1. Investment Snapshot
2. Thesis
3. Valuation & Price Target
4. Business & Product Moat
5. People & Governance
6. Market & Macro
7. Financial Quality
8. Risk Register
9. Prediction Market
10. 𝕏 Posts
Discussion
1. Investment Snapshot
2. Thesis
3. Valuation & Price Target
4. Business & Product Moat
5. People & Governance
6. Market & Macro
7. Financial Quality
8. Risk Register
9. Prediction Market
10. 𝕏 Posts
Discussion
1. Investment Snapshot
2. Valuation
Discussion
Symbol
HOUR
Event Date
2022-01-07
IPO Date (Actual)
2021-12-22
Sector
Consumer
Subsector
Broadline Retail
Offer Range
$4.00
Shares Offered
1.5M
35.03M
$140.1M
4.3%
Implied Upside vs Midpoint
Description
We are an online retailer engaged in e-commerce retailing in the U.S. market. We have operated as a third-party seller on www.amazon.com since 2013. We have also sold merchandise on our website at www.hourloop.com since 2013. We expanded our operations to www.walmart.com in October 2020. To date, we have generated practically all of our revenue as a third-party seller on www.amazon.com and only a negligible amount of revenue from our operations on our website at www.hourloop.com and as a third-party seller on www.walmart.com. We manage more than 100,000 stock-keeping units (“SKUs”). Product categories include home/garden décor, toys, kitchenware, apparels, and electronics. Our primary strategy is to bring most of our vendors product selections to the customers. We have advanced software that assists us in identifying product gaps so we can keep such products in stock year-round including the entirety of the last quarter (holiday season) of the calendar year (“Q4”). In upcoming years, we plan to expand our business rapidly by increasing the number of business managers, vendors and SKUs. --- Business Model There are three main types of business models on Amazon: wholesale, private label and retail arbitrage. Our business model is wholesale, also known as reselling, which refers to buying products in bulk directly from the brand or manufacturer at a wholesale price and making a profit by selling the product on Amazon. We sell merchandise on Amazon and the sales are fulfilled by Amazon. We pay Amazon fees for allowing us to sell on their platform. Our relationship with Walmart is also similar. We pay Walmart fees for allowing us to sell our merchandise on their platform. As stated above, to date, we have generated only a negligible amount of revenues as a third-party seller on www.walmart.com. The advantages of selling via a wholesale model: - Purchase lower unit quantities with wholesale orders than private label products. - Selling wholesale is less time intensive and easier to scale than sourcing products via retail arbitrage. - More brands will want to work with us because we can provide broader Amazon presence. The challenges of selling via a wholesale model: - Fierce competition on listing for Buy Box on amazon.com (as described below). - Developing and maintaining relationships with brand manufacturers. --- We were originally incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington on January 13, 2015. However, we converted from a Washington corporation to a Delaware corporation on April 7, 2021. Our principal executive offices are located at 8201 164th Ave NE #200, Redmond, WA 98052-7615 and our telephone number at that location is (206) 385-0488. Our wholly owned subsidiary Flywheel Consulting Limited also has an office in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. The address of our website is www.hourloop.com.
Hour Loop, Inc annual income statement and balance sheet, FY 2021 to FY 2025, as reported in SEC filings.
| Metric | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $62.8M | $95.9M | $138M | $142M |
| Gross profit | $34.8M | $49.0M | $72.0M | $74.6M |
| Operating income | $5.5M | ($1.9M) | $731K | $2.5M |
| Net income | $4.8M | ($1.5M) | $657K | $1.7M |
| Metric | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | $18.8M | $25.7M | $20.0M | $23.8M |
| Total liabilities | $16.2M | $18.9M | $14.8M | $16.8M |
| Total equity | $2.7M | $6.8M | $5.2M | $7.0M |
| Cash & equivalents | $10.6M | $4.6M | $2.1M | $3.8M |