The Hain Celestial Group

HAIN

Packaged Foods · Consumer Defensive

Price

$0.56

-0.02 (-3.59%)

Market Cap

$50.6M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

−11.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 101.3M (2021) → 90.1M (2025)

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells organic and natural products in United States, United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through two segments, North America and International. The company offers infant formula; infant, toddler, and kids' food; plant-based beverages and frozen desserts, such as soy, rice, oat, almond, and coconut; and condiments. It also provides cooking and culinary oils; cereal bars; canned, chilled fresh, aseptic, and instant soups; yogur

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-13.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+21.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$5M/ year

0.3% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.9%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$44M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue declining

The Hain Celestial Group'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.

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Quality

Gross Margin

19.8%

Thin — 19.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

2.4%

Thin — 2.4% operating margin

ROCE

1.0%

Weak — 1.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-9.8%

Shrinking sales (-9.8% 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

3.6%

Thin free cash flow (3.6%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

2.56

Heavy debt load (2.56)

Interest Cover

0.85x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.9x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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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

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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