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Winmark Corp. (WINA)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Winmark Corp. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Winmark Corp.

Winmark Corporation operates a franchising business that provides software license fees, marketing services, and royalty products. The company serves franchisees by offering support and services related to its franchise operations. It primarily operates in the retail sector through its franchising model.

Snapshot

Revenue
$86.1M
Revenue growth (YoY)
5.9%
Net income
$41.7M
Diluted EPS
$11.30
Gross margin
—
Operating margin
63.4%
Net margin
48.4%
FCF margin
51.9%
ROE
—
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
28.1×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$1.13B
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 27, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Winmark

  • Revenue grew 5.9% to $86M in FY2025, after a 2.3% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 63.4% in FY2025, -2.2 pp against 65.6% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $28M, up 23.2% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $45M in FY2025, 51.9% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 4.3% to $42M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Winmark’s fundamentals sit among the 410 Consumer Discretionary companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin63.4%
Highest of 348
Net margin48.4%
99th percentile of 384
FCF margin51.9%
Highest of 358
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.9%
63rd percentile of 401
P/E28.1×
79th percentile of 245
Short interest2.73d
30th percentile of 408

Winmark’s operating margin of 63.4% is the highest of the 348 Consumer Discretionary companies reporting it. Winmark’s FCF margin of 51.9% is the highest of the 358 Consumer Discretionary companies reporting it. Winmark’s net margin of 48.4% ranks in the 99th percentile of the 384 Consumer Discretionary companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 5 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
1 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
6
2 trimmed, 4 exited
Combined position
$96.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$86.5M204.4KReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$3.4M7.9KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$3.1M7.4KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$2.9M6.8KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$234,386554New

No longer held by: Bridgewater Associates (as of Q2 2026), Citadel Advisors (as of Q2 2026), Maverick Capital (as of Q2 2026), Polen Capital Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
355.6K
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
-4.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.73
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
130.0K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-30355.6K-4.1%2.73
2026-09-15370.8K+3.5%5.11
2026-08-31358.1K+4.3%9.89
2026-08-14343.4K+5.1%6.45
2026-07-31326.9K-0.5%6.65
2026-07-15328.5K+2.9%7.67
2026-06-30319.4K-0.5%6.28
2026-06-15321.0K-0.9%7.53

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$86.1M$81.3M$83.2M$81.4M$78.2M
Gross profit—————
Operating income$54.6M$52.9M$53.3M$53.6M$51.3M
Net income$41.7M$40.0M$40.2M$39.4M$39.9M
Diluted EPS$11.30$10.89$11.04$10.97$10.48

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$10.3M$12.2M$13.4M$13.6M$11.4M
Current assets$14.1M$15.4M$16.7M$18.1M$17.4M
Total assets$24.9M$26.8M$29.0M$30.5M$26.9M
Current liabilities$5.7M$5.1M$10.5M$10.6M$10.0M
Long-term debt————$47.7M
Total liabilities
Total equity$-53.7M$-51.0M$-59.2M$-61.6M$-39.1M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$44.9M$42.2M$44.0M$43.8M$48.3M
Capital expenditure$192,300$194,900$383,900$139,100$74,700
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$27.9M23.2%$11.8M$3.21
Q2 FY2026$22.0M7.6%$10.4M$2.81
Q1 FY2026$20.8M-4.9%$9.3M$2.50
Q4 FY20257.9%
Q3 FY2025$22.6M5.2%$11.1M$3.02
Q2 FY2025$20.4M1.5%$10.6M$2.89
Q1 FY2025$21.9M9.0%$10.0M$2.71
Q4 FY2024-2.5%

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryRetail-Miscellaneous Retail
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 27, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended September 26, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2010
SEC CIK908315

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-25
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10-Q2026-10-14
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10-Q2026-07-15
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10-Q2026-04-15
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8-K2026-10-14
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8-K2026-07-15
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8-K2026-05-06
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8-K2026-04-22
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.