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Starco Brands

STCB
16
Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials
Price
$0.04
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$31.4M
Winston Score
16
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+361.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 159.1M (2021) → 733.6M (2025)

Starco Brands is a consumer products company that licenses and sells everyday goods across categories like food, beverages, and household products. Its brands include Whipshots, a canned vodka-infused whipped cream created with rapper Cardi B, and it also owns brands in the aerosol and cleaning space. The company focuses on building or acquiring brands it believes can reach mass-market consumers through retail and online channels.

Starco makes money by selling its branded products to retailers and directly to consumers, earning a margin on each unit sold. It operates primarily in the United States and is a very small company, with a market cap near zero and deeply negative operating margins, meaning it spends far more than it earns. The biggest risk the company faces is running out of cash before its brands gain enough scale to turn a profit, which is a common and serious challenge for early-stage consumer brands competing against much larger, well-funded rivals.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-42.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-469.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

85.0%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Revenue declining

Starco Brands'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.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
2.6%
Thin — 2.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
-106.7%
Losing money on operations — -106.7%
ROCE
-55.9%
Weak — -55.9% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-32.2%
Shrinking sales (-32.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-2.7%
Burning cash (-2.7%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.60
Elevated debt (1.60)
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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