Krispy Kreme

DNUT

Grocery Stores · Consumer Defensive

Price

$3.30

-0.11 (-3.23%)

Market Cap

$568.9M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+2.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 167.3M (2021) → 170.9M (2025)

Krispy Kreme, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates through an omni-channel business model to provide doughnut experiences and produce doughnuts. The company operates through three segments: U.S. and Canada, International, and Market Development. It also produces cookies, brownies, cookie cakes, ice cream, cookie-wiches, and cold milk, as well as doughnut mixes, other ingredients, and doughnut-making equipment. As of January 2, 2022, the company had 1,810 Krispy Kreme and Insomnia Cooki

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-2.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-23.1% 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

47.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$-42M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue declining

Krispy Kreme'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

-112.3%

Thin — -112.3% gross margin

Operating Margin

3.7%

Thin — 3.7% operating margin

ROCE

0.9%

Weak — 0.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-8.6%

Shrinking sales (-8.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

-17357.1%

Earnings shrinking (-17357.1% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

-4.2%

Burning cash (-4.2%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.48

Elevated debt (1.48)

Interest Cover

N/A

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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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