Bowlin Travel Centers

BWTL

Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Apr 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Good

Stability

Mixed

Valuation

Data not available

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Bowlin Travel Centers, Inc. operates roadside travel stops and gift shops along major highways in the American Southwest. The stores sell souvenirs, Native American-themed gifts, turquoise jewelry, and regional novelty items to tourists and road travelers passing through states like New Mexico and Arizona. The company is a small, niche retailer that has operated in this regional market for decades.

Bowlin makes money by selling merchandise directly to customers in its physical store locations. It is a very small company with a market cap near zero, meaning it generates only modest revenue and currently operates near breakeven, as shown by its slightly negative operating margin. The business depends heavily on tourist traffic along specific highway corridors, so any drop in road travel, regional tourism, or consumer spending on discretionary items poses a direct risk to its already thin profitability.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+0.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+558.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

57.9%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$8M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Growth context

Bowlin Travel Centers is growing revenue at 0% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

39.2%

Modest — 39.2% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-2.9%

Losing money on operations — -2.9%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-0.7%

Weak — -0.7% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+0.5%

Nearly flat sales (+0.5% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+61.5%

Earnings growing fast (+61.5% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

4682%

Turns 4682% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-1.0%

Burning cash (-1.0%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.31

Conservative — low debt load (0.31)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/A

no trend

Data not available

Cheaper or dearer next year

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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