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

This company holds roughly $11M 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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Redcentric

RCN.L
49
Information Technology Services · Technology
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Sep 30, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Redcentric is a UK-based managed IT services company. It helps businesses and public sector organizations run their technology infrastructure — things like cloud computing, network connectivity, and cybersecurity. Its customers include NHS trusts, government agencies, and mid-sized private companies that need reliable IT systems but prefer to outsource the work rather than manage it themselves.

Redcentric makes money by charging customers recurring fees for ongoing managed services and support contracts, which provides relatively predictable revenue. The company operates almost entirely in the United Kingdom and has a market value of around £200 million, making it a small player in a crowded industry. Its main competitive advantage is its established relationships with public sector clients, which tend to be sticky and long-term. However, the low operating margin and weak return on invested capital suggest the business faces real pricing pressure from larger rivals, and winning new contracts in a competitive UK IT services market remains the key challenge ahead.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
53.3%
Healthy — 53.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
7.4%
Modest — 7.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
7.3%
Weak — 7.3% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-31.5%
Shrinking sales (-31.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+366.7%
Earnings growing fast (+366.7% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

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
805%
Turns 805% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
9.0%
Modest free cash flow (9.0%)

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
0.78
Moderate — manageable debt (0.78)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
2.41x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.4x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
3.5x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 3.5

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

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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