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CreditRiskMonitor.com

CRMZ
41
Financial - Capital Markets · Financial Services
Price
$2.15
-0.06 (-2.71%)
Market Cap
$23.2M
Winston Score
41
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

CreditRiskMonitor.com is a small financial data company that helps businesses figure out if their customers or suppliers might go bankrupt. It sells online subscriptions that give credit and finance teams access to business credit reports, financial filings, and risk scores — including its own FRISK® score, which is designed to predict corporate bankruptcy risk. Its main customers are large companies that need to manage the risk of not getting paid by the businesses they sell to.

The company earns money almost entirely through annual subscriptions, which creates predictable recurring revenue. It operates primarily in the United States but covers companies globally through its database. Its competitive position relies on the FRISK® score's track record and the stickiness of embedding its tools into customers' credit workflows. With a gross margin above 50% but an operating margin just above breakeven, the key risk is that larger financial data providers like Dun & Bradstreet or Moody's could crowd out a small player with limited resources to expand.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+2.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-63.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

63.1%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$5.7B cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

CreditRiskMonitor.com is growing revenue at 2% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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.

Share count broadly stable

+0.7% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 10.8M (2021) → 10.8M (2025)

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Quality

Gross Margin
48.4%
Healthy — 48.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
-1.9%
Losing money on operations — -1.9%
ROCE
-0.0%
Weak — -0.0% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+2.5%
Nearly flat sales (2.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
-46.4%
Earnings shrinking (-46.4% 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
148%
Turns 148% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
5.0%
Thin free cash flow (5.0%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.01
Conservative — low debt load (0.01)
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
25.3x
Growth-priced — P/E 25.3

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

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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