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Objective Corporation Limited

OCL.AX
75
Software - Application · Technology
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
75
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Objective Corporation is an Australian software company that builds tools to help government agencies manage documents, approvals, and regulatory processes. Its core products handle things like planning permits, building approvals, and official records — the kind of paperwork that local councils, state governments, and federal agencies deal with every day. It is one of the few software providers in Australia focused almost entirely on the public sector.

The company makes money by selling software licenses and recurring subscription contracts to government customers, which creates steady, predictable revenue. It operates primarily in Australia and New Zealand, with some presence in the UK. Its main competitive advantage is deep integration into government workflows, which makes switching to a rival costly and disruptive. The key growth driver is the ongoing push by governments to digitize planning and regulatory processes, though its heavy reliance on a single customer type — the public sector — means budget cuts or slower government spending could weigh on growth.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
87.8%
Premium pricing power — 87.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
34.3%
Excellent — 34.3% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
28.6%
Exceptional — 28.6% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-19.2%
Shrinking sales (-19.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-13.4%
Earnings shrinking (-13.4% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
198%
Turns 198% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
55.9%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (55.9%)

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
0.09
Conservative — low debt load (0.09)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
60.39x
Comfortably covers interest (60.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
23.6x
no trend
Growth-priced — P/E 23.6

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+2.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.83%
no trend
Small dividend — 1.83% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+23.9%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (23.9% YoY)

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