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Huize Holding Limited

HUIZ
43
Insurance - Brokers · Financial Services
Price
$1.69
-0.15 (-8.15%)
Market Cap
$852,739
Exchange
NASDAQ Global Market
Winston Score
43
Winston is serious
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
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

80.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.6M (2021) → 505K (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Huize Holding Limited is a Chinese online insurance broker that helps people buy insurance products through its website and mobile app. It connects individual customers — mostly younger Chinese consumers — with insurance companies that offer life, health, and other personal insurance policies. Huize acts as a middleman, matching buyers with the right coverage rather than underwriting policies itself.

Huize earns money by collecting commissions from insurance companies each time a policy is sold through its platform. The company operates almost entirely in China and is relatively small, with a market cap near zero, thin operating margins, and very low returns on capital. Its competitive position depends on its digital distribution model and data-driven customer matching, but it faces intense competition from larger Chinese insurtech platforms and traditional insurers building their own online channels. The key risk is sustaining growth and profitability in a crowded market while navigating China's evolving insurance regulations.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+57.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+131.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

¥59M/ year

Declining (-6% vs prior year)

3.8% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

14.8%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

¥319M cash & investments

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

Revenue accelerating

Huize Holding Limited grew revenue 58% 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
27.0%
Modest — 27.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
0.2%
Thin — 0.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
1.4%
Weak — 1.4% 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
+26.7%
Fast-growing sales (+26.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-68.7%
Earnings shrinking (-68.7% 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
0%
Weak — only 0% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
0.0%
Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

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
0.15
Conservative — low debt load (0.15)
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)
1.4x
Attractive valuation — P/E 1.4

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-243.8
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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