Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ARLUF) Stock Analysis & Winston Score

§Winston Score History

Aristocrat Leisure is an Australian company that designs and manufactures slot machines and digital gaming products. Its physical gaming machines are found in casinos, clubs, and bars around the world, while its digital division develops popular mobile games like Raid: Shadow Legends and other free-to-play titles. It is one of the largest gaming machine makers globally, competing alongside IGT and Light & Wonder.

The company earns money through selling and leasing gaming machines, taking a share of machine revenue on casino floors, and from in-app purchases in its mobile games. Aristocrat operates across North America, Australia, and other international markets, with North America being its largest revenue source. Its strong portfolio of popular game titles and long-standing casino relationships give it a durable competitive position. Key growth depends on continued expansion of its digital gaming segment and maintaining market share in an increasingly competitive mobile gaming landscape.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

59.1%

Premium pricing power — 59.1% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

30.9%

Excellent — 30.9% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

18.1%

Strong — 18.1% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

-1.1%

Shrinking sales (-1.1% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+11.7%

Earnings growing (+11.7% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

134%

Turns 134% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

26.1%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (26.1%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.27

Conservative — low debt load (0.27)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

16.75x

Comfortably covers interest (16.7x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

18.6x

Fair value — P/E 18.6

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

-0.3

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

1.61%

Small dividend — 1.61% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+47.9%

Dividend growing fast (47.9% YoY)

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Aristocrat Leisure Limited

§How the score breaks down

Share count falling — buybacks

§Winston Score History

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Quality

Growth

Cash Flow

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Valuation

Dividends