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GLDC NASDAQ

Golden Enterprises, Inc.
1W: +0.0% 1M: +0.2% 3M: +61.9%
$12.00
Last traded 2016-09-30 — delisted
NASDAQ · Consumer Defensive · Food Distribution

Edge Score

Quantitative competitive moat analysis scoring five pillars of durable advantage — cost leadership, brand intangibles, switching costs, network effects, and efficient scale — using industry percentile rankings on a 0–100 scale.

NO EDGE
32.0 / 100
NoneWeakNarrowWide
Primary source: Efficient Scale  ·  ROIC: 8.5%
Cost Advantage
30
Intangibles
14
Switching Cost
12
Network Effect
50
Scale ★
80
The Edge Score quantifies a company's competitive moat using five pillars: Cost Advantage (20%, operating margin and SG&A efficiency vs industry peers), Intangible Assets (25%, gross margin premium, R&D intensity, brand pricing power), Switching Costs (25%, revenue stability, earnings consistency, customer retention proxied by operating leverage), Network Effects (15%, revenue growth with expanding margins, market share dominance), and Efficient Scale (15%, market concentration, ROIC sustainability). Each pillar is scored 0–100 using industry percentile rankings, then weighted into a composite. Wide ≥ 70, Narrow ≥ 55, Weak ≥ 40, None < 40. GLDC has No discernible competitive edge (32.0/100). The business operates without significant structural advantages. The primary source of advantage is Efficient Scale. ROIC of 8.5% suggests modest returns relative to capital deployed.

InsiderStreet Scorecard

Proprietary multi-factor scorecard rating companies across seven fundamental dimensions — profitability, balance sheet strength, earnings quality, growth, value, momentum, and safety — each scored 0–100.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 52 Grade B
Profitability
38
Balance Sheet
84
Earnings Quality
69
Growth
—
Value
34
Momentum
—
Safety
100
Cash Flow
55
The InsiderStreet Scorecard rates companies across eight dimensions: Profitability (margins, ROA, ROE), Balance Sheet (leverage, liquidity, coverage), Earnings Quality (accruals, cash conversion), Growth (revenue and earnings trajectory), Value (P/E, P/B, earnings yield, Graham criteria), Momentum (revenue and earnings acceleration), Safety (Altman Z-Score risk adjustment), and Cash Flow (operating cash flow quality, FCF conversion, cash coverage). The overall score blends 35% quality, 35% value, and 30% momentum, with a penalty for distress-zone Altman scores. GLDC scores highest in Safety (100/100) and lowest in Value (34/100). A grade of B indicates above-average fundamentals with room for improvement in select areas.

Risk & Quality Signals

Academic financial models used by institutional investors to assess bankruptcy risk, earnings manipulation, financial strength, and credit quality.

Altman Z-Score
9.26
Safe Zone
Piotroski F-Score
4/9
✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
Beneish M-Score
—
—
Ohlson O-Score
-4.40
Bankruptcy prob: 1.2%
Low Risk
Credit Rating
AA+
Score: 90.4/100
Earnings Quality
75/100
OCF/NI: 1.95x
Accruals: -10.3%
The Altman Z-Score (1968) combines five ratios — working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value of equity, and sales, all relative to total assets or liabilities — into a single bankruptcy predictor. GLDC scores 9.26, placing it in the Safe Zone (safe > 2.99, distress < 1.81). Bankruptcy is statistically unlikely within the next two years. The Piotroski F-Score (2000) is a 9-point binary checklist — four profitability tests (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, cash flow exceeding net income), three leverage tests (declining debt ratio, improving current ratio, no share dilution), and two efficiency tests (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Each pass scores 1 point. GLDC scores 4/9, indicating moderate financial health — some areas of strength offset by weaknesses in others. The Ohlson O-Score (1980) is a 9-variable logistic regression that estimates bankruptcy probability using firm size, leverage, working capital, current ratio, profitability (ROA), cash flow coverage, negative equity flag, consecutive losses flag, and earnings trajectory. The raw score is converted to a probability via logistic transformation. GLDC's implied 1.2% bankruptcy probability is well within safe territory. Our Credit Rating model scores companies on five weighted components — solvency (30%), earning power (25%), leverage (20%), liquidity (15%), and cash flow quality (10%) — then blends the absolute score with sector and industry peer rankings. For companies with large buyback programs, equity is adjusted by adding back cumulative 5-year repurchases (capped at 80% of FCF generated) to avoid penalizing shareholder-friendly capital allocation. GLDC receives an estimated rating of AA+ (score: 90.4/100). The Earnings Quality score measures how well reported earnings are backed by real cash. It evaluates the operating cash flow to net income ratio (OCF/NI ≥ 1.0 means every dollar of earnings is cash-backed) and the accruals ratio (the gap between earnings and cash flow relative to assets — lower is better). GLDC's score of 75/100 is high — cash flows strongly support reported earnings.

