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Kinaxis

KXSCF
68
Software - Application · Technology
Price
$110.28
-0.11 (-0.10%)
Market Cap
$3.01B
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
68
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+5.9% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 27.2M (2021) → 28.8M (2025)

Kinaxis is a Canadian software company that helps large businesses manage their supply chains. Its main product, RapidResponse, lets companies plan, monitor, and adjust how goods are made and delivered — from raw materials to finished products. Customers include major manufacturers in industries like aerospace, automotive, life sciences, and consumer electronics.

Kinaxis makes most of its money through subscription fees, meaning customers pay recurring annual or multi-year contracts to use its cloud-based platform. The company operates globally, with customers across North America, Europe, and Asia, and generates roughly $400–500 million in annual revenue. Its competitive edge comes from the speed of its "concurrent planning" technology, which can run thousands of supply chain scenarios at once — something older systems struggle to do. The key growth driver is rising demand for supply chain resilience after pandemic-era disruptions, though competition from larger software vendors like SAP and Oracle remains a meaningful risk.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+23.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+87.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$94M/ year

Rising (+7% vs prior year)

16.8% of revenue

In line with sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

0.3%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$332M 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

Kinaxis is putting 17% 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
65.3%
Premium pricing power — 65.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
24.3%
Excellent — 24.3% operating margin
ROCE
9.9%
Below par — 9.9% 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
+16.7%
Fast-growing sales (16.7% YoY)
EPS YoY
+782.4%
Earnings growing fast (782.4% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
173%
Turns 173% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
24.2%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (24.2%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.02
Conservative — low debt load (0.02)
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)
36.8x
Pricey — P/E 36.8

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+15.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (36.8 → 21.3)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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