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Deep Value: cash covers more than 100% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $816,089.826 in cash and investments — more than its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

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MCS Services Limited

MSG.AX
Security & Protection Services · Industrials
Price
A$0.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
A$792,399
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
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No score yet — Winston is napping.
We couldn’t gather enough financial data to score this stock reliably.

Share count rising — dilution

+3.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 192.0M (2021) → 198.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

MCS Services Limited is a small Australian company that provides security and protection services. It offers services such as manned guarding, patrol, and related security solutions to businesses and organizations across Australia. The company operates in the broader industrials sector, competing in a fragmented market alongside many other security service providers.

MCS Services earns revenue primarily by charging clients fees for contracted security personnel and related services, which is a labor-intensive business model with thin margins. The company is very small, with a negligible market capitalization, and its financials reflect significant challenges, including a deeply negative return on invested capital. The main risk facing the business is its ability to manage labor costs, win and retain contracts, and reach profitability in a competitive, low-margin industry where larger, well-resourced rivals have a clear advantage in scale and pricing power.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

-109.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

A$0/ year

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

69.5%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

A$94,000 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

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
N/A
Data not available
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
N/A
Data not available
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-57.7%
Weak — -57.7% 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
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-125.0%
Earnings shrinking (-125.0% YoY)

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

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
295%
Turns 295% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
N/A
Data not available

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
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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