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Haivision Systems

HAI.TO
42
Software - Infrastructure · Technology
Price
C$4.35
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
C$119.4M
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winston Score
42
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Apr 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Weak

Share count rising — dilution

+5.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 28.8M (2021) → 30.2M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Haivision Systems makes software and hardware that sends high-quality video over the internet in real time. Its products are used by broadcasters, governments, militaries, and large enterprises that need to stream live video reliably — even over slow or unstable networks. The company is known for developing the Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) protocol, an open-source video streaming standard now widely used across the media industry.

Haivision earns money by selling video encoding and decoding hardware, software licenses, and cloud-based subscriptions. It operates mainly in North America and Europe, and its SRT protocol gives it credibility and brand recognition in the professional video market. However, the company is very small, barely profitable at the operating level, and faces competition from larger technology vendors — so its main challenge is scaling revenue fast enough to turn its technical reputation into consistent profits.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-5.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+22.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

C$30M/ year

Rising (+9% vs prior year)

21.8% of revenue

In line with sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

33.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

C$21M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Heavy R&D investment

Haivision Systems is putting 22% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. And they're generating enough cash to self-fund it.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
63.1%
Premium pricing power — 63.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-9.7%
Losing money on operations — -9.7%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
0.8%
Weak — 0.8% 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
+16.0%
Fast-growing sales (+16.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
934%
Turns 934% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
9.6%
Modest free cash flow (9.6%)

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
0.07
Conservative — low debt load (0.07)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.82x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.8x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
80.0x
Expensive — P/E 80.0

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

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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