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Agilysys

AGYS
64
Software - Application · Technology
Price
$106.68
-3.35 (-3.04%)
Market Cap
$3.00B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
64
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+11.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 25.5M (2022) → 28.4M (2026)

Agilysys, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a developer and marketer of hardware and software products and services to the hospitality industry in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and India. It offers point of sale, property management systems, inventory and procurement, payments, reservations management, and seat solutions to enhance guest experience. The company also provides technical software support, maintenance, and subscription services; and professional services.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+19.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+27.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$73M/ year

Rising (+17% vs prior year)

22.8% of revenue

1.5x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

5.4%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$73M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Heavy R&D investment

Agilysys is putting 23% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 1.5x the sector average. And they're generating enough cash to self-fund it.

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Quality

Gross Margin
60.7%
Premium pricing power — 60.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
7.1%
Modest — 7.1% operating margin
ROCE
1.8%
Weak — 1.8% 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 YoY
+17.9%
Fast-growing sales (17.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
+33.0%
Earnings growing fast (33.0% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
202%
Turns 202% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
19.1%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (19.1%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.09
Conservative — low debt load (0.09)
Interest Cover
45.87x
Comfortably covers interest (45.9x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
97.9x
Expensive — P/E 97.9

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

P/E vs Forward
+52.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (97.9 → 45.3)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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