ScanSource

SCSC

Technology Distributors · Technology

Price

$54.79

+0.10 (+0.18%)

Market Cap

$1.11B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−6.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 25.5M (2021) → 23.8M (2025)

ScanSource, Inc. distributes technology products and solutions in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Specialty Technology Solutions and Modern Communications & Cloud. The Specialty Technology Solutions segment provides a portfolio of solutions primarily for enterprise mobile computing, data capture, barcode printing, point of sale (POS), payments, networking, electronic physical security, cyber security, and other technologies. This segment offers d

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+5.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$120M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth context

ScanSource is growing revenue at 9% 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.

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Quality

Gross Margin

13.3%

Thin — 13.3% gross margin

Operating Margin

3.1%

Thin — 3.1% operating margin

ROCE

2.6%

Weak — 2.6% 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

+2.2%

Nearly flat sales (2.2% YoY)

EPS YoY

+12.9%

Earnings growing (12.9% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

248%

Turns 248% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

5.5%

Thin free cash flow (5.5%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.00

Conservative — low debt load (0.00)

Interest Cover

12.77x

Comfortably covers interest (12.8x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

17.4x

Fair value — P/E 17.4

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

P/E vs Forward

+5.8

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (17.4 → 11.6)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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