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Healthy Choice Wellness

Regional operator of natural-and-organic grocery and wellness retail banners.

$0.2394
After-hours close−0.00 (−0.54%)
At close$0.2407(−6.89%)
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Healthy Choice Wellness Corp.HCWCConsumer Staples

Sells natural and organic groceries, prepared food, dietary supplements, health-and-beauty products, and household goods through locally branded stores. Most revenue comes from point-of-sale retail transactions, with centralized operations supporting regional banners.

Operates 19 natural-and-organic grocery and dietary-supplement stores under Ada's Natural Market, Paradise Health & Nutrition, Mother Earth's Storehouse, Green's Natural Foods, Ellwood Thompson's, and GreenAcres Market. The locally branded portfolio spans Florida, the Northeast, Virginia, Kansas, and Oklahoma, while centralizing sourcing, inventory, technology, finance, and corporate functions.

Generates most revenue from retail-grocery transactions, with food service and vendor cooperative advertising providing smaller contributions. Stores sell organic produce, grocery, prepared food, supplements, health-and-beauty products, and household goods; TheVitaminStore.com is a very small online channel, and a reported wellness center offers vitamin treatments. Product screening, local assortment decisions, nutrition education, and customer service support the operating proposition.

Depends on leased stores, natural-and-organic product supply, and supplier distribution arrangements. A pending merger with Host Digital requires stockholder, listing, tax, and other approvals, shifting the issuer to a data-center platform.

Company facts

CEOJeffrey Holman
ListedSep 16, 2024
ExchangeAMEX
HeadquartersHollywood, FL
CountryUnited States
Employees430
CIK0001948864
ISINUS42227T1051

Key statistics

Market cap$5.5M
EPS (ttm)−$0.4212
P/E (ttm)−0.5729
ROE-179.4%
P/B1.87
P/S0.0756
Dividend yield
Beta1.52vs XLP −0.06

Year to date −14.0% · Average volume (30d) 25.4M

Analysts

No analyst consensus on record.

Earnings

EPS

Estimate−$0.04
Reported−$0.11−175.0%

Revenue

Estimate$22.2M
Reported$16.6M−25.2%

History

Report dateEPS estEPSSurpriseRevenue estRevenueSurpriseNext session
Aug 14, 2026Q2 FY26−$0.04−$0.11−175.0%$22.2M$16.6M−25.2%−1.27%
May 15, 2026Q1 FY26−$0.06−$0.09−50.0%$22.3M$18.2M−18.1%−3.70%
Mar 16, 2026Q4 FY25−$0.05−$0.050.0%$21.0M$18.7M−11.0%+1.81%
Oct 17, 2025Q3 FY25−$0.09$19.0M+0.97%
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Financial highlights

11 quartersQ1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26
Revenue$20.3M$20.2M$19.0M$18.7M$18.2M$16.6M
Gross profit$7.9M$8.1M$7.4M$7.3M$6.9M$6.4M
Operating income−$409.7K−$39.0K−$609.4K−$1.4M−$1.6M−$2.6M
Net income−$712.4K−$339.4K−$1.2M−$1.7M−$3.7M−$3.1M
Diluted EPS−$0.07−$0.03−$0.09−$0.05−$0.17−$0.11
Gross margin38.8%40.1%38.8%39.1%38.0%38.6%
Operating margin-2.0%-0.2%-3.2%-7.6%-8.9%-15.9%

Fiscal years (4-quarter sums)FY24 $69.4M · FY25 $78.2M

Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $893.8K · Total debt $11.5M · Total assets $27.7M · Shareholders' equity $3.5M

Dividends

No dividends on record.

Ownership

Institutions 2.20%Insiders

Shares outstanding 22.75M · Float 20.05M · 88.1% free float

Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4

HolderShares% outstandingFormFiled
Jeffrey E. Holman2.66M8.99%13DJun 9, 2026
E. Holman1.09M11.10%13DSep 24, 2024
Christopher Santi584.5K5.95%13DSep 25, 2024
Geode Capital Management, LLC188.0K0.83%13FMay 15, 2026
Vanguard Capital Management LLC92.0K0.40%13FMay 15, 2026

Insider tradesForm 4

Nothing filed in the last 12 months.

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Peers

  • Sprouts Farmers Market

    Fresh, natural and organic grocery overlaps with wellness-led shopping.

  • Natural Grocers

    Natural grocery and vitamin stores target the same wellness shoppers.

  • Walmart

    Low-price grocery and health-and-wellness retail pressures local baskets.

  • Target

    Value food, wellness, and essentials retail overlaps with natural baskets.

CompareAfter-hours close

CompanyPriceChange
Healthy Choice Wellness$0.2394−0.54%$5.5M0.1−17.8%
Sprouts Farmers Market$81.73+0.33%$7.60B15.613.80.8+4.7%
Natural Grocers$27.48−0.11%$633.2M13.312.60.5+1.8%
Walmart$103.07−0.03%$820.40B37.234.51.1+5.9%
Target$163.23+0.05%$74.10B16.917.60.7+5.3%
Median16.315.70.8+5.0%