Healthy Choice Wellness

HCWC

Grocery Stores · Consumer Defensive

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange Arca

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Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. is a small Canadian company that operates grocery and wellness-focused retail stores. Its stores sell everyday groceries alongside health-oriented products like vitamins, supplements, and natural foods. The company targets health-conscious consumers looking for a mix of conventional and wellness products under one roof.

The company earns money through direct retail sales at its physical store locations, primarily in Canada. With a market cap near zero and a negative operating margin of around -4.8%, the business is currently spending more than it earns from operations. Its gross margin of roughly 39% is relatively healthy for grocery retail, suggesting some pricing power in its wellness product mix, but the company faces significant pressure to grow sales volume and control costs before it can reach consistent profitability. The main risk is that it competes against much larger grocery chains and established health food retailers that have far greater resources and brand recognition.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-294.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

11.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~2 months

$893,825 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Healthy Choice Wellness 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.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

N/A

Data not available

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

N/A

Data not available

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-42.1%

Weak — -42.1% 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

-28.5%

Shrinking sales (-28.5% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

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

N/A

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Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-4.8%

Burning cash (-4.8%)

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

3.27

Heavy debt load (3.27)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

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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