Valuation

Key valuation multiples comparing the stock's market price to its earnings, revenue, book value, and cash flows. Lower multiples may indicate relative undervaluation versus peers.

P/E
42.84x
PEG
0.00x
P/S
0.00x
P/B
5.73x
P/FCF
18.62x
P/OCF
14.16x
EV/EBITDA
10.56x
EV/Revenue
0.66x
EV/EBIT
19.37x
EV/FCF
19.86x
Earnings Yield
3.63%
FCF Yield
5.37%
Shareholder Yield
2.10%
Graham Number
$3.09
Equity-based multiples (P/E, P/B, P/FCF) compare the stock price to per-share fundamentals and are affected by capital structure. Enterprise value multiples (EV/EBITDA, EV/Revenue, EV/FCF) strip out debt and cash, making them more useful for cross-company comparisons regardless of how companies are financed. The Graham Number — √(22.5 × EPS × Book Value) — is Benjamin Graham's formula for the maximum price a defensive investor should pay. At 42.8x earnings, GLDC is priced for high growth expectations. Graham's intrinsic value formula yields $3.09 per share, 288% below the current price.

DuPont Decomposition (5-Factor)

The 5-factor DuPont framework breaks Return on Equity into its component drivers — tax efficiency, interest burden, operating profitability, asset utilization, and financial leverage — to reveal what truly drives shareholder returns.

Tax Burden
0.707
NI / EBT
×
Interest Burden
0.932
EBT / EBIT
×
EBIT Margin
0.034
EBIT / Rev
×
Asset Turnover
4.852
Rev / Assets
×
Equity Multiplier
0.891
Assets / Equity
=
ROE
9.7%
The 5-factor DuPont identity decomposes ROE as: Tax Burden × Interest Burden × EBIT Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier = ROE. This reveals whether returns are driven by operating performance, financial leverage, or tax efficiency — three very different sources of profitability. GLDC's ROE of 9.7% is driven by Asset Turnover (4.852), indicating efficient use of assets to generate revenue.

Graham-Dodd Adjusted Valuation

Our adaptation of Graham's growth formula (Fair P/E = 8.5 + 2g) from The Intelligent Investor. The classic version relies on analyst growth projections, which can be unreliable. This adjusted model substitutes the company's realized 3-year EPS CAGR — a backward-looking, verifiable measure of actual earnings power — grounding the valuation in demonstrated performance rather than forecasts.

Two adjustments we make, and why. Growth is capped at 15%. Graham defined g as expected growth over the next seven to ten years, not last year's rate. Across US companies since 1994 the median realized 7-year EPS growth is 5–8% regardless of how fast a company grew beforehand, and of 4,457 company-quarters that grew faster than 200%, none sustained it. Uncapped, the formula assigned fair multiples in the hundreds to companies that had never held that rate — and scored worse than simply reading the P/E. Capped, it carries real information. The verdict has three states, not two. Tested over 377,249 stock-months, this ratio only separates outcomes at its extremes: below 0.25 beat the universe by 1.3 points a year, above 3.0 lagged by 2.7, and everything in between sat inside a one-point band. Rather than call two-thirds of the market "undervalued" on a threshold of 1.0, we say Neutral where the model cannot tell — which is most of the time.

