Star Equity Holdings Inc. Common Stock (STRR)

FairStock Score: 48/100 — MIXED

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I approach this as a Graham-style asset-and-earnings problem. Star Equity Holdings is a $36.9M market-cap holding company at the 2026-10-13 close of $9.99, with operations in modular buildings, building products and related services. Revenue is expanding: in fiscal Q2 2026, the quarter ended 2026-06-30, revenue was $54.9M, up from $35.5M in fiscal Q2 2025, the quarter ended 2025-06-30. Fiscal year 2025, the period ended 2025-12-31, had revenue of $172.2M versus $140.1M in fiscal year 2024, the period ended 2024-12-31. But the bottom line is poor. Fiscal Q2 2026 produced a $1.8M net loss and diluted EPS of -$0.50; fiscal Q1 2026, the quarter ended 2026-03-31, lost $3.8M. Fiscal year 2025 lost $5.9M, following a $4.8M loss in fiscal year 2024, after a $2.2M profit in fiscal year 2023, the period ended 2023-12-31. That is why FairStock computes a TURNAROUND category. Competitive moat is not evident: margins are negative, ROE is -18.24%, ROCE -4.22%, and trailing free cash flow is -$14.2M, a -38.5% FCF yield. FairStock's Altman Z-Score of -4.47 signals distress, although Piotroski is a neutral 5/9 and debt-to-equity is 0.47. Valuation looks asset-based: P/B 0.62 and P/E -3.61 at the 2026-10-13 close. A low price to book can attract a bargain hunter, but without positive owner earnings, book value may erode. I want evidence of durable profitability, not just revenue growth.

In plain English: Star Equity Holdings is a small holding company that makes modular buildings and building products and provides other industrial services. It has been losing money and burning cash, so the business looks weak despite growing revenue. At $9.99, the stock looks cheap compared with the company's accounting assets, but that low price reflects the losses and uncertainty.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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