Commvault Systems

CVLT

Software - Application · Technology

Price

$147.81

-1.96 (-1.31%)

Market Cap

$6.12B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−5.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 47.2M (2022) → 44.7M (2026)

Commvault Systems, Inc. provides data protection and information management software applications and related services in the United States and internationally. The company offers Commvault Backup and Recovery, a backup and recovery solution; Commvault Disaster Recovery, a replication and disaster recovery solution; and Commvault Complete Data Protection, a data protection solution. It also provides Commvault HyperScale X, an easy-to-deploy scale-out solution; Commvault Distributed Storage Platf

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+13.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-51.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$162M/ year

↑ Rising (+11% vs prior year)

13.7% of revenue

In line with sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

1.3%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$900M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

Commvault Systems is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 13%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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

Gross Margin

80.6%

Premium pricing power — 80.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

11.3%

Modest — 11.3% operating margin

ROCE

4.0%

Weak — 4.0% 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

+17.5%

Fast-growing sales (17.5% YoY)

EPS YoY

-56.1%

Earnings shrinking (-56.1% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

371%

Turns 371% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

24.1%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (24.1%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

117.54

Heavy debt load (117.54)

Interest Cover

26.03x

Comfortably covers interest (26.0x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

83.5x

Expensive — P/E 83.5

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

P/E vs Forward

+58.7

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (83.5 → 24.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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