Companies · Retailing

99 Cents Only Stores Llc

COMMERCE · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on 99 Cents Only Stores Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$140.1M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 3%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Dec 14 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

99 Cents Only Stores Llc looks fair against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the retail sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.94× the median modeled value of Series D+ Retailing companies in 2016–2018 (10 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (94% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

99 Cents Only Stores Llc behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.

Issuer structure
Company-like
No recurring-offering pattern strong enough to override normal financing interpretation.
Lifecycle
8.5 yr record
Peak capital year was 2017 with $140.1M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 98% of Retailing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 98% of Retailing peers; modeled value is above 98% of peers by modeled value. Large capital with mid-pack modeled value can signal an issuer/program profile rather than operating-company growth.
Valuation reliability
Normal applicability
Stage/dilution valuation models are weakest when the issuer is broad-sector, recurring, or vehicle-like.
Operating evidence
Sparse
No clear CEO/founder/principal role is surfaced, so operating-company confidence is lower.
Data quality
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
What triggered this
  • Legal name looks like an issuer vehicle rather than a product company.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2017: $140.1M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $140.1M on 2017-12-14.
How to read the page
  • Read this less like a startup funding journey and more like a capital-raising program.
  • Stage-based valuation and peer labels have lower applicability for this pattern.
  • The more important signal is lifecycle: repeated filings ended years ago, so current activity needs outside confirmation.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Retailing

99 Cents Only Stores Llc is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from COMMERCE. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 98% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
$100M+
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
31
Investors (latest)
2017-12-14
First sale
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$250M$500M$750M$1.0BSeries D+ · 2017-12-14 Raised $140M (real) Modeled valuation $821M (est)$140M$821MSeries D+2017

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Series D+$140.1M · 2017

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 17%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$820.7M
Base estimate est.
$714.6M
Conservative case
$1.8B
Upside case
$1.2B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
77%
Survival probability
61% low · 85% high
0.99×/yr
Annual markup
1.10×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
8.5 yr
On record since
2017
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2347 companies in Retailing. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 89× above median
This company$140.1M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.8× of median
This company$140.1M
Sector median$165.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 142× above median
This company$820.7M
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 98% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 98% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series D+) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #6 of 10.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)K2016470260 (SOUTH AFRICA) Ltd · Series D+ Raised $223.2M · modeled $1.3B (est)Sears Holdings Corp · Series D+ Raised $376.2M · modeled $1.2B (est)Groupe Fnac · Series D+ Raised $170.3M · modeled $997.6M (est)BrightHouse Finco Ltd · Series D+ Raised $159.2M · modeled $932.4M (est)Boardriders, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $157.7M · modeled $923.8M (est)Maple Parent Corp. · Series D+ Raised $122.9M · modeled $720.0M (est)ACON Beauty Investors I, L.L.C. · Series D+ Raised $101.6M · modeled $594.9M (est)Cycle Gear Holding LLC · Series D+ Raised $143.3M · modeled $588.7M (est)Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd. · Series D+ Raised $319.9M · modeled $175.7M (est)99 Cents Only Stores Llc (this company) Raised $140.1M · modeled $820.7M (est)99 Cents Only Stores Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
K2016470260 (SOUTH AFRICA) LtdSeries D+$223.2M$1.3B1.50×
Sears Holdings CorpSeries D+$376.2M$1.2B1.40×
Groupe FnacSeries D+$170.3M$997.6M1.14×
BrightHouse Finco LtdSeries D+$159.2M$932.4M1.07×
Boardriders, Inc.Series D+$157.7M$923.8M1.06×
99 Cents Only Stores Llc this companySeries D+$140.1M$820.7M0.94×
Maple Parent Corp.Series D+$122.9M$720.0M0.83×
ACON Beauty Investors I, L.L.C.Series D+$101.6M$594.9M0.68×
Cycle Gear Holding LLCSeries D+$143.3M$588.7M0.67×
Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd.Series D+$319.9M$175.7M0.20×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Series D+$140.1M2017-12-14$1.2B$820.7M90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Series D+$140.1M2017-12-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series D+.
    • 31 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$224.2M
Modeled next size est.range $145.7M$358.7M
Last step-up
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Dennis Gies3 other2017-12
Norman Axelrod3 other2017-12
Allyson James Satin2017-12
Andrew James Giancamilli2017-12
David James Kaplan2017-12
Felicia James Thornton2017-12
Geoffrey James Covert2017-12
Jack L Sinclair2017-12
Michael James Fung2017-12
Scott James Nishi2017-12
Registry & provenance

99 Cents Only Stores Llc is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1011290
SEC CIK
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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Frequently asked
How much funding has 99 Cents Only Stores Llc raised?
99 Cents Only Stores Llc has raised approximately $140.1M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is 99 Cents Only Stores Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for 99 Cents Only Stores Llc is approximately $820.7M (modeled range $714.6M–$1.8B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is 99 Cents Only Stores Llc at?
99 Cents Only Stores Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Dec 14.
What does 99 Cents Only Stores Llc do and where is it based?
99 Cents Only Stores Llc operates in the Retailing sector, based in COMMERCE.
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