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Newborn Town

9911.HK
80
Software - Application · Technology
Price
HK$8.09
+0.06 (+0.75%)
Market Cap
HK$11.33B
Exchange
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Winston Score
80
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Strong

Share count rising — dilution

+159.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 999.1M (2021) → 2.60B (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Newborn Town Inc. is a Chinese technology company that builds and operates social networking and entertainment apps aimed at users in the Middle East, North Africa, and other emerging markets. Its flagship products include Yalla, a voice-based group chat app, and Yalla Ludo, a casual mobile game built around social interaction. The company focuses on connecting people through audio and gaming experiences, targeting markets that larger Western platforms have largely overlooked.

Newborn Town makes money by selling virtual gifts and in-app items that users purchase to send to each other or use inside games — a model sometimes called "social entertainment." Most of its revenue comes from the Middle East, where it has built a strong local brand and community. Its deep cultural focus on Arabic-speaking users and its established user base in the region give it a meaningful edge over generic global competitors. The key risk is that growth depends heavily on continued user spending in a relatively small geographic footprint.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+31.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

-52.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

¥370M/ year

Rising (+10% vs prior year)

5.4% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

59.4%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

¥2.9B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Strong grower

Newborn Town is growing revenue at 31% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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
55.9%
Premium pricing power — 55.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
10.9%
Modest — 10.9% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
36.3%
Exceptional — 36.3% 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
+35.3%
Fast-growing sales (+35.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+16.3%
Earnings growing fast (+16.3% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
155%
Turns 155% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
20.8%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (20.8%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.00
Conservative — low debt load (0.00)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
122.77x
Comfortably covers interest (122.8x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
16.2x
Fair value — P/E 16.2

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
+13.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (16.2 → 2.9)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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