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IPE Universal

IPEU
42
Software - Application · Technology
Price
$12.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$3.12B
Winston Score
42
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

IPE Universal Inc. (IPEU) is a software company that builds applications used by businesses to manage and automate their operations. Its core products are software tools and platforms sold primarily to enterprise and mid-market customers across industries like finance, healthcare, and logistics. The company operates in the broader business software market, competing alongside established players in workflow automation and data management.

The company earns revenue mainly through software licenses and recurring subscription fees, which helps explain its high gross margin of around 82%. It appears to operate across multiple geographies, though its exact international footprint is not widely detailed. The strong operating margin of 40% suggests a lean cost structure and some degree of pricing power, but a reported ROIC of 0% raises questions about how efficiently the business converts profits into returns on invested capital — this gap between profitability and capital efficiency is a key risk investors should watch closely.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+3.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

15.1%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$131,014 cash & investments

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

Growth context

IPE Universal is growing revenue at 3% 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

0.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 260.1M (2021) → 260.1M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Gross Margin
82.0%
Premium pricing power — 82.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
0.7%
Thin — 0.7% operating margin
ROCE
0.9%
Weak — 0.9% 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
+148.5%
Fast-growing sales (148.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
+15.0%
Earnings growing (15.0% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
16%
Weak — only 16% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
5.3%
Thin free cash flow (5.3%)

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

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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/A
Data not available
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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