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Deep Value: cash covers about 94% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $5M in cash and investments — about 94% of its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

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Jowell Global

JWEL
20
Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical
Exchange
NASDAQ Capital Market
Winston Score
20
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Data not available
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

Jowell Global Ltd. is a Chinese retail company that sells cosmetics, skincare products, and health supplements directly to consumers. It operates mainly through online channels, including live-streaming e-commerce and its own digital platforms, targeting everyday shoppers in China looking for beauty and wellness products.

The company earns money by selling these products at retail prices, keeping a thin margin between what it pays suppliers and what customers pay — its gross margin is around 7%, which is quite low. Jowell operates almost entirely within China and is a small company with a market cap near zero, meaning it is very tiny compared to major retailers. The business currently loses money at the operating level, and its biggest challenge is competing against much larger Chinese e-commerce platforms like Alibaba and JD.com, which have far greater scale, brand recognition, and customer reach. Improving profitability while standing out in a crowded market is the central risk facing the company.

Growth Profile

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

Revenue Growth

+87.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-17.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

15.7%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~3 months

$6M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

Jowell Global grew revenue 88% 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
6.0%
Thin — 6.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-3.9%
Losing money on operations — -3.9%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-43.8%
Weak — -43.8% 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
+24.1%
Fast-growing sales (+24.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-0.9%
Burning cash (-0.9%)

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
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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