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Where Food Comes From

WFCF
42
Specialty Business Services · Industrials
Price
$12.35
-0.24 (-1.91%)
Market Cap
$62.2M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
42
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

16.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 6.2M (2021) → 5.2M (2025)

Where Food Comes From, Inc. helps farmers, ranchers, and food companies prove where their food was raised and how it was produced. The company runs verification and certification programs that confirm claims like "grass-fed," "non-GMO," or "humanely raised" for beef, pork, chicken, and other agricultural products. It serves livestock producers, meat processors, and retailers across the United States.

The company earns money by charging fees for audits, certifications, and technology services that track and verify food supply chain claims. It operates almost entirely in the U.S. and is a small company with a market cap around $100 million. Its moat comes from being an established, trusted third-party verifier in a niche market where food companies need credible, independent certification to satisfy retailers and consumers. The main growth driver is rising consumer demand for transparency about food origins, but the main risk is its small size, which leaves it vulnerable to larger competitors or shifts in retailer certification requirements.

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Quality

Gross Margin
38.1%
Modest — 38.1% gross margin
Operating Margin
5.6%
Thin — 5.6% operating margin
ROCE
3.1%
Weak — 3.1% 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
-1.8%
Shrinking sales (-1.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
-15.9%
Earnings shrinking (-15.9% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
61%
Modest — 61% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
3.4%
Thin free cash flow (3.4%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.05
Conservative — low debt load (0.05)
Interest Cover
454.00x
Comfortably covers interest (454.0x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
39.8x
Pricey — P/E 39.8

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
-2.4
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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