.02%
Feb 14, 2024	STATE STREET CORP	unchanged	-	7,309	52,731	-%
Feb 14, 2024	BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/	new	-	9.00	9.00	-%
Feb 13, 2024	Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)	reduced	-6.19	494	8,133	-%
Feb 13, 2024	MORGAN STANLEY	unchanged	-	410	3,464	-%

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Recent SEC filings of TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 01, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Apr 01, 2024	10-K	Annual Report
Feb 22, 2024	8-K	Current Report

Peers (Alternatives to TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
GE	178.1B	69.5B	19.21%	59.85%	50.72	2.56	16.04%	-60.91%
CAT	165.6B	67.0B	-8.09%	55.50%	14.73	2.47	8.59%	58.17%
CMI	38.3B	34.0B	-5.27%	24.88%	18.59	1.13	12.85%	-19.64%
AME	37.8B	6.7B	-9.47%	12.94%	28.67	5.61	7.11%	10.53%
ACM	12.8B	14.9B	-2.87%	14.96%	207.3	0.86	12.31%	-81.65%
MID-CAP
APG	10.2B	6.9B	-3.32%	67.81%	59.51	1.48	3.19%	62.26%
FLR	7.0B	15.5B	-0.60%	47.64%	50.75	0.45	12.59%	-4.48%
FLS	6.2B	4.4B	2.12%	34.86%	26.57	1.41	17.31%	1.26%
ACA	3.8B	2.3B	-6.70%	14.77%	23.68	1.63	2.90%	-35.23%
ALG	2.3B	1.7B	-9.42%	9.91%	17.41	1.38	8.96%	15.52%
SMALL-CAP
AMRC	1.1B	1.4B	-10.23%	-49.34%	17.88	0.81	-24.65%	-34.19%
NKLA	814.7M	35.8M	-37.11%	-33.70%	-0.84	22.73	-27.93%	-23.21%
AGX	808.4M	573.3M	22.83%	50.25%	24.98	1.41	26.00%	-2.24%
AMSC	399.3M	135.4M	-0.23%	231.38%	-24.34	2.95	-25.90%	65.37%
ADES	260.3M	99.2M	11.70%	380.37%	-21.25	2.62	-3.69%	-37.37%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

