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Shineco

SISI
27
Agricultural Farm Products · Consumer Defensive
Price
$0.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$94
Winston Score
27
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+1650.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 253.2 (2020) → 4K (2024)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Shineco, Inc. is a small Chinese company that sells health and wellness products, including herbal medicines, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) ingredients, and agricultural products like organic teas and plant-based goods. Its customers are mainly consumers and distributors in China who buy these products for everyday health purposes. The company operates in the specialty and generic drug space but also spans agriculture and natural health products.

Shineco makes money by selling these physical goods directly to buyers, with very thin profit margins — its gross margin is only about 3.5%, meaning it keeps very little from each sale. The company is based in China and is quite small, with essentially no measurable market cap, which signals serious financial strain. Its operating margin of roughly negative 207% means it is spending far more than it earns, and the key risk facing Shineco is whether it can cut costs and grow revenue fast enough to survive as a going concern.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-97.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+92.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$113,426/ year

Declining (-17% vs prior year)

1.2% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

36.4%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

$36M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Shineco'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
-34.4%
Thin — -34.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-9178.8%
Losing money on operations — -9178.8%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-47.2%
Weak — -47.2% 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
+139.0%
Fast-growing sales (+139.0% 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
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-45.2%
Burning cash (-45.2%)

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
0.63
Moderate — manageable debt (0.63)
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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