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Credit Clear Limited

CCR.AX
46
Information Technology Services · Technology
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
46
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Strong

Winston Score History

The full picture

Credit Clear Limited is an Australian technology company that helps businesses collect money they are owed. It builds software and digital tools that automate the debt collection and accounts receivable process, replacing old-fashioned phone calls and letters with text messages, emails, and online payment portals. Its main customers are businesses in industries like utilities, financial services, telecommunications, and healthcare.

The company earns revenue by charging clients fees based on the volume of accounts they process or money they recover, rather than a flat subscription. Credit Clear operates almost entirely in Australia and is a small-cap business with a market cap around $100 million. Its competitive edge comes from combining compliance-focused communication technology with payment processing in one platform, which can be hard for smaller rivals to replicate quickly. The key growth driver is expanding its client base across new industries, but with thin operating margins just above breakeven, the main risk is that growth slows before the business reaches a scale where profits become more reliable.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+7.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+335.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

52.2%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

A$17M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

Credit Clear Limited is growing revenue at 8% 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.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
7.1%
Thin — 7.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-4.0%
Losing money on operations — -4.0%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
2.1%
Weak — 2.1% 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
+7.7%
Steady sales growth (+7.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
87%
Modest — 87% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
8.0%
Modest free cash flow (8.0%)

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
0.05
Conservative — low debt load (0.05)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.62x
Adequate interest coverage (4.6x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
11.1x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 11.1

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+3.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (11.1 → 7.5)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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