SEEK Limited

SEK.AX

Staffing & Employment Services · Industrials

Exchange

Australian Securities Exchange

Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Good

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Mixed

Stability

Strong

Valuation

Data not available

Dividends

Mixed

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Winston Score History

The full picture

SEEK Limited runs online job boards that connect people looking for work with companies that want to hire. Its main product is the SEEK website and app, which is the dominant employment marketplace in Australia and New Zealand. The company also owns or has invested in job platforms across Asia, including markets like Hong Kong, Indonesia, and China.

SEEK makes money by charging employers to post job listings and by selling premium products that help those listings stand out. It operates primarily in the Asia-Pacific region and generates roughly $1 billion in annual revenue. Its main competitive advantage is network effects — the more job seekers use SEEK, the more employers post there, and vice versa, making it hard for new competitors to break in. The key risk is that economic slowdowns reduce hiring activity, which directly cuts the number of job ads employers are willing to pay for.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+13.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-217.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

4.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

A$1.9B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

SEEK Limited is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 14%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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

45.0%

Healthy — 45.0% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

22.4%

Excellent — 22.4% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

9.5%

Below par — 9.5% 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

+17.1%

Fast-growing sales (+17.1% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-252.9%

Earnings shrinking (-252.9% 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

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

30.8%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (30.8%)

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

0.52

Conservative — low debt load (0.52)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

4.06x

Adequate interest coverage (4.1x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

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

Dividend

Dividend Yield

3.18%

no trend

Moderate income — 3.18% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+2.3%

no trend

Dividend flat

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