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Bullish

BLSH
21
Software - Infrastructure · Technology
Price
$22.41
-0.94 (-4.03%)
Market Cap
$3.40B
Winston Score
21
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

12.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 146.2M (2021) → 127.7M (2025)

Bullish is a cryptocurrency exchange that lets people buy, sell, and trade digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum. It was founded with backing from Peter Thiel and other major investors, and it targets both institutional investors — like hedge funds and trading firms — and individual retail traders. The company operates in the broader crypto infrastructure space, competing with exchanges like Coinbase and Binance.

Bullish makes money primarily by charging fees on trades executed through its platform. It operates globally, with a focus on regulated markets, and holds a notable amount of cryptocurrency on its own balance sheet, which is unusual among exchanges. The company went public through a SPAC merger and is still in early growth stages. Its main risk is that crypto trading volumes are highly cyclical — when interest in digital assets drops, so does fee revenue — making the business sensitive to broader market sentiment toward cryptocurrencies.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-35.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-63.8% 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

75.2%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$375M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Bullish'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.

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Quality

Gross Margin
0.0%
Thin — 0.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
-0.1%
Losing money on operations — -0.1%
ROCE
-1.8%
Weak — -1.8% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-13.4%
Shrinking sales (-13.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
0.0%
Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.18
Conservative — low debt load (0.18)
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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