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United Corporations Limited

UNC.TO
69
Asset Management · Financial Services
Price
C$14.97
+0.07 (+0.47%)
Market Cap
C$1.68B
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winston Score
69
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
Exceptional
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Mixed
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Exceptional

Share count falling — buybacks

7.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 120.9M (2022) → 112.5M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

United Corporations Limited is a Canadian closed-end investment holding company. It owns a portfolio of publicly traded stocks, mostly large North American companies across sectors like financials, energy, and industrials. It has been operating for over a century and is one of Canada's older investment holding vehicles.

The company makes money through dividends and capital gains from its investment portfolio, not by selling products or services. It trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and manages roughly $1.7 billion in assets, giving it a relatively small footprint compared to major Canadian asset managers. Its long operating history and low-cost structure are competitive advantages, but its performance is closely tied to the broader stock market — if equity markets fall sharply, the value of its holdings and its income can drop significantly.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
87.7%
Premium pricing power — 87.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
1427.4%
Excellent — 1427.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
29.3%
Exceptional — 29.3% 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
-78.6%
Shrinking sales (-78.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+179.1%
Earnings growing fast (+179.1% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
2%
Weak — only 2% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
18.2%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.2%)

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
N/A
Data not available
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)
2.5x
Attractive valuation — P/E 2.5

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

Dividend
Dividend Yield
11.00%
Healthy income — 11.00% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+20.9%
Dividend growing fast (20.9% YoY)

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