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Deep Value: cash covers more than 100% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $5M in cash and investments — more than its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

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Digital Brands Group

DBGI
7
Apparel - Retail · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$15.35
+0.72 (+4.92%)
Market Cap
$3.1M
Exchange
NASDAQ Capital Market
Winston Score
7
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 9, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

Share count rising — dilution

+268299.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 130 (2021) → 349K (2025)

Digital Brands Group is a small fashion company that owns and operates several clothing brands sold mostly online. Its brands have included DSTLD (denim and basics), Bailey 44 (women's clothing), and Sundry (casual lifestyle apparel), targeting adult consumers who shop direct-to-consumer through brand websites and some wholesale retail channels. The company sits in the competitive apparel retail industry and focuses on building a portfolio of digitally native fashion labels.

The company makes money primarily through direct online sales and some wholesale partnerships, operating mainly in the United States. It is a very small company with a market cap near zero, and its financial metrics — including a gross margin of just 1.2% and a deeply negative operating margin — signal serious profitability challenges. The biggest risk facing Digital Brands Group is its ability to survive as a going concern, since it has struggled with heavy losses, repeated stock dilution, and limited cash resources, making financial stability the central concern for the business.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

-29.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-15.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~3 months

$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Digital Brands Group 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
-7.6%
Thin — -7.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
-563.8%
Losing money on operations — -563.8%
ROCE
-77.0%
Weak — -77.0% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-30.7%
Shrinking sales (-30.7% 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
-237.4%
Burning cash (-237.4%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.69
Elevated debt (1.69)
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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