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Better Home & Finance Holding Company

BETR
27
Financial - Mortgages · Financial Services
Price
$23.42
+0.77 (+3.40%)
Market Cap
$367.0M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
27
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

97.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 737.6M (2021) → 15.3M (2025)

Better Home & Finance Holding Company operates as a homeownership company in the United States. The company provides government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) conforming loans, U.S. Federal Housing Administration insured loans, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs guaranteed loans, and jumbo loans to GSEs, banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and mortgage real estate investment trusts. It also offers real estate agent services, title insurance and settlement services, and homeowners insurance

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+12.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+34.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

38.3%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~9 months

$117M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Better Home & Finance Holding Company has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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
80.0%
Premium pricing power — 80.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
-49.1%
Losing money on operations — -49.1%
ROCE
-4.0%
Weak — -4.0% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+41.8%
Fast-growing sales (41.8% 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
-122.8%
Burning cash (-122.8%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
16.42
Heavy debt load (16.42)
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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