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Change Financial Limited

CCA.AX
28
Information Technology Services · Technology
Price
A$0.05
+0.00 (+3.00%)
Market Cap
A$35.6M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
28
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Data not available
Stability
Data not available
Valuation
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+84.0% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 366.9M (2021) → 675.3M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Change Financial Limited is a small Australian technology company that helps banks, credit unions, and fintech startups build and manage payment card programs. Its main product is a software platform that lets financial institutions issue debit and prepaid cards to their customers without building the technology themselves. The company operates in the payments technology industry, sitting between card networks like Visa and the financial institutions that want to offer cards.

Change Financial makes money by charging clients fees to use its platform, typically based on the number of cards processed or transactions handled. It operates mainly in the United States and Australia, serving a range of small to mid-sized financial clients. Its competitive position relies on being a flexible, lower-cost alternative to larger payment processors, but with a market cap near zero and thin operating margins, the key risk is whether the company can grow its client base fast enough to reach sustainable profitability before running low on resources.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+29.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+138.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$1M/ year

Rising (+41% vs prior year)

7.6% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

3.1%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$3M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Strong grower

Change Financial Limited is growing revenue at 29% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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
36.5%
Modest — 36.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
14.3%
Healthy — 14.3% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
8.6%
Below par — 8.6% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
N/A
Data not available

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
51.5x
Expensive — P/E 51.5

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+34.1
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (51.5 → 17.4)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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