Ituran Location and Control

ITRN

Communication Equipment · Technology

Price

$55.74

-0.36 (-0.64%)

Market Cap

$1.11B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−4.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 20.8M (2021) → 19.9M (2025)

Ituran Location and Control Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides location-based telematics services and machine-to-machine telematics products. The company's Telematics services segment provides stolen vehicle recovery and tracking services, which locate, track, and recover stolen vehicles for its subscribers; fleet management services that enable corporate and individual customers to track and manage their vehicles in real time; and locator services that allow customers to protect val

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+12.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+10.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$21M/ year

↑ Rising (+15% vs prior year)

5.8% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

20.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$108M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

Ituran Location and Control is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 13%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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

50.5%

Healthy — 50.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

21.7%

Excellent — 21.7% operating margin

ROCE

9.3%

Below par — 9.3% 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

+6.8%

Slow sales growth (6.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

+7.7%

Modest earnings growth (7.7% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

162%

Turns 162% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

19.7%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (19.7%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

32.06x

Comfortably covers interest (32.1x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

19.1x

Fair value — P/E 19.1

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

P/E vs Forward

+2.8

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

5.21%

Healthy income — 5.21% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth

+68.5%

Dividend growing fast (68.5% YoY)

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