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Aviat is a rare case of profitless growth. Revenue has climbed steadily to $435M (+6.5% YoY, up from $275M in FY2021), but the earnings that matter have evaporated: net income fell 87.5% to just $1.34M, diluted EPS collapsed 88.4% to $0.10, and operating income dropped 45.5% to $10.6M on a razor-thin 2.4% operating margin. Gross profit actually shrank 3.7% ($139M) even as revenue grew, so gross margin compressed to 32.1% — the company is selling more while keeping less, the opposite of the 'consistent, profitable growth' worth rewarding. ROE is 0.5% and net margin 0.3%; there is effectively no bottom-line return here.

The balance sheet and cash generation are deteriorating in tandem. Operating cash flow fell 81.3% to $5.72M — less than half of the $13.0M capex (up 385%), so the business burned cash on a free-cash-flow basis this year. Debt is being pulled forward and up: long-term debt rose 50.1% to $69.0M and the current portion of debt jumped 677% to $18.6M against only $59.7M of cash, while liabilities grew 32.5% and now sit at 1.41x equity. The accumulated deficit of -$577M underscores that this franchise has historically struggled to compound value.