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Home Bistro

HBIS
29
Restaurants · Consumer Cyclical
Winston Score
29
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Home Bistro is a small American company that sells ready-to-eat and chef-prepared frozen meals directly to consumers. Its products are marketed as restaurant-quality food that people can heat and eat at home, targeting busy adults who want convenient but higher-quality meals than typical frozen food brands.

The company sells its meals primarily through its own website and online channels, using a direct-to-consumer model. It operates only in the United States and is a very small business, with a market cap near zero and significant financial losses. The operating margin of -723% signals the company is spending far more than it earns, which is the central risk — it has not demonstrated a clear path to profitability. The frozen meal delivery space is crowded with larger, better-funded competitors, and Home Bistro's main challenge is scaling revenue fast enough to cover its costs before it runs out of cash.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+65.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

<−1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

26.3%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~0 months

$71,613 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Strong grower

Home Bistro is growing revenue at 65% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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Quality

Gross Margin
100.0%
Premium pricing power — 100.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
-192.0%
Losing money on operations — -192.0%
ROCE
-85.6%
Weak — -85.6% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+71.6%
Fast-growing sales (71.6% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
-145.6%
Burning cash (-145.6%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.15
Elevated debt (1.15)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
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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