Yahoo Finance We Think RMA Global (ASX:RMY) Can Afford To Drive Business Growth
Even when a business is losing money, it's possible for shareholders to make money if they buy a good business at the right price. For example, although software-as-a-service business Salesforce.com lost money for years while it grew recurring revenue, if you held shares since 2005, you'd have done very well indeed. Having said that, unprofitable companies are risky because they could potentially burn through all their cash and become distressed.
So, the natural question for RMA Global (ASX:RMY) shareholders is whether they should be concerned by its rate of cash burn. For the purposes of this article, cash burn is the annual rate at which an unprofitable company spends cash to fund its growth; its negative free cash flow. Let's start with an examination of the business' cash, relative to its cash burn.
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When Might RMA Global Run Out Of Money?
A company's cash runway is the amount of time it would take to burn through its cash reserves at its current cash burn rate. In December 2021, RMA Global had AU$7.1m in cash, and was debt-free. In the last year, its cash burn was AU$6.3m. That means it had a cash runway of around 14 months as of December 2021. That's not too bad, but it's fair to say the end of the cash runway is in sight, unless cash burn reduces drastically. Depicted below, you can see how its cash holdings have changed over time.
How Well Is RMA Global Growing?
In the last twelve months, RMA Global kept its cash burn steady. What was not flat was its operating revenue, which gained 56%. We think it is growing rather well, upon reflection. Of course, we've only taken a quick look at the stock's growth metrics, here. You can take a look at how RMA Global is growing revenue over time by checking this visualization of past revenue growth.
How Hard Would It Be For RMA Global To Raise More Cash For Growth?
RMA Global seems to be in a fairly good position, in terms of cash burn, but we still think it's worthwhile considering how easily it could raise more money if it wanted to. Issuing new shares, or taking on debt, are the most common ways for a listed company to raise more money for its business. Commonly, a business will sell new shares in itself to raise cash and drive growth. By comparing a company's annual cash burn to its total market capitalisation, we can estimate roughly how many shares it would have to issue in order to run the company for another year (at the same burn rate).
RMA Global's cash burn of AU$6.3m is about 8.5% of its AU$74m market capitalisation. That's a low proportion, so we figure the company would be able to raise more cash to fund growth, with a little dilution, or even to simply borrow some money.
How Risky Is RMA Global's Cash Burn Situation?
The good news is that in our view RMA Global's cash burn situation gives shareholders real reason for optimism. One the one hand we have its solid cash burn relative to its market cap, while on the other it can also boast very strong revenue growth. While we're the kind of investors who are always a bit concerned about the risks involved with cash burning companies, the metrics we have discussed in this article leave us relatively comfortable about RMA Global's situation. Taking a deeper dive, we've spotted 3 warning signs for RMA Global you should be aware of, and 2 of them don't sit too well with us.
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