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Image Protect

IMTL
22
Software - Application · Technology
Price
$0.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$365,997
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
22
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+83.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 3.94B (2021) → 7.22B (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Image Protect, Inc. is a small technology company that helps photographers, artists, and content creators protect their images online. It builds software tools that scan the internet to find unauthorized uses of copyrighted photos and then helps owners take action to get paid or have the images removed. The company operates in the digital rights management space, which is growing as more images are shared across websites and social media.

Image Protect earns revenue primarily through software subscriptions and service fees tied to its image monitoring and enforcement platform. It operates mainly in the United States and is a very small company, with a market cap near zero, meaning it has limited financial resources compared to larger competitors. The gross margin of around 69% suggests the software business itself is reasonably efficient, but the company is currently losing money at the operating level. The main risk is whether it can grow its customer base fast enough to reach profitability before running out of capital.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-34.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

YoY Growth Rate

EPS data limited

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.4%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~3 years

$512 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

$512 cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Image Protect'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
68.3%
Premium pricing power — 68.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-23.3%
Losing money on operations — -23.3%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-5.1%
Weak — -5.1% 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
-4.4%
Shrinking sales (-4.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
57%
Weak — only 57% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
14.8%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (14.8%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
2.12
Heavy debt load (2.12)
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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