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Chewy

CHWY
42
Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$20.93
-0.60 (-2.79%)
Market Cap
$8.67B
Winston Score
42
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+2.1% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 417.2M (2022) → 425.8M (2026)

Chewy is an online pet store that sells food, medicine, toys, and supplies for dogs, cats, and other pets. It serves everyday pet owners across the United States and is one of the largest online-only pet retailers in the country. Chewy is best known for its Autoship subscription service, which lets customers set up automatic, recurring deliveries of pet food and supplies.

Most of Chewy's revenue comes from product sales on its website, with a growing portion tied to Autoship subscriptions that create predictable, repeat purchases. The company operates entirely in the United States and generates roughly $11 billion in annual revenue. Its main competitive advantage is customer loyalty built through strong service and convenience, but its thin operating margins leave little room for error if costs rise or competition from Amazon and big-box retailers like Walmart intensifies. The key growth driver ahead is expanding its veterinary telehealth and pharmacy services, which carry higher margins than standard retail sales.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+0.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+61.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

1.8%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$860M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

Chewy is growing revenue at 1% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
28.4%
Modest — 28.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
1.6%
Thin — 1.6% operating margin
ROCE
9.8%
Below par — 9.8% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+8.8%
Steady sales growth (8.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
-53.6%
Earnings shrinking (-53.6% 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
444%
Turns 444% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
5.3%
Thin free cash flow (5.3%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.08
Conservative — low debt load (0.08)
Interest Cover
57.16x
Comfortably covers interest (57.2x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
48.0x
Expensive — P/E 48.0

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+31.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (48.0 → 16.7)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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