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InfoNow Corporation

INOW
25
Software - Application · Technology
Winston Score
25
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

InfoNow Corporation is a software company that helps manufacturers and distributors manage their sales channels. Its tools let businesses track where their products are being sold, who is selling them, and how well those sellers are performing. The company serves industries like technology, industrial equipment, and consumer goods, where products move through networks of dealers, resellers, or distributors before reaching the end customer.

InfoNow earns revenue by licensing its software to corporate clients, typically through recurring subscription or service agreements. The company operates primarily in North America and is a small-cap business with a market cap near zero, suggesting it may be thinly traded or in transition. Its competitive position rests on specialized expertise in channel data management, a niche area where switching costs can be high once a client has integrated the software into their operations. The main risk is that larger enterprise software vendors could absorb this niche into broader platforms, squeezing out smaller specialists like InfoNow.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-12.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+100.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

22.8%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$3M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Revenue declining

InfoNow Corporation'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.

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
37.6%
Modest — 37.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
0.9%
Thin — 0.9% operating margin
ROCE
0.8%
Weak — 0.8% 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
-20.1%
Shrinking sales (-20.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
-924.8%
Earnings shrinking (-924.8% 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
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-6.4%
Burning cash (-6.4%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
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)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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