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Shineco

SISI
21
Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic · Healthcare
Price
$0.25
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$79,101
Winston Score
21
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+1650.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 253.2 (2020) → 4K (2024)

Shineco, Inc. is a small Chinese company that sells health and wellness products, including herbal medicines, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) ingredients, and agricultural products like organic teas and plant-based goods. Its customers are mainly consumers and distributors in China who buy these products for everyday health purposes. The company operates in the specialty and generic drug space but also spans agriculture and natural health products.

Shineco makes money by selling these physical goods directly to buyers, with very thin profit margins — its gross margin is only about 3.5%, meaning it keeps very little from each sale. The company is based in China and is quite small, with essentially no measurable market cap, which signals serious financial strain. Its operating margin of roughly negative 207% means it is spending far more than it earns, and the key risk facing Shineco is whether it can cut costs and grow revenue fast enough to survive as a going concern.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-97.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+92.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$113,426/ year

Declining (-17% vs prior year)

1.2% of revenue

Below sector average (18%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

36.4%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~1 months

$192,735 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Shineco 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
-34.4%
Thin — -34.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
-9178.8%
Losing money on operations — -9178.8%
ROCE
-12.7%
Weak — -12.7% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+155.7%
Fast-growing sales (155.7% 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
-29.8%
Burning cash (-29.8%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.63
Moderate — manageable debt (0.63)
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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