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Canada Goose Holdings

GOOS.TO
46
Apparel - Manufacturers · Consumer Cyclical
Price
C$12.02
+0.24 (+2.04%)
Market Cap
C$1.17B
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winston Score
46
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Strong

Share count falling — buybacks

9.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 109.2M (2022) → 99.0M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Canada Goose makes high-end winter jackets, parkas, and outerwear. The company sells directly to consumers through its own stores and website, and also through select department stores and luxury retailers. It is a Canadian brand known for its distinctive Arctic Program patch and is positioned in the luxury apparel market alongside brands like Moncler.

Canada Goose earns money through direct retail sales, e-commerce, and wholesale partnerships. It operates stores in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia, with China being a key growth market. The brand's main competitive advantage is its premium image and reputation for cold-weather performance, but that luxury positioning is also a risk — consumer spending on expensive discretionary items like a $1,000+ jacket tends to drop sharply during economic downturns, and the company's low operating margin of roughly 6% leaves little room for error if demand softens.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+17.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+3.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

C$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

0.7%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

C$424M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth + cash flow

Canada Goose Holdings is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 18%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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
34.7%
Modest — 34.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-88.6%
Losing money on operations — -88.6%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
14.9%
Good — 14.9% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+12.5%
Fast-growing sales (+12.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+21.4%
Earnings growing fast (+21.4% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
253%
Turns 253% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
6.4%
Modest free cash flow (6.4%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.83
Moderate — manageable debt (0.83)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
2.72x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.7x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
20.4x
Growth-priced — P/E 20.4

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+9.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (20.4 → 11.3)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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