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Cult Food Science

CULT.CN
17
Packaged Foods · Consumer Defensive
Price
C$0.28
+0.01 (+1.82%)
Market Cap
C$690,589
Exchange
Canadian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
17
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 9, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

Share count falling — buybacks

6.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.8M (2021) → 1.7M (2025)

Cult Food Science Corp. is a Canadian company focused on cell-cultured and fermentation-based food technology. Instead of raising animals, it works with lab-grown proteins and microorganism-based ingredients to create alternative food products. The company invests in and partners with early-stage startups developing cultivated meat, precision fermentation, and other novel food technologies.

Cult Food Science makes money primarily through its portfolio of investments in alternative protein companies, along with limited product sales under brands like Noochies, a line of pet food made with cultivated ingredients. It operates mainly in Canada and the United States, targeting the growing market for sustainable and animal-free food. The company is very small, with a near-zero market cap and a deeply negative operating margin, meaning it spends far more than it earns. The main risk is that cell-cultured food technology is still years away from mainstream commercial scale, and the company will likely need continued outside funding to survive.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-101.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+84.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.8%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~8 years

$2M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

$2M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Cult Food Science'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
-320866.7%
Thin — -320866.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
3369800.0%
Excellent — 3369800.0% operating margin
ROCE
-10.0%
Weak — -10.0% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-98.6%
Shrinking sales (-98.6% 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
-4230.8%
Burning cash (-4230.8%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
126.37
Heavy debt load (126.37)
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
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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