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Zedcor

ZDC.V
29
Security & Protection Services · Industrials
Price
C$5.09
-0.07 (-1.36%)
Market Cap
C$564.6M
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange Ventures
Winston Score
29
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+91.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 57.9M (2021) → 110.9M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Zedcor Inc. is a Canadian security services company that deploys mobile surveillance towers called MobileyeZ to monitor construction sites, oil and gas facilities, and other industrial locations. Instead of hiring on-site security guards, customers rent these tall, self-contained towers equipped with cameras, lights, and AI-powered video analytics that can detect intruders and alert a remote monitoring team. The company primarily serves customers in Alberta and across Western Canada, operating in the industrial and energy sectors.

Zedcor makes money by charging recurring rental and monitoring fees for its surveillance towers, which creates a subscription-like revenue stream. This model helps explain the relatively strong gross margins near 58%, though the company is still in an early growth phase, reflected in its negative return on invested capital. Zedcor has been expanding its tower fleet and geographic footprint across Canada, and its key growth driver is winning more long-term contracts in energy and construction — while its main risk is the high capital cost of scaling that fleet quickly enough to turn a consistent profit.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+67.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

-570.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

C$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

19.5%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~1 months

C$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Strong grower

Zedcor is growing revenue at 68% 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
51.3%
Healthy — 51.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-5.5%
Losing money on operations — -5.5%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
1.1%
Weak — 1.1% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+70.8%
Fast-growing sales (+70.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-144.4%
Earnings shrinking (-144.4% 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
-86.3%
Burning cash (-86.3%)

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
0.52
Conservative — low debt load (0.52)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.45x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.5x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/A
Data not available
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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