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Dillistone Group

DSG.L
31
Software - Application · Technology
Price
12.00 GBp
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
4.3M GBp
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
31
Winston is serious
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
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+3.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 19.7M (2021) → 20.4M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Dillistone Group is a small UK-based software company that makes tools for recruitment firms and executive search professionals. Its main products include FileFinder, a software platform used by headhunters and talent search firms to manage candidate databases and client relationships, and GatedTalent, a platform that helps executives control their own professional profiles. Its customers are primarily recruitment agencies and in-house talent teams around the world.

The company earns money through software subscriptions and licensing fees, giving it a recurring revenue base. It operates mainly in the UK, Europe, and North America, but remains a very small player with a market cap near zero, meaning it competes against much larger HR and recruitment software providers like Bullhorn and Salesforce. Its narrow focus on executive search is both its niche advantage and its key risk — the market is small, competition is growing, and the thin operating margin of under 1% leaves little room for error if customer churn increases or the broader recruitment market slows.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-14.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-666.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

£0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

56.5%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£0 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Revenue declining

Dillistone Group'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.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
62.4%
Premium pricing power — 62.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-0.6%
Losing money on operations — -0.6%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
0.9%
Weak — 0.9% 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
-14.3%
Shrinking sales (-14.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-868.4%
Earnings shrinking (-868.4% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 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
23.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (23.7%)

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
0.39
Conservative — low debt load (0.39)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.25x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.3x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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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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