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Hour Loop

HOUR
52
Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$1.91
-0.04 (-2.31%)
Market Cap
$67.0M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
52
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+5.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 33.3M (2021) → 35.2M (2025)

Hour Loop is a small online retailer that sells everyday consumer products through Amazon's marketplace. Its product lineup spans home goods, kitchenware, apparel, and seasonal items, all aimed at everyday shoppers in the United States. The company does not manufacture its own products — it sources goods and resells them through third-party e-commerce platforms.

Hour Loop makes money by buying products at wholesale prices and selling them at a markup on Amazon, keeping roughly half of each sale as gross profit. The business operates almost entirely in the U.S. and is quite small, with a market value around $100 million. Its competitive position is built on inventory management and data-driven pricing rather than brand ownership, which is a relatively thin moat. The key risk is heavy dependence on Amazon — if Amazon changes its fees, algorithms, or policies, Hour Loop's sales and margins could be hurt quickly.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+7.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

95.0%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~2 months

$992,886 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Hour Loop 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.

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Quality

Gross Margin
53.4%
Healthy — 53.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
3.8%
Thin — 3.8% operating margin
ROCE
13.3%
Good — 13.3% 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
+5.1%
Slow sales growth (5.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
+612.9%
Earnings growing fast (612.9% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
-22%
Weak — only -22% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
-0.3%
Burning cash (-0.3%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.10
Conservative — low debt load (0.10)
Interest Cover
15.67x
Comfortably covers interest (15.7x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
38.2x
Pricey — P/E 38.2

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

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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