Stocks · Industrials · Specialty Business Services
Where Food Comes From Inc WFCF
$12.73 -1.62% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $64.1M
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 45.4× trailing earnings, higher than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.28, down 27.7% year over year.
- The diluted share count fell 4.8% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials 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)Bottom 15%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 29%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 28%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 25%
- Gross marginTop 27%
- Operating marginBottom 45%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 10%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 10%
- Interest coverTop 1%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 38%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 44%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 6%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 47%
- 6-month returnBottom 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 39%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 25%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 47%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 6%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 10%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.8% | -2.2% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -15.8% | -27.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 40.0% | 38.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 5.9% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 9.9% | 4.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.2% | -1.8% | ↓ | Bottom 15% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -27.7% | -15.8% | ↓ | Bottom 23% |
| Gross margin | 38.3% | 40.0% | ↓ | Top 27% |
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 8.0% | ↓ | Bottom 45% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 8.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.0% | 9.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.3% | — | Top 25% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.1% | — | Bottom 29% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.87×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 1.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +23.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.95×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 739.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.07%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.07%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.3%
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 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 2
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +10.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +60.0% | +0.0% | -4.6% | +10.9% | — |
| May 14, 2026 | — | -4.1% | +16.2% | +7.6% | +14.1% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | — | -2.7% | -3.8% | +10.3% | +3.9% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | — | -2.8% | -3.9% | +5.5% | -6.1% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | — | -0.9% | -1.0% | +10.8% | +10.0% |
| May 8, 2025 | — | -0.3% | -17.4% | -12.3% | -0.1% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | — | +3.0% | +1.6% | -4.5% | -19.9% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | — | -1.1% | -1.0% | +5.4% | +6.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.08 | $0.05 | +60.0% | $6.6M |
| May 14, 2026 | $0.02 | — | — | $5.4M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -$0.04 | — | — | $6.0M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $0.22 | — | — | $7.0M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.11 | — | — | $6.6M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.01 | — | — | $5.3M |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.13 | — | — | $6.7M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $0.09 | — | — | $7.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 45.4× | 31.7× | 95th | Bottom 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 34.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.7× | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| EV / Sales | 2.46× | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.57% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| Earnings yield | 2.20% | — | — | Bottom 45% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 22.9× – 50.0× 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
- -3.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -27.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +57.3%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 2
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +4.2%
- RSI (14)
- 53.0
- Relative volume
- 0.47×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 71.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 90th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.41
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.09
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -29.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -49.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | May 15, 2026 | -49.1% | 7 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 14, 2021 | Sep 23, 2022 | -46.1% | 323 days | 903 days (May 6, 2026) |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -14.3% | 13 days | 15 days (Nov 18, 2020) |
| Apr 16, 2021 | May 18, 2021 | -14.1% | 22 days | 18 days (Jun 14, 2021) |
| Sep 22, 2020 | Oct 1, 2020 | -12.7% | 7 days | 2 days (Oct 5, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $64.1M
- P/E (TTM)
- 45.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.28
- Revenue (TTM)
- $25.0M
- 52-week range
- $9.15 – $22.15
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $21.9M | $24.8M | $25.1M | $25.7M | $24.9M |
| Gross profit | $9.7M | $10.5M | $10.5M | $10.6M | $9.5M |
| Operating income | $2.3M | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.2M | $1.2M |
| Net income | $3.0M | $2.0M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.48 | $0.33 | $0.39 | $0.40 | $0.30 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.1M | $6.7M | $5.3M | $6.6M | $7.0M | $6.0M | $5.4M | $6.6M |
| Net income | $492,000 | $961,000 | $31,000 | $562,000 | $1.1M | -$203,000 | $92,000 | $413,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.09 | $0.18 | $0.01 | $0.11 | $0.22 | -$0.04 | $0.02 | $0.08 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.0M | $2.7M | $2.8M | $2.7M | $1.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$213,000 | -$267,000 | -$148,000 | -$159,000 | -$155,000 |
| Free cash flow | $2.8M | $2.4M | $2.7M | $2.6M | $1.5M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.1M | -$3.5M | -$4.0M | -$3.3M | -$2.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $3.4M
- Total assets
- $13.6M
- Total liabilities
- $4.8M
- Total debt
- $729,000
- Net debt
- -$2.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $8.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2021 | $0.15 | Aug 16, 2021 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 10,870
- Days to cover
- 1.99
- Change vs previous report
- -16.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1-for-4