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DVL

DVLN
34
Financial - Mortgages · Financial Services
Price
$3400.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$16.1M
Winston Score
34
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

11.7% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 5K (2021) → 5K (2025)

DVL, Inc. is a small financial company that holds and manages mortgage-related assets. Its core business involves owning interests in old mortgage loans and collecting payments from those loans over time. The company does not originate new loans or serve everyday banking customers — it primarily manages a legacy portfolio of existing mortgage assets.

DVL earns money by collecting cash flows from its mortgage holdings rather than charging fees or selling products. It operates in the United States and is an extremely small company, with a market cap that rounds to zero, meaning it has very limited scale or resources. The company's operating margin is deeply negative, which signals that its expenses far exceed the income its assets generate — the central risk here is whether the remaining mortgage portfolio can produce enough cash to keep the business viable over time.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-24.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+200.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~3 years

$2M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$2M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

DVL's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
3.2%
Thin — 3.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
20.6%
Excellent — 20.6% operating margin
ROCE
0.6%
Weak — 0.6% 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
-3.4%
Shrinking sales (-3.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
+102.3%
Earnings growing fast (102.3% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
69%
Modest — 69% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
16.3%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (16.3%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.36
Elevated debt (1.36)
Interest Cover
0.23x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.2x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
9.7x
Attractive valuation — P/E 9.7

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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