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DataWalk S.A.

DAT.WA
26
Software - Infrastructure · Technology
Price
129.60 PLN
+2.00 (+1.57%)
Market Cap
924.4M PLN
Exchange
Warsaw Stock Exchange
Winston Score
26
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+25.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 4.9M (2021) → 6.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

DataWalk S.A. is a Polish software company that builds tools for analyzing large, complex datasets. Its main product is an investigative analytics platform that helps law enforcement agencies, intelligence services, and financial institutions find hidden connections between people, organizations, and events. The company is headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, and competes in the niche market of link analysis and data investigation software.

DataWalk earns money primarily through software licenses and subscription contracts with government and enterprise clients. It operates mainly in the United States and Europe, with a strong focus on U.S. federal agencies as a key growth market. The company is small, with a market cap under $1 billion, and its main competitive edge is its ability to handle very large datasets faster than older tools like Palantir or IBM i2. However, the deeply negative margins show the company is spending heavily to grow and is not yet profitable, making its ability to win and retain large government contracts the central risk to watch.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-70.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

<−1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

23M PLN/ year

Rising (+682% vs prior year)

59.9% of revenue

4.0x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

27.1%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 years

165M PLN cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

165M PLN cash & investments at current burn rate

Heavy R&D investment

DataWalk S.A. is putting 60% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 4.0x the sector average. With 3+ years of cash runway, they have time to let it pay off.

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
66.2%
Premium pricing power — 66.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-1221.6%
Losing money on operations — -1221.6%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-173.4%
Weak — -173.4% 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
-10.4%
Shrinking sales (-10.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-89.9%
Burning cash (-89.9%)

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
0.01
Conservative — low debt load (0.01)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
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

Not applicable for this business.
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