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RENN Fund

RCG
46
Asset Management · Financial Services
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange American
Winston Score
46
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Mixed
Dividends
Weak

Winston Score History

The full picture

RENN Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund that pools money from investors and puts it into small, early-stage companies. It focuses mainly on companies in China and other parts of Asia, particularly businesses that are growing quickly or preparing to list on a stock exchange. The fund is managed by a small team and has been around since the 1990s.

The fund makes money by earning returns on its investments — things like gains when companies it owns go up in value or eventually go public. It is a publicly traded fund, meaning investors can buy and sell shares of RENN Fund itself on a stock exchange. The fund is very small, with a market cap close to zero, which limits its ability to diversify and attract institutional investors. The main risk is that small, illiquid investments in emerging markets can be hard to value and even harder to sell, making the fund vulnerable to large swings in its net asset value.

Growth Profile

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

Revenue Growth

-18.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-80.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

17.4%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$20M cash & investments

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

Revenue declining

RENN Fund'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
45.5%
Healthy — 45.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
438.7%
Excellent — 438.7% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
4.1%
Weak — 4.1% 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
+3.5%
Slow sales growth (+3.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-86.5%
Earnings shrinking (-86.5% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
0%
Weak — only 0% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
0.0%
Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

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
0.00
Conservative — low debt load (0.00)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
703.97x
Comfortably covers interest (704.0x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
26.9x
no trend
Growth-priced — P/E 26.9

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.73%
no trend
Small dividend — 0.73% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-80.6%
no trend
Dividend cut (-80.6% YoY) — warning sign

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