Income Statement (Quarterly)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	3.9%	1,527,674	1,470,019	2,774,699	1,582,172	2,811,501	1,759,620	1,458,395	2,308,584	2,010,033	2,204,569	1,465,525	2,073,455	3,654,134	4,291,588	10,028,497	7,053,418	1,855,441	1,600,387	1,638,674	1,252,658	1,078,104
Cost Of Revenue	4.2%	688,586	661,087	1,074,420	640,935	1,164,020	688,633	537,103	887,889	914,758	890,273	523,563	838,297	1,500,466	1,455,568	4,463,602	2,565,410	816,563	460,008	663,362	493,310	505,179
Gross Profit	3.7%	839,088	808,932	1,700,279	941,237	1,647,481	1,070,987	921,292	1,420,695	1,095,276	1,314,296	941,962	1,235,158	2,153,667	2,836,021	5,564,895	4,488,008	1,038,878	1,140,379	975,312	759,348	572,925
Operating Expenses	17.6%	2,010,243	1,709,968	1,789,219	2,129,383	2,353,417	1,724,507	1,784,009	2,080,522	2,829,286	1,800,933	2,135,192	2,745,491	5,057,274	1,739,693	1,908,235	1,828,599	-	1,327,965	1,510,645	1,627,377	-
S&GA Expenses	-32.6%	190,713	283,054	501,045	376,653	595,225	365,054	565,945	340,789	399,329	465,304	335,444	474,389	267,348	212,624	388,827	378,645	380,238	314,110	518,546	441,671	356,037
R&D Expenses	255.3%	271,211	76,339	73,728	70,520	97,630	118,182	99,350	37,076	78,055	93,274	205,751	195,620	209,603	44,862	141,123	59,458	91,209	88,137	68,659	92,577	543,769
EBITDA Margin	-41.1%	-0.41	-0.29	-0.26	-0.40	-0.31	-0.48	-0.43	-0.42	-0.54	-0.56	-0.31	0.05	0.21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-0.50	-	-	1,035	1,272	790	787	40,689	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	53,000
Income Taxes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-74,086	-	-	-	-	77,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earnings Before Taxes	-36.1%	-1,225,734	-900,780	-88,591	-1,187,487	-705,044	-653,150	-862,382	-659,484	-1,733,632	-486,558	-778,455	-1,510,941	-2,904,311	1,096,300	3,656,916	2,619,261	-541,683	-236,813	-584,704	-934,532	-
EBT Margin	-38.7%	-0.46	-0.33	-0.30	-0.45	-0.35	-0.52	-0.47	-0.46	-0.58	-0.60	-0.36	0.02	0.18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	-277.7%	-3,402,592	-900,780	-88,591	-1,187,487	-2,880,059	-653,150	-862,382	-659,484	-1,659,546	-486,558	-778,455	-1,510,941	-2,904,311	1,019,300	3,656,916	2,619,261	-541,683	-236,813	-584,704	-934,532	-1,308,486
Net Income Margin	-29.6%	-0.76	-0.59	-0.54	-0.73	-0.61	-0.51	-0.46	-0.45	-0.57	-0.60	-0.36	0.01	0.18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	-659.3%	-1,240,609	-163,391	-895,212	-1,397,433	-442,637	-489,927	-515,606	13,030	-96,641	-1,407,320	-1,411,438	-1,253,184	-605,155	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Balance Sheet																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	9.6%	13,358	12,189	13,346	13,736	15,500	15,645	15,670	17,194	16,273	18,072	14,281	16,051	16,770	17,577	17,427	11,949	8,225	8,594	9,306	9,643	10,080
Current Assets	11.2%	9,961	8,957	10,025	10,405	12,135	12,382	12,358	13,866	12,894	14,840	11,057	12,917	13,706	14,632	14,445	8,975	5,036	5,229	5,792	6,065	7,244
Cash Equivalents	65.8%	2,339	1,411	1,574	2,469	3,867	4,335	4,800	5,330	5,317	5,663	2,488	3,946	5,199	5,885	6,268	3,756	897	1,144	1,632	1,196	2,005
Inventory	3.2%	4,627	4,482	4,413	4,353	4,496	4,713	4,785	5,100	4,743	4,788	5,176	4,765	3,782	4,375	2,759	636	2,315	2,406	2,502	2,393	2,682
Net PPE	-7.9%	1,049	1,138	1,238	1,275	1,335	1,285	1,362	1,414	1,488	1,299	1,280	1,235	1,298	1,111	1,201	1,258	1,368	1,438	1,525	1,529	1,589
Liabilities	84.6%	4,999	2,708	2,964	3,266	4,052	3,848	3,245	3,906	2,678	2,836	3,140	4,132	3,567	4,325	5,268	3,625	7,336	7,162	7,638	7,397	7,084
Current Liabilities	1.1%	2,058	2,036	2,262	2,535	3,290	3,063	2,433	3,069	1,816	1,951	2,231	2,789	2,203	2,940	3,862	2,610	6,302	6,109	6,566	1,308	1,700
Shareholder's Equity	-11.8%	8,359	9,481	10,382	10,471	11,448	11,797	12,425	13,288	13,595	15,236	11,141	11,920	13,203	13,251	12,159	8,324	890	1,431	1,668	2,245	2,995
Retained Earnings	-2.5%	-49,826	-48,600	-47,699	-47,611	-46,423	-45,718	-45,065	-44,203	-43,543	-41,884	-41,397	-40,619	-39,108	-36,203	-37,223	-40,879	-43,499	-42,957	-42,720	-42,136	-41,201
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.2%	57,985	57,883	57,883	57,883	57,674	57,317	57,293	57,293	56,941	56,923	52,370	52,370	52,142	49,287	48,039	47,864	44,232	43,137	43,137	43,129	42,949
Shares Outstanding	0.5%	19,924	19,824	19,824	19,764	19,764	19,764	19,733	19,718	19,681	16,805	16,785	16,805	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Float	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,235	-	-	-	29,764	-	-	-	104,219	-	-	-	8,005	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	-657.0%	-1,236	-163	-835	-1,363	-305	-477	-478	27.00	-492*	-1,311	-1,287	-1,224	-366	-440	2,069	3,316	-241	-452	529	-648	-521
Share Based Compensation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,823	11.00	114	183	27.00	-	6.00	81.00	65.00
Cashflow From Investing	-Infinity%	-122	-	-60.21	-34.09	-163	-12.09	-51.80	-14.28	-344	-96.15	-170	-28.20	-350	-4.56	-31.43	-14.58	-4.93	-34.88	-93.16	-160	-500
Cashflow From Financing	-	2,288	-	-	-	-	25.00	-	-	-	4,582	-	-	30.00	63.00	474	-442	-	-	-	-	-150

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TOMZ Income Statement

2023-12-31

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Sales, net	$ 7,354,564	$ 8,338,099
Cost of Sales	3,065,028	3,277,644
Gross Profit	4,289,536	5,060,455
Operating Expenses:
Professional Fees	575,728	536,311
Depreciation and Amortization	366,677	329,164
Selling Expenses	1,351,465	1,867,013
Research and Development	491,798	352,238
Consulting Fees	282,548	215,180
General and Administrative	4,570,597	4,642,548
Total Operating Expenses	7,638,813	7,942,454
Income (loss) from Operations	(3,349,277)	(2,881,999)
Other Income (Expense):
Interest Income	11,990	1,939
Interest Expense	(63,305)	0
Total Other Income (Expense)	(53,315)	1,939
Income (loss) before income taxes	(3,402,592)	(2,880,060)
Provision for Income Taxes (Note 16)	0	0
Net Income (loss)	$ (3,402,592)	$ (2,880,060)
Net income (loss) Per Common Share
Basic	$ (0.17)	$ (0.15)
Diluted	$ (0.17)	$ (0.15)
Basic Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding	19,834,476	19,743,544
Diluted Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding	19,834,476	19,743,544

