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Spok Holdings

SPOK
61
Medical - Healthcare Information Services · Healthcare
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
61
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Spok Holdings is a company that makes communication software and paging devices used mainly by hospitals and healthcare workers. Its core products include a software platform that helps doctors, nurses, and staff send urgent messages to each other, plus traditional pager devices that still work reliably in areas where cell phones struggle. Spok is one of the last major paging and clinical communications companies still operating in the United States.

Spok earns money two ways: selling subscriptions to its software platform and charging monthly fees for paging services. It operates almost entirely in the United States, serving hundreds of hospitals and health systems. Its moat comes from being deeply embedded in hospital workflows, where switching costs are high because staff depend on these systems for critical patient care. The main risk is that paging revenue continues to shrink as hospitals gradually move to smartphone-based alternatives, so Spok's long-term growth depends on how quickly it can shift customers to its software platform.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
80.5%
Premium pricing power — 80.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
19.9%
Healthy — 19.9% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
12.3%
Good — 12.3% 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
-3.4%
Shrinking sales (-3.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-28.2%
Earnings shrinking (-28.2% 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
234%
Turns 234% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
18.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.7%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.04
Conservative — low debt load (0.04)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
17.3x
no trend
Fair value — P/E 17.3

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+1.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
12.12%
no trend
Healthy income — 12.12% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+0.0%
no trend
Dividend flat

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