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Bytes Technology Group

BYIT.L
69
Information Technology Services · Technology
Price
412.00 GBp
-0.40 (-0.10%)
Market Cap
£958.1M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
69
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Feb 28, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Mixed

Winston Score History

The full picture

Bytes Technology Group is a UK-based technology reseller and services company. It helps businesses and public-sector organizations — like schools, hospitals, and government agencies — buy and manage software, cloud services, and cybersecurity tools. The company is one of the largest Microsoft licensing partners in the UK, and it also resells products from vendors like Adobe, AWS, and Cisco.

Bytes makes money by acting as a middleman between big software vendors and end customers, earning a margin on each sale plus fees for managed services and cloud management support. It operates almost entirely in the UK and Ireland, which keeps the business focused but also concentrated in one region. With a return on invested capital above 50%, the business is highly efficient and benefits from sticky, recurring relationships with large enterprise and public-sector clients. The main growth driver is continued migration of UK organizations to cloud-based software, while the key risk is margin pressure if vendors tighten partner economics or bypass resellers directly.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+0.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-3.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

£0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

12.1%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£102M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Bytes Technology Group is growing revenue at 1% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count broadly stable

+1.0% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 244.9M (2022) → 247.2M (2026)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
74.0%
Premium pricing power — 74.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
26.7%
Excellent — 26.7% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
77.8%
Exceptional — 77.8% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+1.6%
Nearly flat sales (+1.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-6.1%
Earnings shrinking (-6.1% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

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
119%
Turns 119% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
26.9%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (26.9%)

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
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
197.89x
Comfortably covers interest (197.9x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
19.3x
Fair value — P/E 19.3

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
+1.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.48%
Moderate income — 2.48% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-6.8%
Dividend cut (-6.8% YoY) — warning sign

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