MasterBeef

Restaurants · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$5.05

+0.43 (+9.31%)

Market Cap

$86.6M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

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

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Weak

Valuation

Data not available

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Share count falling — buybacks

−63.9% over 8y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 47.5M (2017) → 17.2M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

I don't have reliable information about a publicly traded company called "MasterBeef Group" with the ticker "MB" in the restaurant industry. The details provided don't match a company I can confidently identify, and I don't want to fabricate specifics about products, locations, or business model that could mislead investors.

A few possibilities worth noting:

- The ticker "MB" has been used by different companies over time, and this may be a smaller or regional operator I lack sufficient data on. - The financials shown (5.3% gross margin, -5.0% operating margin, -8.8% ROIC) suggest a very thin-margin, currently unprofitable restaurant business, but I cannot responsibly describe the company's actual operations without accurate sourcing.

**My recommendation:** Please verify the company name, ticker, and exchange, then provide any additional context (country of listing, brief business description) so I can write an accurate, factual description. Alternatively, if this is a fictional or test company, let me know and I can draft a placeholder description clearly labeled as such.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-12.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-172.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

HK$7M/ year

↑ Rising (+18% vs prior year)

1.5% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

72.7%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~13 months

HK$148M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

MasterBeef's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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

4.2%

Thin — 4.2% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-2.4%

Losing money on operations — -2.4%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-11.6%

Weak — -11.6% 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

-8.5%

Shrinking sales (-8.5% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-259.7%

Earnings shrinking (-259.7% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

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

-19.6%

Burning cash (-19.6%)

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

3.19

Heavy debt load (3.19)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

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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