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YY Group Holding Limited

YYGH
23
Specialty Business Services · Industrials
Price
$1.16
-0.03 (-2.12%)
Market Cap
$3.7M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
23
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available

Share count falling — buybacks

7.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 526 (2021) → 487 (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

YY Group Holding Limited is a Malaysia-based company that provides workforce recruitment and staffing services. It connects job seekers — mostly migrant and foreign workers — with employers in industries like manufacturing, construction, and hospitality across Southeast Asia. The company handles the full process of hiring, including documentation, training, and placement.

YY Group earns money by charging fees to employers for finding and placing workers, and sometimes charges workers for recruitment services. It operates primarily in Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia, and remains a small company with a market cap under $100 million. The business faces significant competition from other regional staffing firms, and its deeply negative operating and return margins signal that costs are outpacing revenue. The key risk is whether the company can scale its operations enough to reach profitability before it runs out of financial runway.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+44.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-177.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

34.6%ownership

Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Runway

~14 months

$7M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue accelerating

YY Group Holding Limited grew revenue 44% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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
11.5%
Thin — 11.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-32.1%
Losing money on operations — -32.1%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-86.4%
Weak — -86.4% 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
+39.3%
Fast-growing sales (+39.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-4.1%
Burning cash (-4.1%)

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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