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Creative Vistas

CVAS
28
Security & Protection Services · Industrials
Winston Score
28
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Sep 30, 2012
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Data not available
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Creative Vistas, Inc. is a small Canadian company that provides remote monitoring and surveillance services. It installs and manages camera systems and security technology for properties in rural and hard-to-reach locations, such as construction sites, pipelines, and industrial facilities. The company operates in the security and protection services industry, focusing on clients who need eyes on remote assets where on-site guards are not practical.

The company earns money through recurring service contracts, where customers pay ongoing fees for monitoring and equipment use. It operates primarily in Canada and is a very small business, with a market cap that rounds to essentially zero, meaning it is a micro-cap or nano-cap company. Its gross margin near 48% suggests decent pricing power on its services, but a negative operating margin and deeply negative return on invested capital signal that costs are outpacing revenue. The main risk is that the company must scale its customer base significantly just to reach basic profitability.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-13.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-103.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

26.7%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Revenue declining

Creative Vistas'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
48.1%
Healthy — 48.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-18.7%
Losing money on operations — -18.7%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-16.9%
Weak — -16.9% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-63.9%
Shrinking sales (-63.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-107.0%
Earnings shrinking (-107.0% YoY)

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

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
-17.1%
Burning cash (-17.1%)

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

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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)
0.0x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.0

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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