Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. Class A Common Stock (HCWC)

FairStock Score: 35/100 — MIXED

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I look for durable businesses selling at a discount. Healthy Choice Wellness is in Consumer Defensive grocery, which sounds steady, but the numbers show a struggling operator. In fiscal Q2 2026, revenue was $16.6 million and net income was -$3.1 million, a -18.46% margin. The provided revenue growth and profit growth figures are -4.81% and -201.37%. The data lists EPS of -$12.05. FairStock calculations show P/E of -0.26, P/B of 0.77, ROE of -207.80%, ROCE of -9.74%, and debt-to-equity of 4.30. Trailing free cash flow was -$2.7 million, a FairStock-calculated FCF yield of -43.5%. Those are not marks of a moat; they are marks of a business burning capital. The balance sheet is leveraged, with an Altman Z-score of -0.39, suggesting financial distress, and a Piotroski F-score of 4/9. At the 2026-10-13 close of $3.16, market cap is only $6.2 million and P/B is 0.77, so it trades below book. A negative P/E means earnings give no valuation anchor. FairStock score is 35/100, and the Lynch category is none because only zero years of filed results are available, so there is no record to judge. The low market cap against quarterly revenue may attract asset or turnaround interest, but without positive cash flow and with high leverage, this is speculation, not a Graham-style bargain. I need evidence of stabilized revenue, positive margins, and debt reduction before the math becomes compelling.

In plain English: Healthy Choice Wellness runs natural and organic grocery stores. It is losing money, has high debt, and burns cash, so the business looks weak. At $3.16 a share, it trades below its book value, but the losses and debt make the price hard to call a true bargain.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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