WinstonWınston
Back

Deep Value: cash covers about 98% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $30M in cash and investments — about 98% of its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

Zicom Group Limited logo

Zicom Group Limited

ZGL.AX
54
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
A$0.14
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
A$30.2M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
54
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

1.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 217.1M (2021) → 214.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Zicom Group Limited is an Australian industrial company that designs and manufactures specialized machinery and equipment. Its core products include diesel generators, power systems, and engineered equipment used by construction companies, infrastructure projects, and industrial customers across Asia. The company operates primarily in Singapore and the broader Southeast Asian region, serving markets where reliable power generation and heavy equipment are essential.

Zicom earns revenue mainly through equipment sales and related services, including maintenance and parts supply. It is a relatively small company by market capitalization, but its focus on niche industrial equipment in Southeast Asia gives it a degree of regional specialization that larger global competitors may not match at the local level. The key growth driver is continued infrastructure development across Southeast Asia, particularly in markets like Singapore, Malaysia, and surrounding countries, though the business faces risks from commodity price swings, project delays, and competition from lower-cost equipment manufacturers in the region.

Score breakdown

Every number that matters to educated investors.

Each metric is explained in plain language so you know exactly what you're looking at. Start your free trial now.

Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
11.3%
Thin — 11.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
3.8%
Thin — 3.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
23.6%
Exceptional — 23.6% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-18.0%
Shrinking sales (-18.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-24.4%
Earnings shrinking (-24.4% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

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

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
630%
Turns 630% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
43.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (43.7%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.29
Conservative — low debt load (0.29)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
7.77x
Adequate interest coverage (7.8x)

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

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
3.3x
Attractive valuation — P/E 3.3

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

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
🔒 See full fundamentals and if they are improving or declining — click here for your free trial now.
Start free trial