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Hour Loop

HOUR
49
Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$1.85
+0.04 (+2.40%)
Market Cap
$65.1M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
49
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
Good
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Weak

Share count rising — dilution

+5.6% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 33.3M (2021) → 35.2M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Hour Loop is a small online retailer that sells everyday consumer products through Amazon's marketplace. Its product lineup spans home goods, kitchenware, apparel, and seasonal items, all aimed at everyday shoppers in the United States. The company does not manufacture its own products — it sources goods and resells them through third-party e-commerce platforms.

Hour Loop makes money by buying products at wholesale prices and selling them at a markup on Amazon, keeping roughly half of each sale as gross profit. The business operates almost entirely in the U.S. and is quite small, with a market value around $100 million. Its competitive position is built on inventory management and data-driven pricing rather than brand ownership, which is a relatively thin moat. The key risk is heavy dependence on Amazon — if Amazon changes its fees, algorithms, or policies, Hour Loop's sales and margins could be hurt quickly.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+25.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-10.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

95.1%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~2 months

$985,404 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

Hour Loop grew revenue 25% 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.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
52.9%
Healthy — 52.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
3.8%
Thin — 3.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
26.4%
Exceptional — 26.4% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+10.8%
Steady sales growth (+10.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+110.9%
Earnings growing fast (+110.9% YoY)

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

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
-17%
Weak — only -17% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-0.2%
Burning cash (-0.2%)

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
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
13.50x
Comfortably covers interest (13.5x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
39.9x
Pricey — P/E 39.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

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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