Chagee Holdings Limited American Depositary Shares

CHA

Beverages - Non-Alcoholic · Consumer Defensive

Price

$11.30

-0.12 (-1.05%)

Market Cap

$2.16B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−10.3% over 3y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 183.5M (2022) → 164.7M (2025)

Chagee Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and franchises teahouses under the CHAGEE brand name in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company engages in sale of tea drinks and related raw materials, packaging, teahouse equipment and other supplies. It operates through online platforms. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-12.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-95.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

88.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$7.6B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue declining

Chagee Holdings Limited American Depositary Shares'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

40.5%

Healthy — 40.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

-1.2%

Losing money on operations — -1.2%

ROCE

-0.5%

Weak — -0.5% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY

+3.7%

Slow sales growth (3.7% YoY)

EPS YoY

-54.4%

Earnings shrinking (-54.4% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

138%

Turns 138% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

11.1%

Modest free cash flow (11.1%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.06

Conservative — low debt load (0.06)

Interest Cover

100.00x

—

Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

1.9x

Attractive valuation — P/E 1.9

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

+0.6

GROWING

Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

7.90%

Healthy income — 7.90% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth

N/A

no trend

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