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Centrepoint Alliance Limited

CAF.AX
55
Asset Management · Financial Services
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
55
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Exceptional

Winston Score History

The full picture

Centrepoint Alliance is an Australian financial services company that helps independent financial advisers run their businesses. It provides a platform where advisers can access compliance support, technology tools, and investment products to offer their clients. The company sits in the middle of Australia's licensed financial advice industry, connecting advisers with the services they need to operate legally and efficiently.

Centrepoint makes money by charging fees to the financial advisers and advice businesses that use its network and support services. It operates entirely within Australia and is a small company with a market capitalisation of around $100 million. Its main competitive advantage is the sticky relationships it builds with adviser groups, since switching compliance and licensing providers is costly and disruptive. The key growth driver is the gradual recovery of Australia's financial advice sector after years of regulatory reform, though ongoing adviser attrition across the industry remains a real risk to revenue if the number of active advisers continues to decline.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+12.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-80.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

22.9%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

A$14M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

Centrepoint Alliance Limited is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 13%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
10.0%
Thin — 10.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
2.0%
Thin — 2.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
19.4%
Strong — 19.4% 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
+12.1%
Fast-growing sales (+12.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-39.0%
Earnings shrinking (-39.0% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
242%
Turns 242% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
3.1%
Thin free cash flow (3.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.14
Conservative — low debt load (0.14)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
62.93x
Comfortably covers interest (62.9x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
15.4x
no trend
Fair value — P/E 15.4

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
+5.1
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (15.4 → 10.3)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
8.82%
no trend
Healthy income — 8.82% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+20.0%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (20.0% YoY)

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