Is the business good?
How good a business is ESTA?
Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. earns −7.0% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
−7.0%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 16 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- −7.6%
Operating margin · Medical Devices median 11% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- +4.2%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
- R&D as % of revenue
- 8.3%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −33% |
| FY2021 | −20% |
| FY2022 | −25% |
| FY2023 | −39% |
| FY2024 | −30% |
| FY2025 | −18% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 70%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −7.6%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −16%
- Free cash flow margin
- −17%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 8.3%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $246M
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- −$42M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$39M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- −7.0%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.