Adj. Growth Rate
0.00%
Fair P/E
8.50x
Intrinsic Value
$1.73
Price/Value
3.24x
Margin of Safety
-224.12%
Premium
224.12%
Assessment
Overvalued
Graham's classic formula uses analyst-projected growth to estimate a fair P/E (8.5 + 2g). Our adjusted version replaces that projection with GLDC's realized 0.0% 3-year EPS CAGR, capped at 15% — demonstrated performance rather than forecasts, held to a rate companies have historically sustained. GLDC trades at a 224% premium to its adjusted intrinsic value of $1.73, suggesting the market is pricing in future growth beyond what historical earnings support. The adjusted fair P/E of 8.5x compares to the current market P/E of 42.8x.

Profitability Trends

Historical profitability ratios tracking how efficiently the company converts revenue into returns for shareholders over time.

Leverage & Solvency Trends

Debt and liquidity metrics showing the company's financial leverage and ability to meet short-term and long-term obligations.

Efficiency & Working Capital Trends

Operating efficiency metrics measuring how quickly the company converts inventory to sales, collects receivables, and manages its cash conversion cycle.

Growth Trends (YoY %)

Year-over-year growth rates for key financial metrics, showing the trajectory of revenue, earnings, and cash flow generation.

Earnings Stability

R-squared of linear regression measuring how predictably revenue, earnings, and margins follow a trend over the trailing 5 years. 1.0 = perfectly predictable; lower values indicate erratic or cyclical behavior.

Monte Carlo Price Simulation

Geometric Brownian Motion with 1,000 antithetic paths over 1 year, seeded from 187 days of historical volatility. Percentile bands show the range of statistically plausible outcomes — this is a statistical model, not a forecast.

Current Price
$12.00
Median 1Y
$36.58
5th Pctile
$13.82
95th Pctile
$97.25
Ann. Volatility
61.3%
25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical
All Ratios & Metrics

Complete fundamental data with up to 20 periods of history, sparkline trends, and current values across 13 categories and 130+ financial metrics.

