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National Beverage

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56
Beverages - Non-Alcoholic · Consumer Defensive
Price
$31.07
-1.18 (-3.66%)
Market Cap
$2.91B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
56
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

National Beverage Corp., through its subsidiaries, develops, produces, markets, and sells a portfolio of sparkling waters, juices, energy drinks, and carbonated soft drinks primarily in the United States and Canada. The company offers beverages to the active and health-conscious consumers, including sparkling waters, energy drinks, and juices under the LaCroix, LaCroix Cúrate, LaCroix NiCola, Clear Fruit, Rip It, Everfresh, Everfresh Premier Varietals, and Mr. Pure brands. It also offers carbona

Winston Score History

Share count broadly stable

+0.1% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 93.6M (2022) → 93.7M (2026)

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Quality

Gross Margin
40.9%
Healthy — 40.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
22.5%
Excellent — 22.5% operating margin
ROCE
9.8%
Below par — 9.8% 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
-4.7%
Shrinking sales (-4.7% YoY)
EPS YoY
-7.1%
Earnings shrinking (-7.1% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
107%
Turns 107% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
12.8%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.8%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.03
Conservative — low debt load (0.03)
Interest Cover
100.00x
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Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
16.9x
Fair value — P/E 16.9

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
+0.3
GROWING
Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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