Winmark (WINA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Winmark Corporation is a franchising and equipment-leasing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Through its franchise business, the company supports a portfolio of retail brands focused primarily on the resale of apparel, children’s products, sporting goods and musical instruments.

Winmark’s principal franchise concepts include Plato’s Closet, Once Upon a Child, Play It Again Sports, Style Encore and Music Go Round. These stores acquire and resell gently used merchandise, offering consumers lower-cost alternatives while providing opportunities for individuals to operate locally owned businesses. Winmark provides franchisees with brand development, operating systems, training, marketing and other forms of support.

The company also operates Winmark Capital, which provides equipment financing and leasing services to small businesses. Winmark’s franchise brands operate primarily throughout the United States and Canada. The company traces its origins to the late 1980s and was previously known as Grow Biz International before adopting the Winmark name.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $281.35 to $295.85
• 50-Day Range: $282.38 to $378.20
• 52-Week Range: $280.05 to $488.83
• Volume: 57,694 shs
• Average Volume: 102,659 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.01 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.62
• Dividend Yield: 1.44%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Winmark Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Winmark scored higher than 43% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 342nd out of 487 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Winmark has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Winmark has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Winmark is 25.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.65.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Winmark is 25.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 41.64.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.05% of the float of Winmark has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Winmark has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.73, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Winmark has recently decreased by 4.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Winmark pays a meaningful dividend of 1.40%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Winmark has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Winmark is 37.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.83

News Sentiment

Winmark has a news sentiment score of 1.83. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Winmark this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for WINA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Winmark insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

10.40% of the stock of Winmark is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

73.32% of the stock of Winmark is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/15/2026
• Record date for 9/1 Dividend: 8/12/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend: 8/12/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/01/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/21/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: Other Specialty Retail
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:WINA
• CIK: 908315
• Web: www.winmarkcorporation.com
• Phone: (763) 520-8500
• Fax: 763-520-8410
• Employees: 87
• Year Founded: 1988

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $11.02
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $41.65 million
• Net Margins: 47.09%
• Pretax Margin: 60.50%
• Return on Equity: -99.47%
• Return on Assets: 103.54%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 3.75
• Quick Ratio: 3.67

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $86.06 million
• Price / Sales: 11.78
• Cash Flow: $11.51 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.53
• Book Value: ($15.07) per share
• Price / Book: -18.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,590,000
• Free Float: 3,218,000
• Market Cap: $1.01 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.57