STCB (Starco Brands) Operating Income: $-6.77 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)

What is Starco Brands Operating Income?

Starco Brands STCB +50.00% Operating Income is $-6.77 Mil as of Mar. 2026. The stock has 7 warning signs investors should review.

Starco Brands's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $-0.58 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $-6.77 Mil.

Warning Sign:

Starco Brands Inc has never been profitable in the past 3 years. It lost money every year.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Starco Brands's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $-0.58 Mil. Starco Brands's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $9.26 Mil. Therefore, Starco Brands's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was -6.22%.

Starco Brands's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 0.00% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Starco Brands's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was -9.36%. Starco Brands's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was -439.74%.

Starco Brands (OTCPK:STCB) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Starco Brands's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Mar. 2026 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2025 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2026 ))	/ count )
=	-2.304 * ( 1 - 0% )	/	( (24.843	+	24.399)	/ 2 )
=	-2.304	/	24.621
=	-9.36 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2025 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	35.857	-	12.399	-	( 1.818	-	max(0, 13.285	-	11.9	+	1.818	))
=	24.843

	Invested Capital		(Q: Mar. 2026 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	35.869	-	13.078	-	( 0.998	-	max(0, 13.897	-	12.289	+	0.998	))
=	24.399

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2026) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Starco Brands's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Mar. 2026 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Dec. 2025		Q: Mar. 2026
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-2.368	/	( ( (0.627 + max(-3.008, 0))	+	(0.45 + max(-2.521, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-2.368	/	( ( 0.627	+	0.45 )	/	2 )
=	-2.368	/	0.5385
=	-439.74 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2025 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(2.989	+	4.506	+	2.587)	-	(12.399	+	0.684	+	0.0070000000000014)
=	-3.008

	Working Capital		(Q: Mar. 2026 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(3.611	+	4.856	+	2.824)	-	(13.078	+	0.544	+	0.19)
=	-2.521

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2026) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Starco Brands's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2026 )	/	Revenue (Q: Mar. 2026 )
	=	-0.576	/	9.262
	=	-6.22 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.

Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.

Starco Brands Operating Income Related Terms

Starco Brands Operating Income Historical Data

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Starco Brands Annual Data

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Starco Brands Quarterly Data
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Starco Brands Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-6.77 Mil.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Operating Income →

What does a Operating Income of $-6.77 Mil mean?

Starco Brands (STCB) has a Operating Income of $-6.77 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Operating Income equals sales less all operating expenses. It is linked to EBIT. View historical data on Starco Brands and its competitors.

Is Starco Brands' Operating Income too high?

Starco Brands' current Operating Income is $-6.77 Mil.

How does Starco Brands' Operating Income compare to DTEAF and JVA?

Starco Brands' Operating Income of $-6.77 Mil can be compared against companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.

What is a good Operating Income for a Consumer Packaged Goods company?

A good Operating Income depends on the Consumer Packaged Goods industry context. However, Operating Income should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.

What does a high Operating Income mean?

A high Operating Income can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Operating Income equals sales less all operating expenses. It is linked to EBIT. View historical data on Starco Brands and its competitors. Starco Brands's current Operating Income is $-6.77 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.

Is Starco Brands stock overvalued right now?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Starco Brands (STCB) is currently considered Modestly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $0.04, compared to a current price of $0.03 — trading 17.5% below its estimated fair value. The current Operating Income is $-6.77 Mil. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.

How is Operating Income calculated?

Operating Income is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Starco Brands (STCB), the current Operating Income is $-6.77 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Starco Brands Business Description

Industry Consumer Defensive Consumer Packaged Goods

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Address 706 N Citrus Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90402

Website https://www.starcobrands.com

Starco Brands Inc is engaged in the direct response marketing of consumer products. The company engages in marketing, distributing, & developing consumer products to be sold through retail channels. It mainly selects products invented by others for use in a direct response marketing program, and also develops its own products for sale. The company retails various products in the following categories: household, DIY/hardware, automotive, food products, personal care, suncare, spirits & beverages under different brands such as Winona Pure, Whipshots, Skylar, Soylent, Art of Sport, etc. The company has three reportable segments: Starco Brands, Skylar, and Soylent. Maximum revenue is generated from the Soylent segment, which is engaged in the sale of nutritional products, mainly drinks.