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Secured Services

SSVC
40
Software - Application · Technology
Price
$0.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$1,847
Winston Score
40
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Sep 30, 2005
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+5573.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 233K (2000) → 13.2M (2004)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Secured Services, Inc. (SSVC) is a small technology company that provides software and digital services focused on security and business operations. The company builds application software tools used by businesses to manage and protect their operations. It operates in the broader software applications industry, serving commercial clients who need reliable software solutions.

The company generates revenue through software licenses, service fees, or subscription arrangements, which helps explain its relatively strong gross margin above 50%. SSVC appears to be a very small company based on its near-zero reported market capitalization, suggesting it is a micro-cap or early-stage business. The unusually high reported operating margin and return on invested capital figures may reflect accounting items or one-time gains rather than typical ongoing performance, and investors should scrutinize the underlying financials carefully. The key risk for a company this size is limited scale, which can make it difficult to compete against larger, better-funded software providers.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+55.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

-108.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$1M/ year

Rising (+726% vs prior year)

53.8% of revenue

3.6x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~2 months

$1M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Strong grower

Secured Services is growing revenue at 56% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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
32.8%
Modest — 32.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
454.1%
Excellent — 454.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
99.3%
Exceptional — 99.3% 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
+99.4%
Fast-growing sales (+99.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-240.9%
Burning cash (-240.9%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
2.16
Heavy debt load (2.16)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
112.12x
Comfortably covers interest (112.1x)

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

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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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