TOMZ Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
ASSETS
Cash and Cash Equivalents	$ 2,339,059	$ 3,866,733
Accounts Receivable - net	2,429,929	2,772,340
Other Receivables	164,150	164,150
Inventories (Note 3)	4,627,103	4,495,999
Vendor Deposits (Note 4)	29,335	447,052
Prepaid Expenses	371,298	388,359
Total Current Assets	9,960,874	12,134,633
Property and Equipment - net (Note 5)	1,048,642	1,335,331
Other Assets:
Intangible Assets - net (Note 6)	1,123,246	1,025,736
Operating Lease - Right of Use Asset (Note - 7)	467,935	528,996
Long Term Accounts Receivable - net	206,240	0
Other Assets	550,677	475,103
Total Other Assets	2,348,098	2,029,835
Total Assets	13,357,614	15,499,799
Current Liabilities:
Accounts Payable	1,267,029	1,761,750
Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities (Note 14)	675,491	728,703
Deferred Revenue	0	699,732
Current Portion of Long-Term Operating Lease (Note 7)	115,658	100,282
Total Current Liabilities	2,058,178	3,290,467
Long-Term Liabilities:
Long-Term Operating Lease, Net of Current Portion (Note 7)	642,527	761,132
Convertible Notes Payable, net of discount of $301,985 and $0 at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively (Note 10)	2,298,015	0
Total Long-Term Liabilities	2,940,542	761,132
Total Liabilities	4,998,720	4,051,599
Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock; par value $0.01 per share, 250,000,000 shares authorized; 19,923,955 and 19,763,955 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively	199,240	197,640
Additional Paid-In Capital	57,985,245	57,673,559
Accumulated Deficit	(49,826,229)	(46,423,637)
Total Shareholders' Equity	8,358,894	11,448,200
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	13,357,614	15,499,799
Cumulative Convertible Series A Preferred Stock
Shareholders' Equity:
Preferred Stock, value	638	638
Cumulative Convertible Series B Preferred Stock
Shareholders' Equity:
Preferred Stock, value	$ 0	$ 0

About TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.

TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc., a bacteria decontamination and infectious disease control company, provides environmental solutions for indoor surface decontamination in the United States and internationally. Its products and services include SteraMist Surface Unit, a portable, handheld, point and spray disinfection/decontamination system intended to provide quick turnover of any affected space; SteraMist Environment System, a transportable, remotely controlled system that offers complete room disinfection/decontamination of a sealed space; and The SteraMist Hospital Disinfection Cart, a solution to aid its hospital-healthcare customers in providing the quality of care and safety to their patients by disinfecting patient and operating rooms, pharmacies, ambulances, and emergency environments in a hospital or healthcare facility. The company also offers SteraMist Select Surface Unit; Stainless Steel 90-Degree Applicator; iHP Plasma Decontamination Chamber; SteraMist Custom Engineered System; and iHP Corporate Service Decontamination, which provides full room, equipment, facility, and emergency disinfection and decontamination services. It also manufactures, sells, services, and licenses SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology, a hydrogen peroxide-based mist and fog. The company's products and services are used in hospitals and medical facilities, bio-safety labs, pharmaceutical facilities, meat and produce processing facilities, universities and research facilities, vivarium labs, and other service industries including cruise ships, office buildings, hotel and motel rooms, schools, restaurants, military barracks, police and fire departments, prisons, and athletic facilities; and single-family homes and multi-unit residences. TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland.

CEO	Dr. Halden Stuart Shane
WEBSITE	https://tomimist.com
INDUSTRY	Apparel Manufacturing
EMPLOYEES	30

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What is the fair value of TOMZ stock?

You can check TOMZ's fair value in chart for subscribers. The fair value of TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. is provided for various growth and macro-economic scenarios from very pessimiatic to very optimistic assumptions. These fair values are estimates from Grufity's Fair Value model based on company's past performance. However, past performance of TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. is no guarantee of future performance. These fairvalue estimates should only be used as one of the inputs in your stock analysis. We provide model's historical fair value estimates for TOMZ so that you know how good or bad the model has been in the past so you can discard it if needed. There are others that provide fair values of stocks such as wallmine, finbox, gurufocus and finviz. Most provide point in time estimates. We provide a history of our models fair value estimates so that you can get a sense of it's usefulness. Otherwise this data point is of little use.

Is TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether TOMZ is over valued or under valued. Whether TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.'s fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for TOMZ.

What is TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.'s Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Thu May 02 2024, TOMZ's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is -2.04 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 1.55. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. TOMZ PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.'s stock?

In the past 10 years, TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. has provided -0.134 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.