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Paymentus Holdings

PAY
63
Information Technology Services · Technology
Winston Score
63
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Paymentus Holdings helps companies collect bill payments from their customers. It builds software that lets businesses in industries like utilities, insurance, and government accept payments online, by phone, or through apps. The company is best known for its cloud-based billing and payment platform, which connects billers directly to consumers.

Paymentus makes money by charging a fee for each transaction processed through its platform, so revenue grows as payment volume grows. It operates mainly in the United States and Canada, serving hundreds of large billers and millions of end consumers. Its competitive edge comes from deep integrations with biller back-office systems, which makes it costly and time-consuming for customers to switch providers. The main growth driver is expanding its network of billers and increasing the number of payment types it supports, though it faces competition from larger fintech and payment companies with more resources.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+30.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+54.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

Insider Activity

16.5%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$342M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Strong grower

Paymentus Holdings is growing revenue at 30% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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Quality

Gross Margin
24.1%
Thin — 24.1% gross margin
Operating Margin
7.4%
Modest — 7.4% operating margin
ROCE
4.5%
Weak — 4.5% 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
+33.0%
Fast-growing sales (33.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
+42.0%
Earnings growing fast (42.0% 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
192%
Turns 192% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
10.3%
Modest free cash flow (10.3%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.01
Conservative — low debt load (0.01)
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)
49.2x
no trend
Expensive — P/E 49.2

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

P/E vs Forward
+16.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (49.2 → 32.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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