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Chanson International

CHSN
40
Food Confectioners · Consumer Defensive
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
40
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Chanson International Holding is a bakery and confectionery company based in China. It operates a chain of retail bakery stores that sell fresh bread, pastries, cakes, and other baked goods directly to everyday consumers. The company targets the growing middle-class market in China's urban areas.

Chanson makes money by selling baked goods through its own retail store network, meaning it controls both production and the point of sale. The company operates primarily in China, and with a market cap near zero it is a very small player in a highly fragmented industry filled with local and international competitors. Its 45% gross margin suggests decent pricing power on its products, but a negative operating margin means it is currently spending more to run the business than it earns, which is the key financial risk investors should watch. Expanding its store count while controlling costs will be critical to reaching profitability.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-10.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-10.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

83.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$62M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Revenue declining

Chanson International'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.

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
45.4%
Healthy — 45.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-7.3%
Losing money on operations — -7.3%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-3.0%
Weak — -3.0% 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
+0.2%
Nearly flat sales (+0.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-91.8%
Earnings shrinking (-91.8% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
2170%
Turns 2170% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
9.2%
Modest free cash flow (9.2%)

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
0.13
Conservative — low debt load (0.13)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
3.6x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 3.6

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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