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Nuix Limited

NXL.AX
51
Software - Application · Technology
Price
A$1.43
-0.07 (-4.68%)
Market Cap
A$482.7M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
51
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+3.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 317.3M (2021) → 328.2M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Nuix is an Australian software company that helps governments, law enforcement agencies, and large corporations make sense of massive amounts of digital data. Its main product is an investigative analytics platform that can quickly search through billions of files — emails, documents, images, and more — to find evidence of wrongdoing, fraud, or security threats. Nuix is best known for being used by intelligence agencies and regulators around the world to conduct digital investigations.

The company earns money primarily through software licenses and annual subscriptions, with customers paying recurring fees to access its platform. Nuix operates globally, with clients across Australia, North America, Europe, and Asia, and its deep integration into government and law enforcement workflows creates meaningful switching costs. However, with an operating margin of just 3.6% and a low return on invested capital, the key risk is whether Nuix can convert its strong gross margins into consistent profitability as it competes against larger, better-resourced software vendors in the legal and cybersecurity markets.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+205.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

A$84M/ year

Rising (+29% vs prior year)

38.0% of revenue

2.5x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

8.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

A$81M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Heavy R&D investment

Nuix Limited is putting 38% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 2.5x the sector average. And they're generating enough cash to self-fund it.

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
69.5%
Premium pricing power — 69.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
5.6%
Thin — 5.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
2.7%
Weak — 2.7% 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
+4.4%
Slow sales growth (+4.4% 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
436%
Turns 436% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
21.5%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (21.5%)

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
0.07
Conservative — low debt load (0.07)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
7.08x
Adequate interest coverage (7.1x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
38.7x
Pricey — P/E 38.7

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+23.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (38.7 → 14.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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