ExlService Holdings

EXLS

Information Technology Services · Technology

Price

$28.16

-0.53 (-1.85%)

Market Cap

$4.30B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−5.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 171.2M (2021) → 162.5M (2025)

ExlService Holdings, Inc. operates as a data analytics, and digital operations and solutions company in the United States and internationally. It operates through Insurance, Healthcare, Analytics, and Emerging Business segments. The company provides digital operations and solutions and analytics-driven services across the insurance industry in areas, such as claims processing, premium and benefit administration, agency management, account reconciliation, policy research, underwriting support, ne

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+13.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+4.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

3.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~3 years

$145M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

$145M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

ExlService Holdings is growing revenue at 14% 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.

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Quality

Gross Margin

38.9%

Modest — 38.9% gross margin

Operating Margin

16.1%

Healthy — 16.1% operating margin

ROCE

10.4%

Below par — 10.4% 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

+13.4%

Fast-growing sales (13.4% YoY)

EPS YoY

+18.8%

Earnings growing fast (18.8% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

139%

Turns 139% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

13.8%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (13.8%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.14

Conservative — low debt load (0.14)

Interest Cover

10.95x

Comfortably covers interest (10.9x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

17.8x

Fair value — P/E 17.8

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+5.7

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (17.8 → 12.1)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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