Genesis Land Development

GDC.TO

Real Estate - Development · Real Estate

Exchange

Toronto Stock Exchange

Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Good

Stability

Strong

Valuation

Good

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Genesis Land Development Corp. is a Canadian real estate company that builds homes and develops land in Alberta, primarily in and around Calgary. The company sells residential lots to homebuilders and also builds single-family homes directly for buyers. It focuses almost entirely on the Calgary metropolitan area, one of Canada's faster-growing cities.

Genesis makes money by purchasing raw land, getting it approved for development, and then selling serviced lots or finished homes. The company is relatively small, with a market cap around $200 million, and its competitive position depends heavily on its existing land inventory in Calgary. Because it operates in a single city and a single country, its fortunes are closely tied to Alberta's economy, oil prices, and local housing demand — making cyclical downturns in the Calgary housing market the main risk the business faces.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

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Revenue Growth

-11.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-86.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

76.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

C$511M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue declining

Genesis Land Development'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.

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

22.0%

Thin — 22.0% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

3.7%

Thin — 3.7% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

12.4%

Good — 12.4% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+6.7%

Slow sales growth (+6.7% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-11.1%

Earnings shrinking (-11.1% 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

80%

Modest — 80% of profit becomes cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

6.9%

Modest free cash flow (6.9%)

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

0.47

Conservative — low debt load (0.47)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

6.32x

Adequate interest coverage (6.3x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

5.8x

no trend

Attractive valuation — P/E 5.8

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

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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