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Happy City Holdings Limited (HCHL)

Consumer Cyclical | Restaurants | Kwai Chung, Hong Kong | NasdaqCM
3.96 USD

Short-term:☆☆☆☆☆Long-term:☆☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:19 a.m. EDT

The investment case for this restaurant chain has collapsed entirely due to a severe liquidity crisis and regulatory intervention. The company is currently suspended by Nasdaq for failing to meet minimum stockholders' equity rules, a critical failure that halts trading and signals imminent delisting. Fundamentally, the business is deteriorating rapidly with a 45.7% drop in revenue, negative operating margins of over 100%, and a debt-to-equity ratio exceeding 200%. The balance sheet is fragile, with current liabilities outpacing current assets, and the company is burning cash with negative free cash flow. There is no dividend support whatsoever, and the price action shows no recovery, remaining flat while the company faces existential threats. This is a clear avoid.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.159246
AutoARIMA0.160303
AutoTheta0.161259
AutoETS0.161436

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 33%
H-stat 0.33
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.160
Excess Kurtosis -1.21
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Debt to Equity Ratio 208.147
Revenue per Share 0.373
Market Cap 118,183,824
Profit Margins -35.73%
Website https://gyugyushabushabu.com

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.15021461
Address1 Flat B, Golden Dragon Industrial Centre
Address2 6/F, Block 2 162-170 Tai Lin Pai Road
All Time High 7.25
All Time Low 0.8
Ask 4.88
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 0
Average Daily Volume3 Month 460,945
Average Volume 460,945
Average Volume10Days 0
Bid 2.96
Bid Size 2
Book Value 0.115
City Kwai Chung
Country Hong Kong
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 3.96
Current Ratio 0.832
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 3.96
Day Low 3.96
Debt To Equity 208.147
Display Name Happy City
Ebitda -1,666,922
Ebitda Margins -0.24515
Enterprise To Ebitda -46.184
Enterprise To Revenue 11.322
Enterprise Value 76,985,936
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.13
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 3.463
Fifty Day Average Change 0.49699998
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.14351717
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -15.0214615
Fifty Two Week High 5.251
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.2909999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.24585791
Fifty Two Week Low 0.8
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.16
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 3.95
Fifty Two Week Range 0.8 - 5.251
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,750,771,800,000
Float Shares 4,006,855
Free Cashflow -1,170,621
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 33
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.12603
Gross Profits 856,952
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.33761
Held Percent Institutions 0.00858
Implied Shares Outstanding 29,844,401
Industry Restaurants
Industry Disp Restaurants
Industry Key restaurants
Ipo Expected Date 2,025-06-24
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,756,598,400
Long Business Summary Happy City Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of hotpot restaurants providing food and beverage to customers in Hong Kong. It operates Thai and Japanese hotpot restaurants under the Thai Pot and Gyu! Gyu! Shabu Shabu brand names. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Happy City Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of Happy City Group Limited.
Long Name Happy City Holdings Limited
Market us_market
Market Cap 118,183,824
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1931529120
Most Recent Quarter 1,756,598,400
Net Income To Common -2,429,433
Next Fiscal Year End 1,788,134,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 118,183,827
Open 0.0
Operating Cashflow -1,267,366
Operating Margins -1.01624
Payout Ratio 0.0
Previous Close 3.96
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 34.434784
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 17.38066
Profit Margins -0.35728002
Quick Ratio 0.748
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0
Regular Market Day High 3.96
Regular Market Day Low 3.96
Regular Market Day Range 3.96 - 3.96
Regular Market Open 0.0
Regular Market Previous Close 3.96
Regular Market Price 3.96
Regular Market Time 1,783,454,400
Regular Market Volume 0
Return On Assets -0.18962999
Return On Equity -1.73008
Revenue Growth -0.457
Revenue Per Share 0.373
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Shares Outstanding 17,844,401
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0062
Shares Short 185,099
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 497,436
Short Name Happy City Holdings Limited
Short Percent Of Float 0.0139
Short Ratio 0.43
Source Interval 15
Symbol HCHL
Total Cash 3,686,336
Total Cash Per Share 0.192
Total Debt 4,592,750
Total Revenue 6,799,732
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.13
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 2.832645
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.1273551
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.39798674
Type Disp Equity
Volume 0
Website https://gyugyushabushabu.com