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Novus Acquisition & Development

NDEV
47
Insurance - Diversified · Financial Services
Price
$0.01
-0.00 (-7.95%)
Market Cap
$1.5M
Winston Score
47
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+17.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 107.8M (2021) → 126.8M (2025)

Novus Acquisition & Development Corp. is a small financial services company operating in the diversified insurance space. It focuses on acquiring and developing insurance-related businesses, meaning it buys or builds companies that sell insurance products to individuals and businesses. The company operates in a fragmented industry where many small insurers and agencies exist as potential acquisition targets.

The company generates revenue through its insurance operations, which can include premiums collected from policyholders and fees from related services. With a near-zero reported market cap, Novus is a very small, likely micro-cap or shell-stage company, and detailed public financial disclosures are limited. Its operating margin of roughly 47% is notable but may reflect the early or transitional stage of its business rather than a mature, stable operation. The main risk here is execution — small acquisition-focused companies often struggle to integrate purchases, raise capital, and compete against much larger, established insurers with stronger brand recognition and financial reserves.

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Quality

Gross Margin
0.0%
Thin — 0.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
44.8%
Excellent — 44.8% operating margin
ROCE
2.3%
Weak — 2.3% 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
-11.3%
Shrinking sales (-11.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
-16.7%
Earnings shrinking (-16.7% 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
69%
Modest — 69% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
32.8%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (32.8%)

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
0.09
Conservative — low debt load (0.09)
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)
9.3x
Attractive valuation — P/E 9.3

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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