Forensic Analysis · Communications Equipment & Electronic Components · as of Nov 9, 2026
Energous Corp (WATT)
A forensic read on Energous Corp built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
D · Weak — demands caution
Forensic grade
Distress
Financial health
-76.2
Distress distance
3
Forensic signals
-168.0%
ROE
633.1%
Revenue growth
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Energous Corp earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads -76.2, placing it in the Distress zone. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by cash burn vs. reported loss.
What the filings flag
-$49.2M
FY2023–FY2025
Cash burn vs. reported loss.Over FY2023–FY2025, the company reported a cumulative net loss of $47.4M against operating cash flow of -$49.2M. Cash burn ran heavier than the reported loss — something outside net income (working capital, a cash item not in the P&L) is consuming cash faster than the loss alone implies.
n/m (sign flip)
FY2024→FY2025
Accruals ratio (% of NOA).Net operating assets flipped from negative to positive FY2024→FY2025 (FY2024 $-1.6M to FY2025 $+2.2M) — the standard accruals ratio divides by the average of the two, which collapses toward zero right as the sign changes, so the resulting percentage is a denominator artifact, not a real accrual measurement. Treat this as a structural balance-sheet shift to understand on its own terms rather than a clean or dirty accruals read.Accruals ratio: the year-over-year change in net operating assets, relative to their own average.NOA (net operating assets): the money tied up in running the business, operating assets minus operating liabilities.
5% of rev
FY2025
Stock-based comp load.Stock-based compensation ran 5% of revenue in FY2025 — about $0.19 per diluted share. No cash left the business to pay it, which is why operating cash flow adds it back. Net of repurchases the diluted count still rose about 522.8% a year across FY2024–FY2025, above the level at which the count is a material claim on a stake, and only one year's change is on file — enough to state what a holder gave up, not enough to say whether the rate is climbing or coming down. Stock compensation is one source of that issuance; acquisition consideration, equity raises, convertibles and other employee plans also net into the count, and these figures do not separate them.
Key fundamentals
Latest Revenue$5.6M
Revenue Growth YoY+633.1%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)+244.6%
Net Margin-170.4%
Free Cash Flow-$12.5M
Return on Equity-168.0%
Debt / Equity0.01x
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