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ChronoScale Holdings Corp

CHRN · Industrials · $94.1M mkt cap · FY2025 filings · No moat ·

Doesn't clear the bar

31/ 100
No moat

The four filters

Pricing power55

Median gross margin 49.1% over 10y, variable.

Returns on capital0

Median ROIC -275.4%, above the 9% hurdle in 0% of years.

Balance-sheet safety28

Net debt/EBITDA n/ax, interest coverage -43x.

Capital discipline44

Owner earnings trend unclear, share count n/a.

Margin of safety

Above valueOn sale
No price data
Owner earnings (normalized)
—
Est. intrinsic value / share
—
Recent price
$26.43
Discount to value
No price data

Conservative model: 9% discount rate, 0% assumed growth (capped at 4%), maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A).

15 years of fundamentals

The business, in plain English

ChronoScale Holdings Corp booked $12.8M of revenue in FY2025 in the Industrials sector and kept 53.5% of it as gross profit — a solid-margin business by that measure. After every other cost, −91.4% of each revenue dollar reached the bottom line.

Across the filed record, revenue grew from $2.7M (FY2012) to $12.8M (FY2025) — about 12.7% a year compounded over 13 years.

It earned −134.0% on invested capital in FY2025, with a median of −275.4% across 6 filed years. The Returns on Capital filter above scores it 0/100.

The balance sheet carried $2.0M of total debt in FY2021. Balance-Sheet Safety scores it 28/100.

The share count fell 44.0% between FY2012 and FY2025 — management has been retiring shares, which concentrates each remaining owner's claim. Capital Discipline scores it 44/100.

Put together: Pricing Power is the strongest of the four filters (55/100) and Returns on Capital the weakest (0/100), which is how CHRN lands at 31/100 — a None moat.

This breakdown is generated from the filed numbers and sub-scores above — no outside narrative, no estimates. Where a filing doesn’t disclose an input, the sentence that would need it is omitted instead of guessed.

FY2011–FY2025 · 15 fiscal years, normalized from CHRN’s SEC filings

RevenueSales, as filed$12.8M FY2025
$0$10M2011201620212025
Gross marginRevenue kept after cost of goods53.5% FY2025
0%25%50%2011201620212025
Return on invested capitalOperating profit on the capital employed−134.0% FY2025
−40000%−20000%0%2011201620212025
Owner earningsCash an owner could take out−$10.3M FY2025
−$20M$02011201620212025

Gaps in a line mean that item isn’t in CHRN’s filings for that year — the series is never interpolated or estimated. The Table view lists every filed value, including operating and net margins, total debt, and share count.

Moat Score history

3 logged readings since Jul 17, 2026 · append-only, never rewritten

Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale30.9 / 100
0406080100WideNarrowShallowNo moatJul 17, 2026

Score history begins Jul 17, 2026 — the record builds from here and can’t be backfilled.

Tier changesSame-methodology crossings of the Wide / Narrow / Shallow bars

None yet — CHRN has read No moat for every logged capture since Jul 17, 2026.

Scores are logged append-only and never overwritten — this record can’t be backfilled, which is exactly why it’s worth keeping.

Industrials context

#194 of 309 scored Industrials companies, ranked by Moat Score.

Nearest peers by Moat Score

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Common questions about CHRN

Does ChronoScale Holdings Corp have an economic moat?
Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores ChronoScale Holdings Corp (CHRN) 30.9 out of 100 — below the Shallow-moat bar, so no moat. The four filters behind that score (each 0–100): pricing power 55, returns on capital 0, balance-sheet safety 28, capital discipline 44.
How has CHRN's Moat Score changed over time?
The record logs 3 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 30.9 out of 100 (no moat). No tier changes on record yet. The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.
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