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Qfin Holdings

QFIN
81
Financial - Credit Services · Financial Services
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
81
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Exceptional

Winston Score History

The full picture

Qfin Holdings (also known as 360 DigiTech) is a Chinese online consumer lending platform. It connects everyday borrowers in China with banks and other licensed lenders, helping people get personal loans through a mobile app. The company does not lend its own money directly — instead, it uses technology and data to match borrowers with financial institutions.

Qfin makes money by charging fees to lenders for finding and screening borrowers, and it also earns interest by taking on some loan risk itself. It operates almost entirely in China, serving tens of millions of consumers, mostly younger urban workers who may not qualify for traditional bank loans. With a gross margin near 74%, the business benefits from its data-driven credit scoring system, which is hard for smaller rivals to replicate. The main risk is China's regulatory environment — the government has tightened rules on online lending before, and future policy changes could quickly affect how the company operates or grows.

Growth Profile

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

Revenue Growth

-3.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+13.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

Insider Activity

14.6%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$43.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

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

Revenue declining

Qfin Holdings'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
75.4%
Premium pricing power — 75.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
25.0%
Excellent — 25.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
21.4%
Exceptional — 21.4% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+2.4%
Nearly flat sales (+2.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+13.1%
Earnings growing (+13.1% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
204%
Turns 204% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
41.3%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (41.3%)

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
0.09
Conservative — low debt load (0.09)
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
no trend
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
-0.6
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
11.12%
no trend
Healthy income — 11.12% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+103.6%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (103.6% YoY)

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