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CVC Income & Growth Limited

CVCG.L
27
Asset Management - Income · Financial Services
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
27
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Mixed
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

CVC Income & Growth Limited is a closed-end investment fund listed on the London Stock Exchange. It pools money from investors and lends it to mid-sized European companies, mainly through instruments called leveraged loans and high-yield bonds. The fund is managed by CVC Credit Partners, a large European credit investment firm.

The fund makes money by collecting interest payments on the loans and bonds it holds, then passing most of that income to shareholders as dividends. It operates primarily across Western Europe and is relatively small, with a market cap around $0.1 billion. Its main competitive edge is access to CVC Credit Partners' deal flow and credit research capabilities, which individual investors cannot easily replicate on their own. The key risk the fund faces is a rise in corporate defaults — if the companies it has lent money to struggle to repay their debts, the fund's income and asset values could fall meaningfully.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+103.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-133.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£325M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

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

Revenue accelerating

CVC Income & Growth Limited grew revenue 103% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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
99.3%
Premium pricing power — 99.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-10.9%
Losing money on operations — -10.9%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
2.2%
Weak — 2.2% 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
-2.2%
Shrinking sales (-2.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-120.0%
Earnings shrinking (-120.0% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
73.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (73.7%)

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
N/A
Data not available
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)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
8.33%
no trend
Healthy income — 8.33% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-2.9%
no trend
Dividend cut (-2.9% YoY) — warning sign

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