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Cimpress

CMPR
52
Specialty Business Services · Industrials
Price
$87.67
-1.19 (-1.34%)
Market Cap
$2.12B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
52
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Strong

Share count falling — buybacks

2.9% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 26.1M (2022) → 25.3M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Cimpress is an Irish company that helps small businesses and individuals create custom printed products like business cards, flyers, banners, T-shirts, and promotional items. Its most well-known brand is Vistaprint, which sells directly to small business owners who need affordable, personalized marketing materials. The company also owns a collection of smaller, specialized print businesses under its "Upload and Print" segment that serve professional designers and resellers across Europe.

Cimpress makes money by selling physical printed goods online, with customers paying per order rather than through subscriptions. It operates globally, with significant revenue coming from North America and Europe, and generates roughly $3 billion in annual revenue. Its main competitive advantage is its large-scale manufacturing technology, which lets it produce millions of unique, small-batch orders efficiently — a model that is hard for smaller printers to replicate. The key risk is that rising shipping and materials costs, combined with intense online competition, can squeeze the already thin operating margins the business runs on.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+201.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

16.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$249M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth context

Cimpress is growing revenue at 9% 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.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
45.5%
Healthy — 45.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
7.1%
Modest — 7.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
5.4%
Weak — 5.4% 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
+9.8%
Steady sales growth (+9.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+553.3%
Earnings growing fast (+553.3% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

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
297%
Turns 297% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.5%
Thin free cash flow (4.5%)

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
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
2.43x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.4x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
22.4x
Growth-priced — P/E 22.4

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+12.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (22.4 → 9.9)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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