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Bakkt Holdings

BKKT
13
Software - Infrastructure · Technology
Price
$7.25
-0.61 (-7.76%)
Market Cap
$323.4M
Winston Score
13
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

88.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 57.2M (2021) → 6.8M (2025)

Bakkt Holdings is a digital assets platform that helps people buy, sell, store, and use cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. It serves both everyday consumers and businesses, offering tools that let companies add crypto features to their own apps and loyalty programs. Bakkt is known for being one of the first regulated platforms to offer physically delivered Bitcoin futures, which gave it early credibility in the crypto infrastructure space.

The company makes money through transaction fees, subscription fees from business clients, and revenue from its consumer app. It operates primarily in the United States and has partnerships with banks, retailers, and financial services firms. However, Bakkt has struggled to grow fast enough to cover its costs, as shown by its negative operating and return-on-capital figures. The main risk is that competition from larger crypto exchanges and fintech platforms makes it hard for Bakkt to hold onto customers and reach consistent profitability.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-77.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-173.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

22.4%ownership

Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Runway

~19 months

$80M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

Bakkt Holdings's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
-1.3%
Thin — -1.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
-6.9%
Losing money on operations — -6.9%
ROCE
-9.9%
Weak — -9.9% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-59.0%
Shrinking sales (-59.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-4.2%
Burning cash (-4.2%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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