Waldencast plc · Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations

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Moderate riskNext report: Not enough history

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The short version

A company still losing money with steady sales.

Going well

Little debt

Watch out for

Losing money, losses are large next to sales

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

The business over time

Last 5 quarters, from SEC filings

Profit, Mar '22

$3.0M

Mar '21Tap a barMar '22

Last 12 months: -$15.4M.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

2/6Weak

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-40.9%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.30x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-84.4%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.0 of 5 years
MissFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.-$16.2M
PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.67.3%

Revenue: $272.1M; -0.7% vs prior year
5-year growth: +23.6%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $136.5M; 0.30x equity
Current ratio: 1.70x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: share count not growing. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Latest quarter

Quarter ended Mar 31, 2022

Free cash flow: -$415K

Insider rating

Last 90 days

No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.

Weekly insider trend

No trades to chart yet.

Filing buzz

Last 7 days vs normal

0/ 100

This week: 0
Normal week: 1.6
vs normal: 0.0x

SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

+9.7%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

28 months

Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have

0.3x · $136.5M debt

Shares outstandingLatest reported

114M

Why moderate risk

Losing money, losses are large next to sales
Share count growing 9.7% a year

Earnings reports

Last 0

Next reportNot enough history

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

No offerings, red flags or new big holders. Clean record.

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days

No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.

"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.

Latest filings

Straight from SEC EDGAR

15-12GOct 15 · Form 15-12G ↗6-KOct 15 · Form 6-K ↗S-8 POSOct 14 · Form S-8 POS ↗EFFECTOct 13 · Form EFFECT ↗EFFECTOct 13 · Form EFFECT ↗EFFECTOct 13 · Form EFFECT ↗POS AMOct 9 · Form POS AM ↗POS AMOct 9 · Form POS AM ↗POS AMOct 9 · Form POS AM ↗6-KSep 28 · Form 6-K ↗25Sep 24 · Form 25 ↗6-KSep 24 · Form 6-K ↗6-KSep 14 · Form 6-K ↗

BoughtCristiano SouzaDirector, 10% owner

335,000 shares at $1.51 · $506K

+3% of holdings
Now owns 12,587,580 shares
Held by Zeno Investment Master Fund
Filed 4 days after trade

Aug 28Form 4 ↗

Option exerciseManuel ManfrediChief Financial Officer

79,289 shares

+200% of holdings
Now owns 118,933 shares
Filed 8 days after trade

Jul 30Form 4 ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR filings. For informational purposes. Not investment advice.

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