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Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.

HNHPF
51
Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Price
$15.42
-0.02 (-0.15%)
Market Cap
$107.95B
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
51
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Mixed
Stability
Good
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Strong

Winston Score History

The full picture

Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn, is a Taiwanese company that assembles electronics for some of the world's biggest tech brands. Its core business is contract manufacturing — it builds smartphones, laptops, servers, and other devices that other companies design and sell. Apple is its largest customer, and Foxconn is widely recognized as the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer.

Foxconn makes money by charging fees to assemble products at massive scale, which explains its thin profit margins — it keeps only a few cents on every dollar of revenue. The company operates enormous factories primarily in China, with growing facilities in India, Vietnam, and Mexico as customers seek to diversify their supply chains. Its main competitive advantage is sheer manufacturing scale and deep relationships with major tech brands, but heavy reliance on Apple for a large share of revenue is a significant concentration risk. Foxconn is also investing in electric vehicles and AI server infrastructure as potential new growth areas.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+42.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+35.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

NT$122.4B/ year

Rising (+6% vs prior year)

1.5% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

13.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~4 years

NT$2.0T cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

NT$2.0T cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. grew revenue 43% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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.

Share count broadly stable

+0.4% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 7.04B (2021) → 7.07B (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
6.1%
Thin — 6.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
3.8%
Thin — 3.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
10.1%
Below par — 10.1% 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
+26.3%
Fast-growing sales (+26.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+16.7%
Earnings growing fast (+16.7% 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
63%
Modest — 63% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-0.4%
Burning cash (-0.4%)

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
0.69
Moderate — manageable debt (0.69)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
7.35x
Adequate interest coverage (7.4x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
16.1x
Fair value — P/E 16.1

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+9.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (16.1 → 6.6)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.83%
Moderate income — 2.83% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+20.3%
Dividend growing fast (20.3% YoY)

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