Profitability
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
ROE 5.8% 9.7% 9.71%
ROA 3.0% 10.9% 10.90%
ROIC 4.9% 8.5% 8.49%
ROCE 7.1% 32.7% 32.70%
Gross Margin 50.1% 49.8% 49.79%
Operating Margin 3.3% 3.1% 3.12%
Net Margin 2.0% 2.7% 2.75%
EBITDA Margin 6.4% 6.0% 6.00%
FCF Margin 0.5% 3.3% 3.32%
OCF Margin 1.3% 4.4% 4.37%
ROIC Economic snapshot only 8.49%
Cash ROA snapshot only 21.21%
Cash ROIC snapshot only 16.05%
CROIC snapshot only 12.21%
NOPAT Margin snapshot only 2.31%
Pretax Margin snapshot only 3.18%
R&D / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
SGA / Revenue snapshot only 46.75%
SBC / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
Valuation
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
P/E Ratio 39.28 27.55 42.843
P/S Ratio 0.78 0.62 0.000
P/B Ratio 2.28 2.68 5.733
P/FCF 163.12 18.62 18.620
P/OCF 58.00 14.16 14.161
EV/EBITDA 13.34 10.56 10.562
EV/Revenue 0.85 0.66 0.660
EV/EBIT 24.26 19.37 19.368
EV/FCF 177.99 19.86 19.855
Earnings Yield 2.5% 3.6% 3.63%
FCF Yield 0.6% 5.4% 5.37%
PEG Ratio snapshot only 0.001
Price/Tangible Book snapshot only 2.676
EV/OCF snapshot only 15.100
EV/Gross Profit snapshot only 1.320
Acquirers Multiple snapshot only 20.199
Shareholder Yield snapshot only 2.10%
Graham Number snapshot only $3.09
Leverage & Solvency
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Current Ratio 1.85 1.89 1.893
Quick Ratio 1.33 1.34 1.342
Debt/Equity 0.27 0.26 0.262
Net Debt/Equity 0.21 0.18 0.178
Debt/Assets 0.14 0.29 0.294
Debt/EBITDA 1.47 0.97 0.969
Net Debt/EBITDA 1.11 0.66 0.657
Interest Coverage 13.83 14.75 14.749
Equity Multiplier 1.93 0.89 0.891
Cash Ratio snapshot only 0.192
Debt Service Coverage snapshot only 27.046
Cash to Debt snapshot only 0.322
FCF to Debt snapshot only 0.549
Defensive Interval snapshot only 95.2 days
Efficiency & Turnover
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Asset Turnover 1.51 4.85 4.852
Inventory Turnover 5.80 8.90 8.902
Receivables Turnover — 9.77 9.768
Payables Turnover 12.04 12.05 12.054
DSO 0 37 37.4 days
DIO 63 41 41.0 days
DPO 30 30 30.3 days
Cash Conversion Cycle 33 48 48.1 days
Fixed Asset Turnover snapshot only 4.635
Operating Cycle snapshot only 78.4 days
Cash Velocity snapshot only 51.227
Capital Intensity snapshot only 0.206
Growth Quality
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Revenue Stability — — —
Earnings Stability — — —
Margin Stability — — —
Rev. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.000
Earn. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.000
FCF Positive Streak 0 0 0
Earnings Persistence — — —
Earnings Smoothness — — —
ROE Trend — — —
Gross Margin Trend — — —
FCF Margin Trend — — —
Sustainable Growth Rate 5.8% 9.7% 9.71%
Internal Growth Rate 3.1% 12.2% 12.24%
Cash Flow Quality
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
OCF/Net Income 0.68 1.95 1.946
FCF/OCF 0.36 0.76 0.761
FCF/Net Income snapshot only 1.480
OCF/EBITDA snapshot only 0.699
CapEx/Revenue 0.9% 1.0% 1.05%
CapEx/Depreciation snapshot only 0.368
Accruals Ratio 0.01 -0.10 -0.103
Sloan Accruals snapshot only 0.249
Cash Flow Adequacy snapshot only 4.175
Earnings Quality Score snapshot only 0.750
Dividends & Buybacks
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Dividend Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Dividend/Share $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Payout Ratio 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
FCF Payout Ratio 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Total Payout Ratio 99.6% 57.9% 57.91%
Div. Increase Streak — — —
Chowder Number — — —
Buyback Yield 2.5% 2.1% 2.10%
Net Buyback Yield 2.5% 2.1% 2.10%
Total Shareholder Return 2.5% 2.1% 2.10%
DuPont Factors
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT) 0.61 0.71 0.707
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT) 0.93 0.93 0.932
EBIT Margin 0.04 0.03 0.034
Asset Turnover 1.51 4.85 4.852
Equity Multiplier 1.93 0.89 0.891
Per Share
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
EPS (Diluted TTM) $0.12 $0.20 $0.20
Book Value/Share $2.04 $2.09 $0.14
Tangible Book/Share $2.04 $2.09 $2.09
Revenue/Share $5.95 $9.05 $12.03
FCF/Share $0.03 $0.30 $0.53
OCF/Share $0.08 $0.40 $0.63
Cash/Share $0.14 $0.18 $0.18
EBITDA/Share $0.38 $0.57 $0.57
Debt/Share $0.56 $0.55 $0.55
Net Debt/Share $0.42 $0.37 $0.37
Academic Models
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Altman Z-Score — — 9.257
Altman Z-Prime snapshot only 10.631
Piotroski F-Score 3 4 4
Beneish M-Score — — —
Ohlson O-Score snapshot only -4.400
ROIC (Greenblatt) snapshot only 11.11%
Net-Net WC snapshot only $0.02
EVA snapshot only $-421289.01
Credit
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Credit Rating snapshot only AA+
Credit Score 78.07 90.36 90.363
Credit Grade snapshot only 2
Implied Spread (bps) snapshot only 65.000
Industry Credit Rank snapshot only 80
Sector Credit Rank snapshot only 82

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