Tractor Supply Company

TSCO

Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$30.51

-0.50 (-1.61%)

Market Cap

$16.00B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−8.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 579.1M (2021) → 532.2M (2025)

Tractor Supply Company operates as a rural lifestyle retailer in the United States. The company offers a selection of merchandise, including equine, livestock, pet, and small animal products necessary for their health, care, growth, and containment; hardware, truck, towing, and tool products; seasonal products, such as heating products, lawn and garden items, power equipment, gifts, and toys; work/recreational clothing and footwear; and maintenance products for agricultural and rural use. It pro

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+3.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-8.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.3%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~8 months

$224M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Tractor Supply Company 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.

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

32.7%

Modest — 32.7% gross margin

Operating Margin

6.5%

Modest — 6.5% operating margin

ROCE

4.6%

Weak — 4.6% 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

+4.6%

Slow sales growth (4.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

+1.0%

Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

140%

Turns 140% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

3.7%

Thin free cash flow (3.7%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.03

Elevated debt (1.03)

Interest Cover

21.16x

Comfortably covers interest (21.2x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

15.0x

Attractive valuation — P/E 15.0

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

P/E vs Forward

+2.6

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

2.98%

Moderate income — 2.98% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth

-64.7%

Dividend cut (-64.7% YoY) — warning sign

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