Oriental Culture Holding Ltd., operating through its various subsidiaries, manages a digital marketplace engineered to facilitate the electronic buying and selling of ...
Oriental Culture Holding Ltd. (OCG) is a small-cap specialty retail company listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market and headquartered in Hong Kong. Founded/incorporated in 2018, the company operates through subsidiaries to manage a digital marketplace designed to facilitate electronic transactions in art and collectible items between participants in mainland China ...Oriental Culture Holding Ltd. (OCG) is a small-cap specialty retail company listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market and headquartered in Hong Kong. Founded/incorporated in 2018, the company operates through subsidiaries to manage a digital marketplace designed to facilitate electronic transactions in art and collectible items between participants in mainland China and Hong Kong.
From a business model perspective, OCG’s core offering centers on enabling e-commerce trading for a range of collectibles, artworks, and other commodities. In practice, this marketplace approach creates value by lowering friction for buyers and sellers (e.g., discovery and transaction processes) while also positioning the platform to handle both individual and institutional participants. The company further monetizes beyond basic transaction access by providing integrated services that support the lifecycle of collectibles and artworks—especially where reliability and handling matter.
Product and service components described in the company profile include online and offline marketing support, secure storage solutions, and ongoing technical maintenance. These services are intended to support the commercial operations of customers and/or the supply chain requirements associated with owning, storing, and managing physical collectible assets. Additionally, OCG extends into specialized industry solutions: it develops and supplies related software products and offers system development expertise and technical assistance, which can complement the marketplace with underlying technology and operational tooling.
Operationally, the company also highlights a forward-looking initiative involving a metaverse project targeted to the wine and spirits sector. This suggests the company is exploring new engagement/commerce formats that could leverage its digital platform capabilities.
Cost and BOM detail (e.g., hardware bill of materials, unit economics) is not provided in the supplied sources. However, the nature of the business implies cost drivers typical for platform and services companies: technology and maintenance expenses, security/storage operations, customer/merchant marketing costs, and staffing for marketplace operations and system development. Financially, the provided snapshot indicates a small market capitalization and recent profitability/earnings metrics that appear weak on an operating basis (as reflected by negative operating/net profit margins in the snapshot data), which is consistent with early-stage or investment-heavy platform and service build-out.
Key people disclosed include CEO Yi Shao, who has served as CEO since May 2019 and is also associated with the board. Overall, OCG’s strategy combines (1) a transactional marketplace for art/collectibles, (2) value-added support services (marketing, storage, maintenance), and (3) technology/software and potential new digital experiences (metaverse direction), aiming to differentiate through end-to-end support rather than only acting as a listing venue.
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$1.9M
+203.3%
+1136.1%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$-3.9M
-58.5%
+99.1%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
+85.7%
+21.1%
+0.4%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
-203.5%
+60.4%
+101.2%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
-204.2%
+47.7%
+99.9%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$77100
+101.7%
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FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
+4.1%
+100.6%
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Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
0.0%
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Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
30.14x
+124.7%
+8.1%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.
