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INTERSHOP Communications AG

ISHA.DE
28
Software - Application · Technology
Price
€1.60
+0.01 (+0.31%)
Market Cap
€30.3M
Exchange
Deutsche Börse
Winston Score
28
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 9, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

Share count falling — buybacks

2.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 15.6M (2021) → 15.2M (2025)

Intershop Communications AG is a German software company that builds e-commerce platforms for businesses. Its main product is the Intershop Commerce Platform, which helps retailers, manufacturers, and distributors run online stores and manage digital sales. The company focuses on B2B e-commerce — meaning it mostly serves businesses selling to other businesses — and is one of Europe's longer-standing dedicated e-commerce software providers, having been founded in the 1990s.

Intershop makes money by selling software licenses, cloud subscriptions, and professional services like implementation and support. It operates primarily in Europe, with Germany as its home market, and generates modest revenue in the low tens of millions of euros annually. Its competitive position relies on deep B2B e-commerce expertise and long-term customer relationships, but the negative operating margin signals the company is spending more than it earns. The key risk is competing against much larger platforms like SAP and Salesforce Commerce Cloud, which have far greater resources and customer reach.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-3.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+97.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$7M/ year

Rising (+8% vs prior year)

21.6% of revenue

In line with sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

20.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$11M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Heavy R&D investment

INTERSHOP Communications AG is putting 22% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. And they're generating enough cash to self-fund it.

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Quality

Gross Margin
48.6%
Healthy — 48.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
-3.8%
Losing money on operations — -3.8%
ROCE
-2.2%
Weak — -2.2% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-14.0%
Shrinking sales (-14.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
4.9%
Thin free cash flow (4.9%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.14
Conservative — low debt load (0.14)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
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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