HG Holdings

STLY

Insurance - Specialty · Financial Services

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

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

How the score breaks down

Quality

Good

Growth

Good

Cash Flow

Exceptional

Stability

Exceptional

Valuation

Good

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Winston Score History

The full picture

HG Holdings, Inc. is a small holding company based in the United States. It owns stakes in other businesses rather than selling products or services directly to customers. The company has historically had ties to the furniture and real estate industries through its investments.

HG Holdings makes money from the earnings and dividends generated by the companies it owns or invests in. It operates primarily in the United States and is a very small company, with a market cap that rounds to essentially zero at current levels. Because it depends entirely on the performance of its underlying investments rather than running its own operations, the biggest risk it faces is that those investments underperform or lose value, leaving the holding company with little to show shareholders.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+10.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-51.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

0.8%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$34M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

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

Growth + cash flow

HG Holdings is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 10%. 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.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

99.0%

Premium pricing power — 99.0% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

21.6%

Excellent — 21.6% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

0.1%

Weak — 0.1% 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 growth

Sales YoY

+33.5%

Fast-growing sales (+33.5% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+69.2%

Earnings growing fast (+69.2% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

127%

Turns 127% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

17.1%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (17.1%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.01

Conservative — low debt load (0.01)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

100.00x

—

Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

8.6x

no trend

Attractive valuation — P/E 8.6

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

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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