Winmark Corporation and subsidiaries offer licenses to operate franchises using the service marks Plato’s Closet, Once Upon A Child, Play It Again Sports, Style Encore, and Music Go Round.
In addition, the company sells point-of-sale system hardware…
Analysis
Hope premium
Winmark Corporation carries what we call a hope premium: an average business trading at an ambitious price. One caution: reported profits have recently run ahead of actual cash, which we track closely.
The price is expensive. You pay 33.9× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically expensive zone.
The trajectory is tepid and the balance sheet is adequate. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value. Analysts lean positive.
What to watch: Reported profits have run ahead of actual cash for several periods. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.
360° rank · history
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Jan 202314
15
20232026
All-time high
30
Mar 2026
All-time low
14
Jan 2023
Average rank
20
across all years
Detailed & Historical Ranks
Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.
Current202520242023
Price/Sales
7
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21
Price/Earnings
17
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34
Price/Book
97
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100
Dividend Yield
1
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35
Value (overall)
14
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57
Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.