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Credo Technology Group Holding

CRDO
85
Semiconductors · Technology
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
85
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An exceptional business — strong profitability, growth, and balance sheet.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through May 2, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Exceptional
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Credo Technology makes specialized chips and hardware that help data centers move information faster while using less power. Its core products include high-speed connectivity chips, active electrical cables (AECs), and line card solutions designed for hyperscale data centers — the massive server farms run by companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Credo operates in the semiconductor industry, focused specifically on the fast-growing market for high-bandwidth networking inside data centers.

Credo earns money by selling its chips and cable products directly to large cloud companies and networking equipment makers. It is headquartered in San Jose, California, with engineering operations in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and generates most of its revenue from a small number of very large customers. Its competitive edge comes from purpose-built chip designs that deliver high energy efficiency at extreme data speeds, but heavy customer concentration — where losing even one major hyperscaler relationship — is a meaningful risk to its revenue.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+157.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+338.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

Insider Activity

10.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.4B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Strong grower

Credo Technology Group Holding is growing revenue at 157% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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
68.2%
Premium pricing power — 68.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
35.7%
Excellent — 35.7% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
21.4%
Exceptional — 21.4% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+205.7%
Fast-growing sales (+205.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+782.7%
Earnings growing fast (+782.7% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
98%
Turns 98% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
30.5%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (30.5%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.01
Conservative — low debt load (0.01)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
88.0x
no trend
Expensive — P/E 88.0

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+69.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (88.0 → 18.1)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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