Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail
Hour Loop, Inc. HOUR
$1.86 -4.62% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $65.5M
Strong growth
Next earnings report: Nov 16, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.05, up 110.9% year over year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -36.1%, behind the S&P 500 by 51.2 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 24%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 12%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 8%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 9%
- Gross marginTop 20%
- Operating marginBottom 21%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 2%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 11%
- Interest coverTop 24%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 36%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 18%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 22%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 8%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 46%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 12%
- 6-month returnTop 47%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 20%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 28%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 9%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 43%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 20%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 11%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.1% | 10.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 612.9% | 110.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 51.7% | 51.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 1.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -1.7% | -0.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.8% | 5.1% | ↑ | Top 24% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 110.9% | 612.9% | ↓ | Top 8% |
| Gross margin | 51.5% | 51.7% | ↓ | Top 20% |
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 0.6% | ↑ | Bottom 21% |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 0.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.2% | -1.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 20.0% | — | Top 9% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 14.1% | — | Top 12% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- -0.17×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 7.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +360.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.33×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 13.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 6
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -96.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | +0.0% | +0.5% | -2.1% | -2.1% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | — | -2.5% | -13.4% | -26.1% | -22.7% |
| Mar 24, 2026 | — | +0.5% | -11.1% | +19.0% | +6.9% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | — | +22.3% | -0.5% | +6.7% | -3.1% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | — | -0.5% | -5.5% | +117.5% | +2.7% |
| May 12, 2025 | — | +0.0% | -1.5% | +1.5% | +36.4% |
| Mar 27, 2025 | — | -4.0% | -27.5% | -32.0% | -29.0% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | — | +1.4% | +14.5% | +5.8% | +65.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | $0.03 | $0.03 | +0.0% | $33.9M |
| May 12, 2026 | $0.02 | — | — | $29.9M |
| Mar 24, 2026 | -$0.02 | — | — | $54.4M |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.01 | — | — | $31.1M |
| Aug 12, 2025 | $0.04 | — | — | $28.1M |
| May 12, 2025 | $0.02 | — | — | $24.7M |
| Mar 27, 2025 | -$0.04 | — | — | $59.4M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $0.01 | — | — | $29.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 40.1× | 41.8× | 47th | Bottom 36% |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.2× | — | — | Bottom 22% |
| EV / Sales | 0.42× | — | — | Top 8% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.57% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
| Earnings yield | 2.49% | — | — | Bottom 36% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 14.8× – 188.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -36.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +110.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -49.5%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 5
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -3.1%
- RSI (14)
- 51.0
- Relative volume
- 0.94×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 45.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 10th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.44
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.14
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -34.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -74.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2022 | Aug 8, 2024 | -89.5% | 648 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $65.5M
- P/E (TTM)
- 40.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.05
- Revenue (TTM)
- $153.4M
- 52-week range
- $1.67 – $3.18
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $62.8M | $95.9M | $132.1M | $138.3M | $142.4M |
| Gross profit | $34.8M | $49.0M | $66.5M | $72.0M | $74.6M |
| Operating income | $5.5M | -$1.9M | -$3.0M | $730,940 | $2.5M |
| Net income | $4.8M | -$1.5M | -$2.4M | $657,447 | $1.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.14 | -$0.04 | -$0.07 | $0.02 | $0.05 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $31.1M | $54.4M | $25.8M | $27.1M | $33.4M | $56.1M | $29.9M | $33.9M |
| Net income | $469,647 | -$1.5M | $654,517 | $1.2M | $530,591 | -$657,260 | $823,482 | $1.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.01 | -$0.04 | $0.02 | $0.03 | $0.02 | -$0.02 | $0.02 | $0.03 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $7.8M | -$11.6M | -$2.1M | $313,140 | $2.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$16,115 | -$339,518 | -$14,823 | -$35,996 | -$78,113 |
| Free cash flow | $7.7M | -$11.9M | -$2.1M | $277,144 | $2.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$2.1M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $6.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $985,404
- Total assets
- $26.2M
- Total liabilities
- $17.3M
- Total debt
- $129,499
- Net debt
- -$855,905
- Shareholders’ equity
- $8.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 12,256
- Days to cover
- 1.45
- Change vs previous report
- -36.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.