Compass Group

CMPGF

Restaurants · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$33.18

+0.00 (+0.00%)

Market Cap

$56.42B

Exchange

Other OTC

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Data as of Aug 9, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

Share count falling — buybacks

−4.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.78B (2021) → 1.70B (2025)

Compass Group is the world's largest contract food service company. It prepares and serves meals inside places like hospitals, schools, offices, sports stadiums, and military bases — not in restaurants people walk into off the street. Customers are the organizations that hire Compass to run their cafeterias and dining facilities, and Compass operates well-known food brands including Eurest, Chartwells, and Restaurant Associates.

Compass makes money by signing multi-year contracts with clients, then managing all the food purchasing, cooking, and serving on their behalf. It operates in over 40 countries, with strong presences in North America, Europe, and Australia, generating roughly $40 billion in annual revenue. Its scale gives it a purchasing advantage over smaller competitors, making it hard to undercut on price. The main growth driver is winning new outsourcing contracts as organizations that currently run their own cafeterias decide to hand that job to a specialist — though rising food and labor costs remain a persistent pressure on margins.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+16.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.2%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.6B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

Compass Group is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 11%. 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

6.7%

Thin — 6.7% gross margin

Operating Margin

6.7%

Modest — 6.7% operating margin

ROCE

10.8%

Below par — 10.8% 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 YoY

+26.6%

Fast-growing sales (+26.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

+40.0%

Earnings growing fast (+40.0% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency

7/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

180%

Turns 180% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

5.5%

Thin free cash flow (5.5%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.94

Moderate — manageable debt (0.94)

Interest Cover

7.00x

Adequate interest coverage (7.0x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

27.9x

Growth-priced — P/E 27.9

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+4.6

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (27.9 → 23.3)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

2.13%

Moderate income — 2.13% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth

+27.4%

Dividend growing fast (27.4% YoY)

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