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SCOR
35
Software - Application · Technology
Winston Score
35
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

comScore measures how many people visit websites, watch TV, and use apps. It collects data on audiences and sells that information to media companies, advertisers, and broadcasters who want to know how large their audiences really are. The company is one of the main providers of audience measurement in the United States, competing closely with Nielsen.

comScore makes money by charging media companies and advertisers subscription fees to access its measurement data and analytics tools. It operates mainly in the United States but also has some international presence, and its moat comes from the difficulty of building large-scale audience panels and the long-term contracts it holds with major media clients. The company's thin operating margins and heavy competition from Nielsen and newer digital analytics firms remain the central risk, as clients have alternatives and switching costs, while not always high, are not insurmountable.

Growth Profile

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

Revenue Growth

-0.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+75.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

45.6%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$25M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue declining

comScore's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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
36.0%
Modest — 36.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-5.3%
Losing money on operations — -5.3%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
0.9%
Weak — 0.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+0.6%
Nearly flat sales (+0.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
5.5%
Thin free cash flow (5.5%)

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
0.23
Conservative — low debt load (0.23)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.65x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.6x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.8x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.8

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-14.9
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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