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Vicor Corporation

VICR
71
Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Price
$200.54
-7.10 (-3.42%)
Market Cap
$9.09B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
71
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Exceptional
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Vicor Corporation makes small, high-efficiency power components that convert electricity into the precise voltages that electronic systems need. Its main products are power modules and converters used inside data center servers, AI accelerators, electric vehicles, defense systems, and industrial equipment. Vicor is known for its "factorized power architecture," a design approach that delivers power more efficiently than traditional methods, especially at very high current levels.

Vicor earns revenue by selling its power modules directly to electronics manufacturers and through distributors, primarily in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company is relatively small, with annual revenue around $400 million, but it holds valuable patents on its power delivery technology, which creates a meaningful barrier against competitors. The biggest growth opportunity is supplying power components for AI data centers, where processors like Nvidia's GPUs demand extremely high and fast-changing electrical currents — but Vicor faces competition from larger power semiconductor companies and risks delays if AI infrastructure spending slows.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+17.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$79M/ year

Rising (+14% vs prior year)

19.3% of revenue

In line with sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

31.1%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~7 years

$454M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$454M cash & investments at current burn rate

Heavy R&D investment

Vicor Corporation is putting 19% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. With 7+ years of cash runway, they have time to let it pay off.

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.

Share count broadly stable

0.1% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 45.0M (2021) → 44.9M (2025)

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
58.0%
Premium pricing power — 58.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
24.3%
Excellent — 24.3% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
10.6%
Below par — 10.6% 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
+11.7%
Steady sales growth (+11.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+117.6%
Earnings growing fast (+117.6% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
79%
Modest — 79% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
18.4%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.4%)

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
0.00
Conservative — low debt load (0.00)
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)
62.9x
Expensive — P/E 62.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+7.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (62.9 → 55.0)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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