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PLBY
42
Leisure · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$1.22
-0.01 (-0.81%)
Market Cap
$141.5M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
42
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
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Weak

Share count rising — dilution

+163.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 38.1M (2021) → 100.3M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Playboy is a lifestyle and entertainment brand known worldwide for its iconic rabbit-head logo. The company licenses its brand for use on clothing, accessories, fragrances, and other consumer products. It also operates digital content and creator-led platforms, moving away from its legacy print magazine roots.

Playboy makes most of its money through brand licensing, where other companies pay fees to put the Playboy name and logo on their products. The brand has strong global recognition, particularly in China and other international markets, which gives it licensing reach that few lifestyle brands can match. With a market cap around $100 million, it is a small company, and its key challenge is translating broad brand awareness into consistent, profitable revenue growth while managing debt and navigating shifting consumer trends around its brand identity.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
73.1%
Premium pricing power — 73.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
9.5%
Modest — 9.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
3.2%
Weak — 3.2% 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
-18.2%
Shrinking sales (-18.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
1006%
Turns 1006% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
1.2%
Thin free cash flow (1.2%)

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
7.07
Heavy debt load (7.07)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.63x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.6x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
145.2x
Expensive — P/E 145.2

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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