WinstonWınston
Back
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited logo

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited

CORD.L
60
Asset Management · Financial Services
Price
123.50 GBp
-1.00 (-0.80%)
Market Cap
£945.7M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
60
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+86.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 411.6M (2022) → 765.7M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure is a closed-end investment fund based in the UK that buys and manages digital infrastructure assets — things like data centers, cell towers, and fiber networks. Its "customers" are really the businesses and governments that rely on this physical equipment to run the internet, mobile networks, and cloud services. The fund is listed on the London Stock Exchange and focuses on assets across Europe and North America.

Cordiant makes money by earning returns on the infrastructure assets it owns, passing income and capital gains back to shareholders over time. It is a relatively small fund at roughly $0.9 billion in market value, but its high gross margins reflect the stable, long-term contracted nature of digital infrastructure — tenants typically sign multi-year leases, which creates predictable cash flows. The key growth driver is rising global demand for data and connectivity, while the main risk is rising interest rates, which increase borrowing costs and can compress the valuations of infrastructure assets.

Score breakdown

Every number that matters to educated investors.

Each metric is explained in plain language so you know exactly what you're looking at. Start your free trial now.

Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
74.5%
Premium pricing power — 74.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
362.0%
Excellent — 362.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
12.9%
Good — 12.9% return on capital

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

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-68.1%
Shrinking sales (-68.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+53.8%
Earnings growing fast (+53.8% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
18%
Weak — only 18% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-5.3%
Burning cash (-5.3%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.16
Conservative — low debt load (0.16)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

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

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
5.8x
Attractive valuation — P/E 5.8

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-3.7
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.60%
Moderate income — 3.60% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+7.3%
Dividend growing modestly (7.3% YoY)

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free
🔒 See full fundamentals and if they are improving or declining — click here for your free trial now.
Start free trial